xkbcomp has no effect when run by xplugd

[ssokolow]

xplugd Version: a878b76 (Current git HEAD as of posting this)

I'm trying to use this xplugrc. It works perfectly fine when called manually as /home/ssokolow/.config/xplugrc keyboard 15 connected 'ATI Remote Wonder II' but has no effect when the same command is called by xplugd -n:

#!/bin/sh
set -x

echo "$0" \"$1\" \"$2\" \"$3\" \"$4\"
case "$1,$3,$4" in
    keyboard,connected,*)
        xkbcomp ~/.config/custom.xkb "$DISPLAY" 2>&1 | grep -Ev 'Warning:|Symbols ignored|keycodes above 255|This warning|conflicting fields'
        ;;
esac
exit 0

After trying half a dozen approaches to get my ATi Remote Wonder II's KEY_QUESTION to map to something other than NoSymbol when a temporary disconnect occurs, learning more about the X11 keyboard system than any man should have to, and getting a lot of practice in fending off frustration, I gave up and backported the current "state-of-the-art" for Wayland (patching /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us) to my X11 setup.

[CaMeLCaseError]

i had the same issue. i solved the problem by a workaround: delaying the execution of xkbcomp in xplugrc using a line of "sleep 2" did it. not sure how much delay is necessary...