Keychron K2 Fn lock solve in Ubuntu 22.04

Higor Nabuco

8/31/24, 3:59 PM

On Linux, the Keychron K2 doesn't register any of the F1-F12 function keys as actual F keys, instead, treating them as multimedia keys by default. How to fix it?

They keyboard has 2 modes: Windows/Android and MacOS, but neither mode worked properly out of the box.

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22.04

Esther

8/31/24, 4:03 PM

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karel

8/31/24, 4:39 PM

To fix this:

Set the keyboard to Windows mode via the side switch
Use Fn + X + L (hold for 4 seconds) to set the function key row to "Function" mode. (usually that's all that's necessary on Windows)
Run: echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode

Once complete the F1-F12 keys will work properly, and holding Fn turns them into multimedia keys. You can use the evtest utility to check how keyboard keys are registering until you get the above combination of settings configured properly.

To make this change persistent add a module option for hid_apple:

echo "options hid_apple fnmode=0" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.conf

You may need to rebuild your initramfs if hid_apple is included. - Ubuntu: sudo update-initramfs -u - arch: mkinitcpio -P

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