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#1 Yesterday 17:27:17
- Sukhoi
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Mod4/Windows key not working in laptop keyboard
Hello yall, so i've had this problem with my laptop since i started using arch linux in fact but anyway, the thing is that i can't use the mod4 key in my laptop keyboard because it just wont work. Looking at the logs with xev it recognizes the keymap with the keycode 248, while with an external keyboard it's being recognized with the keycode 133.
Apparently it's not a hardware problem but i've tried some solutions and it seems to not work, so i would appreciate some help from you part guys, thx.
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#2 Yesterday 19:22:12
- seth
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Re: Mod4/Windows key not working in laptop keyboard
What "laptop" specifically? Might be an Fn-lock situation?
What is generated in "sudo evtest" for the key?
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#3 Yesterday 22:29:45
- Sukhoi
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Re: Mod4/Windows key not working in laptop keyboard
it is an Asus tuf A15 and sudo evtest throws me this:
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0: Power Button
/dev/input/event1: Sleep Button
/dev/input/event10: BY Tech Gaming Keyboard System Control
/dev/input/event11: BY Tech Gaming Keyboard Consumer Control
/dev/input/event12: Telink Wireless Receiver
/dev/input/event13: BY Tech Gaming Keyboard
/dev/input/event14: BY Tech Gaming Keyboard Mouse
/dev/input/event15: PC Speaker
/dev/input/event16: ITE5570:00 0B05:19B6 Wireless Radio Control
/dev/input/event17: ITE5570:00 0B05:19B6
/dev/input/event18: ELAN1203:00 04F3:307A Mouse
/dev/input/event19: ELAN1203:00 04F3:307A Touchpad
/dev/input/event2: Lid Switch
/dev/input/event20: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3
/dev/input/event21: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7
/dev/input/event22: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8
/dev/input/event23: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9
/dev/input/event24: Asus WMI hotkeys
/dev/input/event25: HD-Audio Generic Headphone
/dev/input/event3: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
/dev/input/event4: Video Bus
/dev/input/event5: Video Bus
/dev/input/event6: BY Tech Gaming Keyboard
/dev/input/event7: Telink Wireless Receiver Mouse
/dev/input/event8: Telink Wireless Receiver Consumer Control
/dev/input/event9: Telink Wireless Receiver System Control
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#4 Today 06:30:15
- seth
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Re: Mod4/Windows key not working in laptop keyboard
That asks you which device to monitor - probably "3"?
Also please use [code][/code] tags.
"Asus TUF 15" is as unspecific as it gets, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Laptop … orce_(TUF) though the thing is common enough for this to not be model-related.
Please post your complete system journal for the boot:
sudo journalctl -b | curl -s -H "Accept: application/json, */*" --upload-file - 'https://paste.c-net.org/'(Next to the evdev output)
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