Hi, first time around here!
I wanted to share an annoyance (and bug) of Fedora that I encountered in every version starting from F41(KDE Edition).
The problem
16-inch Thinkpad’s have a top-right row of keys dedicated to math symbols (photo with red rectangle for reference):
This kind of keys on first boot produce messed up output, respectively (left to right):
“)” , “*” “(”
Here’s an evtest output on first boot:
evtest output
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x11 vendor 0x1 product 0x1 version 0xab83
Input device name: "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
Event code 1 (KEY_ESC)
Event code 2 (KEY_1)
Event code 3 (KEY_2)
Event code 4 (KEY_3)
Event code 5 (KEY_4)
Event code 6 (KEY_5)
Event code 7 (KEY_6)
Event code 8 (KEY_7)
Event code 9 (KEY_8)
Event code 10 (KEY_9)
Event code 11 (KEY_0)
Event code 12 (KEY_MINUS)
Event code 13 (KEY_EQUAL)
Event code 14 (KEY_BACKSPACE)
Event code 15 (KEY_TAB)
Event code 16 (KEY_Q)
Event code 17 (KEY_W)
Event code 18 (KEY_E)
Event code 19 (KEY_R)
Event code 20 (KEY_T)
Event code 21 (KEY_Y)
Event code 22 (KEY_U)
Event code 23 (KEY_I)
Event code 24 (KEY_O)
Event code 25 (KEY_P)
Event code 26 (KEY_LEFTBRACE)
Event code 27 (KEY_RIGHTBRACE)
Event code 28 (KEY_ENTER)
Event code 29 (KEY_LEFTCTRL)
Event code 30 (KEY_A)
Event code 31 (KEY_S)
Event code 32 (KEY_D)
Event code 33 (KEY_F)
Event code 34 (KEY_G)
Event code 35 (KEY_H)
Event code 36 (KEY_J)
Event code 37 (KEY_K)
Event code 38 (KEY_L)
Event code 39 (KEY_SEMICOLON)
Event code 40 (KEY_APOSTROPHE)
Event code 41 (KEY_GRAVE)
Event code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT)
Event code 43 (KEY_BACKSLASH)
Event code 44 (KEY_Z)
Event code 45 (KEY_X)
Event code 46 (KEY_C)
Event code 47 (KEY_V)
Event code 48 (KEY_B)
Event code 49 (KEY_N)
Event code 50 (KEY_M)
Event code 51 (KEY_COMMA)
Event code 52 (KEY_DOT)
Event code 53 (KEY_SLASH)
Event code 54 (KEY_RIGHTSHIFT)
Event code 55 (KEY_KPASTERISK)
Event code 56 (KEY_LEFTALT)
Event code 57 (KEY_SPACE)
Event code 58 (KEY_CAPSLOCK)
Event code 59 (KEY_F1)
Event code 60 (KEY_F2)
Event code 61 (KEY_F3)
Event code 62 (KEY_F4)
Event code 63 (KEY_F5)
Event code 64 (KEY_F6)
Event code 65 (KEY_F7)
Event code 66 (KEY_F8)
Event code 67 (KEY_F9)
Event code 68 (KEY_F10)
Event code 69 (KEY_NUMLOCK)
Event code 70 (KEY_SCROLLLOCK)
Event code 71 (KEY_KP7)
Event code 72 (KEY_KP8)
Event code 73 (KEY_KP9)
Event code 74 (KEY_KPMINUS)
Event code 75 (KEY_KP4)
Event code 76 (KEY_KP5)
Event code 77 (KEY_KP6)
Event code 78 (KEY_KPPLUS)
Event code 79 (KEY_KP1)
Event code 80 (KEY_KP2)
Event code 81 (KEY_KP3)
Event code 82 (KEY_KP0)
Event code 83 (KEY_KPDOT)
Event code 85 (KEY_ZENKAKUHANKAKU)
Event code 86 (KEY_102ND)
Event code 87 (KEY_F11)
Event code 88 (KEY_F12)
Event code 89 (KEY_RO)
Event code 90 (KEY_KATAKANA)
Event code 91 (KEY_HIRAGANA)
Event code 92 (KEY_HENKAN)
Event code 93 (KEY_KATAKANAHIRAGANA)
Event code 94 (KEY_MUHENKAN)
Event code 95 (KEY_KPJPCOMMA)
Event code 96 (KEY_KPENTER)
Event code 97 (KEY_RIGHTCTRL)
Event code 98 (KEY_KPSLASH)
Event code 99 (KEY_SYSRQ)
Event code 100 (KEY_RIGHTALT)
Event code 102 (KEY_HOME)
Event code 103 (KEY_UP)
Event code 104 (KEY_PAGEUP)
Event code 105 (KEY_LEFT)
Event code 106 (KEY_RIGHT)
Event code 107 (KEY_END)
Event code 108 (KEY_DOWN)
Event code 109 (KEY_PAGEDOWN)
Event code 110 (KEY_INSERT)
Event code 111 (KEY_DELETE)
Event code 112 (KEY_MACRO)
Event code 113 (KEY_MUTE)
Event code 114 (KEY_VOLUMEDOWN)
Event code 115 (KEY_VOLUMEUP)
Event code 116 (KEY_POWER)
Event code 117 (KEY_KPEQUAL)
Event code 118 (KEY_KPPLUSMINUS)
Event code 119 (KEY_PAUSE)
Event code 121 (KEY_KPCOMMA)
Event code 122 (KEY_HANGUEL)
Event code 123 (KEY_HANJA)
Event code 124 (KEY_YEN)
Event code 125 (KEY_LEFTMETA)
Event code 126 (KEY_RIGHTMETA)
Event code 127 (KEY_COMPOSE)
Event code 128 (KEY_STOP)
Event code 140 (KEY_CALC)
Event code 142 (KEY_SLEEP)
Event code 143 (KEY_WAKEUP)
Event code 155 (KEY_MAIL)
Event code 156 (KEY_BOOKMARKS)
Event code 157 (KEY_COMPUTER)
Event code 158 (KEY_BACK)
Event code 159 (KEY_FORWARD)
Event code 163 (KEY_NEXTSONG)
Event code 164 (KEY_PLAYPAUSE)
Event code 165 (KEY_PREVIOUSSONG)
Event code 166 (KEY_STOPCD)
Event code 172 (KEY_HOMEPAGE)
Event code 173 (KEY_REFRESH)
Event code 183 (KEY_F13)
Event code 184 (KEY_F14)
Event code 185 (KEY_F15)
Event code 193 (KEY_F23)
Event code 217 (KEY_SEARCH)
Event code 226 (KEY_MEDIA)
Event type 4 (EV_MSC)
Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)
Event type 17 (EV_LED)
Event code 0 (LED_NUML) state 0
Event code 1 (LED_CAPSL) state 0
Event code 2 (LED_SCROLLL) state 0
Key repeat handling:
Repeat type 20 (EV_REP)
Repeat code 0 (REP_DELAY)
Value 250
Repeat code 1 (REP_PERIOD)
Value 33
Properties:
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Event: time 1760169112.539698, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 2a
Event: time 1760169112.539698, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT), value 1
Event: time 1760169112.539698, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1760169112.539741, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 0b
Event: time 1760169112.539741, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 11 (KEY_0), value 1
Event: time 1760169112.539741, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
)Event: time 1760169112.627175, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 0b
Event: time 1760169112.627175, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 11 (KEY_0), value 0
Event: time 1760169112.627175, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1760169112.627260, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 2a
Event: time 1760169112.627260, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT), value 0
Event: time 1760169112.627260, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1760169113.551514, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 2a
Event: time 1760169113.551514, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT), value 1
Event: time 1760169113.551514, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1760169113.551538, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 09
Event: time 1760169113.551538, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 9 (KEY_8), value 1
Event: time 1760169113.551538, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
*Event: time 1760169113.630600, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 09
Event: time 1760169113.630600, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 9 (KEY_8), value 0
Event: time 1760169113.630600, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1760169113.630680, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 2a
Event: time 1760169113.630680, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT), value 0
Event: time 1760169113.630680, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1760169115.230581, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 2a
Event: time 1760169115.230581, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT), value 1
Event: time 1760169115.230581, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1760169115.230612, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 0a
Event: time 1760169115.230612, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 10 (KEY_9), value 1
Event: time 1760169115.230612, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
(Event: time 1760169115.291673, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 0a
Event: time 1760169115.291673, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 10 (KEY_9), value 0
Event: time 1760169115.291673, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1760169115.291800, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 2a
Event: time 1760169115.291800, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT), value 0
Event: time 1760169115.291800, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Now, if I put to sleep the laptop and try again the keyboard keys, they work perfectly fine (note that the FN functionality of the keys is not altered, they work as expected)
Hardware
The hardware that I’m testing from is my Thinkpad T16 Gen2 (AMD Editon), here are the specs:
Specs
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.16.10-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7545U w/ Radeon 740M Graphics
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.0 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon 740M Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 21K7CTO1WW
System Version: ThinkPad T16 Gen 2
Is there a workaround or a fix? Thanks to everyone who will respond!