xserver-common: add workaround for xmodmap problems with kdrive 1.4+

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diff --git a/packages/xserver-common/files/98keymap-fixup b/packages/xserver-common/files/98keymap-fixup
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+#!/bin/sh
+ 
+# kdrive 1.4 and up have a heisenbug where it may take multiple tries to apply a modmap
+iter=0
+while [ $(xmodmap -pke | awk '{if ($2 == 36) { if ($4 == "Return") { print "good" } else {print "bad" }}}') = "bad" ] ; do
+	xmodmap - </etc/X11/default.xmodmap
+	let iter=iter+1
+done
+
+echo "modmap applied after $iter additional tries"