X honoring loadkeys, or not?

I have two SuSE 9.0 systems here at home, supposed to be identical. But one of them honors assignments in X made by loadkeys before I start X. The other one does not, and I have to invoke xmodmap in my X initialization script to install a map made by xkeycaps. Why????? -- Henry Harpending office 801 581 3776 270S 1400E Room 102 fax 801 581 6252 Salt Lake City UT 84112-0060 home 801 582 7760 internet: harpend@xmission.com