[RESPONDED] Function Key becomes permanently pressed after a couple of minutes after boot (temporary fix: reboot)

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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System

========================== Kernel ===============================
Installed kernel: 6.6.7-200.fc39.x86_64
========================== Operating System =====================
OS: Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition) x86_64 
Host: Laptop (12th Gen Intel Core) A4 
Kernel: 6.6.7-200.fc39.x86_64 
Uptime: 2 hours, 27 mins 
Packages: 7193 (rpm), 202 (brew), 45 (flatpak) 
Shell: bash 5.2.21 
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DE: GNOME 45.2 
WM: Mutter 
WM Theme: Adwaita 
Theme: NumixSolarizedDarkOrange [GTK2/3] 
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Terminal: vscode 
CPU: 12th Gen Intel i5-1240P (16) @ 4.400GHz 
GPU: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] 
Memory: 8191MiB / 31802MiB 

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Display Server: wayland
Systemd Version: systemd 254 (254.7-1.fc39)
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  Mobo: Framework model: FRANMACP04 v: A4 serial: FRANMACPA423620037
    UEFI: INSYDE v: 03.06 date: 11/10/2022
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  • The top bar of my inbuilt laptop keyboard has media keys and some other functions. The media keys work as F1, F2, F3…,F12, when I press them along with the fn key.

  • I was on Fedora Linux (6.5.10-300.fc39.x86_64) 39 (Workstation Edition) from past few months. From last week the function key on my laptop fn becomes permanently pressed randomly after a couple of minutes of reboot . That means I am unable to play media keys as when I press those without pressing fn F1,…,F12 keys get activated. This fixes temporarily for few minutes after reboot. But again its the same issue.

  • Today I updated to kernel: 6.6.7-200.fc39.x86_64 and every software on my Fedora 39, but I am still facing the issue.

What should I do?

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Hi Lamy,

Making sure I am following here.

  • This is a recent issue, only showing itself from the last week and is ongoing.
  • Due to this issue, media keys are unable to work as they did previously.
  • Updating to the latest kernel has not resolved the issue.

If the above is correct, I’d want to rule out the input kit itself. Can you boot to a live USB of Fedora, see if the issue takes place there in that environment? If it does happen in the live environment, we have a clear path forward.

If it does not happen in the live environment, then something with packaging, updates or config may be in play.

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The points are correct.

Could you please explain what is the path in this case?

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Sure, we know whether this is user config, OS or hardware. Getting to a vanilla state is always step one.

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I understand that live environment is vanilla state. But you said that it will be a clear path if it happens there as well. This is what I wanted to know what is that clear path?

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@Matt_Hartley Its happening with Fedora Live USB as well. What is the path forward?

Are you sure its not firmware issue: Function (Fn) Keys Sticking + Fix for Linux - Framework Laptop 13 / Linux - Framework Community

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An issue from 2022? I don’t believe so, no. I have not run into it myself, either. Now, as this is 12th gen, perhaps. Best way to be sure is to try as suggested, we’ll go from there.

Again, if it was wide spread, I would have seen a lot more of this. But, yes, it could be, so let’s test it against the Live USB, it should fail there as well and then, we’d say it relates to that thread. :slight_smile:

TLTR: We generally like to rule out other possibilities before we immediately blame older BIOS straight away. Indeed could be, but we are in assume territory until we test against a proper vanilla environment first.

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Clear path being, this is not OS/user config, therefore, it’s hardware/BIOS/Related. Clear path being we know what we’re dealing with and have a direction to go in. This is what we are wanting to determine.

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@Matt_Hartley So what needs to be done? I am on the latest firmware 3.06.

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You’ve probably already checked this, but when the fn key gets “stuck,” does holding the fn key cause the behavior to revert to the initial one (i.e., media functions when pressing the function keys)? If that’s the case, does pressing fn + Esc to toggle function lock bring back the original behavior for any amount of time or until you reboot?

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Pressing fn + Esc to toggle function lock does not bring back the original behavior for any amount of time or until reboot.

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If it fails there as well, then we can assign this to the BIOS issue or input kit. Let me know when you have followed this step.

Until we do this, I will be unable to help further on this one as I cannot replicate it here.

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@Lamy can you post your kernel.config? I have yet to compile 6.6.7 or 6.6.8 (still on the Kernel of the Beast) and I’m curious :slight_smile:

zcat /proc/config.gz > kernel.config