If I press either Fn+F3 or Fn+F4 (which are supposed to be brightness down and up), it instead activates/deactivates the internal microphone (the same as Fn+F8 does which is what it is supposed to do).
I read somewhere that it might have to do with 2 different keyboard drivers overriding the assigned keycodes. But I couldn't find anything about keyboard drivers in ~/.local/share/xorg
Also, the keycodes for both Fn+F3 and Fn+F4 are the same: keycode 190 press | keycode 190 release
What options do I have to troubleshoot this? On Windows the keys work as expected, so I guess it is not a BIOS problem?
Hi, you can use your terminal for controlling brightness.
You could install xbacklight package sudo apt-get install xbacklight
and then if you want to increase the brightness level, type xbacklight -inc <level in a range of 10 - 100> and vice versa: xbacklight -dec <level in a range of 10 - 100>
@marko94 Thanks for the suggestions, Marko. I chose to try Method #2 in the debugpoint.com article you cited. Method #2 provides code to install app called Brightness Controller. Not sure if I will stay with it because it seems override the Night Light setting if you turn on Brightness Controller. Brightness Controller probably gives you more control than Night Light but while I'm in the "how does this thing work" stage, the more control can be tricky in trying to find just the right combination.
In any event I was able to turn down the brightness. Thank you, my eyes were frying. And in the long term, I may find that perfect combination and stay with Brightness Controller.
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I just noticed that we did not get any reply from the OP yet
I hope OP will come back here to find the solution you have offered.
Another forum rule:
"Do Not Abandon Your question"
But I am sure this one also will be get ignored... Oh well.
I think I asked about this in another thread where I had multiple questions going on. I could post this reply and solution check mark over there but given it has multiple issues in it, that might be just confusing over there as well. I am learning forum etiquette as well as Linux I am afraid. I will try to keep to single topics from here on out.
Also, did my venturing into this thread violate any kind of norm? I see the intruder comment and wonder if that is me. Just let me know if I need to be aware of any other forum guidleines. I am sort of like a kid in a candy shop trying to read everything and learn what I can along the way.
EDIT: I just re-read everything above in the thread again. I think the intruder had to be me. Sorry!
@marko94 Thanks for the suggestion! Do you think I could somehow bind the keys to these commands? Then this might actually be a workaround. Although I still think it won't be possible to use Fn+F3 and Fn+F4, because the problem is that they are bound to the same keycode as Fn+F8.
OK, well, I can adjust the brightness with the slider. It's just the key binding that I would like to be able to change. It doesn't look very promising though, because I think it is due to a BIOS issue from HP and their recent update was supposed to fix it, but it didn't.
I didn't have the time to do that yet. But in the HP thread someone with the exact same laptop model wasn't able to fix it via the BIOS update. I will try it, eventually. Just need to free up some time aside work and family
to mark a thread as solved. This will help the future visitors to this forum to find a solution they are looking for.
again , hehe
or maybe not..hehe
