Bug#898260: systemd: HP notebook ZBook 17 G4 - WLAN hardware button not working

[Michael Biebl]

On Wed, 9 May 2018 13:53:29 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 udev 238-4
> 
> Am 09.05.2018 um 12:24 schrieb René Krell:
> > When pressing it, the following lines are added to the /var/log/message
> > s file:
> > May  8 22:22:50 rkrell kernel: [40955.295433] atkbd serio0: Unknown key
> > pressed (translated set 2, code 0xf8 on isa0060/serio0).
> > May  8 22:22:50 rkrell kernel: [40955.295440] atkbd serio0: Use
> > 'setkeycodes e078 <keycode>' to make it known.
> > May  8 22:22:50 rkrell kernel: [40955.469669] atkbd serio0: Unknown key
> > released (translated set 2, code 0xf8 on isa0060/serio0).
> > May  8 22:22:50 rkrell kernel: [40955.469675] atkbd serio0: Use
> > 'setkeycodes e078 <keycode>' to make it known.
> > 
> > I'd expect the WLAN hardware button to respond immediately on pressing
> > it to toggle WLAN on/off.
> 
> 
> It looks like you want to map that keycode to "wlan".
> Typically this is done via a hwdb entry, Have a look at
> /lib/udev/hwdb.d/60-keyboard.hwdb for this.
> 
> See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Map_scancodes_to_keycodes how
> you can create such a custom hwdb entry for your hardware.
> 
> Once that hwdb entry is working correctly, please consider forwarding
> this upstream at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/new

René, do you have any interest in following up on this bug report,
ideally upstream?

Otherwise we'll have to close it unfortunately.

Regards,
Michael

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