This bug was fixed in the package xserver-xorg-input-libinput -
1.4.0-1ubuntu24.10.1
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xserver-xorg-input-libinput (1.4.0-1ubuntu24.10.1) oracular; urgency=medium
* d/patch: add map-some-specific-high-keycodes.patch, which forcibly maps
mic mute key and touchpad function keys to F20-F23 (LP: #2103967)
-- Yao Wei (魏銘廷) <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:43:48
+0800
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-libinput (Ubuntu Oracular)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-libinput (Ubuntu Noble)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
[SRU] Include a patch that forcibly maps mic mute key and touchpad
function keys to F20-F23
Status in OEM Priority Project:
In Progress
Status in xserver-xorg-input-libinput package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in xserver-xorg-input-libinput source package in Noble:
Fix Released
Status in xserver-xorg-input-libinput source package in Oracular:
Fix Released
Status in xserver-xorg-input-libinput source package in Plucky:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[ Impact ]
== Background ==
* Xorg does not take keycodes > 255, where Mic Mute is mapped to 256
by evdev
* xkeyboard-config remapped the key to F20 since this patch:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54171 along with other
hardware-specific hacks in hwdb.
== Current status ==
* We happened to have some devices having Mic Mute key untranslated
by hwdb, typically we just add entries in hwdb to fix the issue
* Systemd devs decided not to translate the key to F20 anymore, the
translation task is pushed to xserver-xorg-input-libinput for Xorg.
We would like to include a patch, so that xserver-xorg-input-libinput
can do translation for Xorg, which we could leverage it for enabling
Mic Mute key in future hardware.
[ Test Plan ]
* Find a device that does not have Mic Mute key translated by hwdb,
starts Desktop in Xorg mode
* Test that mic mute does not work
* Update the package to -proposed and restart desktop, test the same
key, the mic mute key should work to mute the microphone.
[ Where problems could occur ]
* Since mic mute key is forcibly translated to F20 despite of
hardware, if there's any application using that key for other
features, it may be in conflict.
[ Other information ]
* Changeset https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-
libinput/-/commit/cb80d7f82d35f8068e06d45860ed958a948e15bf
* This changeset has been included in plucky
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