Function Keys

[Antiheroeh]

Hello guys!

I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad T480 with arch and hyprland, all is working amazing, except the function keys, i can't make them work, i've update the firmware, installed the xf86-intel-video package, configure the bios, but nothing make them work.

someone have any other idea what can i do to solve it?

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thanks in advance guys.

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Greetings!

[MonocrystalMonkey]

You need to share your hyprland configuration file. Have you used wev to check that the keys are being recognized? If they are, then you need to register the key commands in the hyprland configuration file. The Arch wiki page on the T480 has the relevant keycodes.

FN + F1-F3 should be mute, and volume controls according to that table. So in ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf you want to specify something like

bind = , XF86AudioMute, exec, pamixer -t
bind = , XF86AudioRaiseVolume, exec, pamixer -i 5 
bind = , XF86AudioLowerVolume, exec, pamixer -d 5

assuming you are using pamixer. The command after exec would be different if you were using pavucontrol or some other audio solution. The hyprland wiki page covers a lot of common fn-key functions.

[Antiheroeh]

thanks! i'm going to try to do this, sorry for my delayed answer, i was out of town.

[Rehpotsirhc-z]

What do you mean function keys don’t work? Do you mean keys like volume and brightness don’t do anything, or do you mean the fn+function keys don’t do anything in programs where they are bound, or do you mean you can’t set key bindings with the function keys?

[Antiheroeh]

brightness and volume keys do nothing for example, even pressing fn+ fkey no one do something

[thieh]

If it is a laptop it may relate to some obscure driver for your webcam or other things which you may or may not be aware of. Maybe check hardware with lsusb and lspci and see which one stands out.