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If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you! ** Tags added: verification-needed-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1817063 Title: Silent "Unknown key" message when pressing keyboard backlight hotkey Status in HWE Next: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Cosmic: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Disco: Fix Released Status in linux source package in EE-Series: New Bug description: [Impact] Kernel message shows this once keyboard backlight hotkey gets pressed: [ 3285.474172] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0010 and code 0x003f pressed It's for notification purpose, doesn't have any function. [Fix] Use KE_IGNORE for this type of event, so the keymap won't parse it. [Test] Once the patch is applied, the annoyance goes away. [Regression Potential] Low. This patch silence the useless message, no functional change. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1817063/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp