Keyboard Malfunction (F-Keys behaving strangely)

11 December 2024, 11:31:32

Hi, I'm using Artix with the Legacy Kernel on a Thinkpad X13 Yoga Gen3 with i3.
I recently bound the XF86Go Keysym (F10 with Fn-Lock off) to a custom script in the i3 config. It worked fine like all other keybindings, then it suddenly stopped working. I tried the following things:

Tested the script, it works.

Used xev to scan for keypresses, in there the key didn't trigger a KeyPress event, although some other keys which clearly worked didn't trigger a KeyPress event either, only some focus changes due to the notifications those keys triggered. For example, XF86AudioVolumeUp (F3) didn't trigger a KeyPress event, but raised the volume and showed a notification that it did. That's new behaviour to me.

Used evtest to scan for keypresses, in there most keys on my F-Row didnt trigger, although most clearly worked.

Started a clean X-session by logging into the F2 virtual terminal and running xinit /usr/bin/xterm -- :1 and using xev there, which showed almost all F-row keys, except for XF86Go (F10, the key in question) and the two keys adjacent to it.

Is there something else I could be overlooking or is my keyboard just broken? Any idea why some F-row keys don't trigger a KeyPress event but still work?
Thank you very much for your time!

Re: Keyboard Malfunction (F-Keys behaving strangely)

Reply #1 – 11 December 2024, 18:28:09

Could it be the keyboard has an FN-Lock key that was pressed by accident?

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Re: Keyboard Malfunction (F-Keys behaving strangely)

Reply #2 – 12 December 2024, 15:33:02

Good idea, just tried it with the Fn-Lock on/off but didn't change anything... :\