Multimedia play/pause, skip forward, skip back keys not working
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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plasma-desktop (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ever since I recently installed Kubuntu 18.10, using debootstrap and `apt install kubuntu-desktop` method, upon reaching a desktop, the multimedia keys on my Apple Wireless Keyboard do not have any effect on anything.
The F3/Exposé key correctly triggers the window display mode, F10/Mute toggles the sound mute, F11 and F12 correctly adjust the master volume level.
F7, F8, and F9 have no multimedia control effect. Running `sudo showkey -k` shows keycodes 165, 164, and 163 for the three keys, respectively. `xev` does not report any media key activity for any of those three keys, just focus in/out events on key down or up.
lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 18.10
Release: 18.10
plasma-desktop:
Installed: 4:5.13.5-1ubuntu4
Candidate: 4:5.13.5-1ubuntu4
Version table:
*** 4:5.13.5-1ubuntu4 500
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
I expected the multimedia play/pause, forward, and backward keys to control the current application appearing in the KDE/Plasma desktop integration for sound control.
Currently, they have no control over any applications, whatsoever.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: plasma-desktop 4:5.13.5-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Dec 2 19:49:28 2018
SourcePackage: plasma-desktop
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile.
I have determined this to be a lack of input overrides in the udev hwdb.d 60-keyboard.hwdb definition. For now, I have declared the following in my /etc/udev/ hwdb.d/ 90-apple- keyboard. hwdb, which I'll attach. It may or may not be accurate for all Apple keyboards.