Brightness keys on keyboard do not increase/decrease screen brightness

[LoserLord]

I use running dual boot Manjaro GNOME on Ideapad 5 15ITL05. Intel i5 11th gen.

Hotkeys for sound inc/dec/mute work and so does the flight mode and lock key.

But the Brightness keys on f5 and f6 do not show any response in Manjaro. There is no fault in the keyboard as they function well in windows.

I have tried various kernel versions as well but the problem still persists.
Also,
Hotkey f9 supposed to open settings type “i”
and key f12 should click screenshot type “S”

Here is my system info,

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.59-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=67c8fb25-f5c7-4db5-9154-2e1f04a7ab8c rw quiet splash apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=7bc34073-1434-480d-b900-89ea33f1d837 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: GNOME 40.3 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.1 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82FG v: IdeaPad 5 15ITL05 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 v: IdeaPad 5 15ITL05 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO 
  v: FHCN41WW date: 05/17/2021 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 8.4 Wh (14.7%) condition: 57.0/57.0 Wh (100.0%) 
  volts: 11.0 min: 11.5 model: Celxpert L19C3PF5 type: Li-poly 
  serial: <filter> status: Discharging cycles: 9 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.42 GiB used: 3.63 GiB (23.5%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: 88 
  cache: L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 38720 
  Speed: 1828 MHz min/max: 400/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1828 2: 1470 
  3: 848 4: 1751 5: 1884 6: 1592 7: 1880 8: 1355 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities 
  arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni 
  avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f 
  avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2 cdp_l2 clflush 
  clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl 
  dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma 
  fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify 
  hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single 
  lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr 
  nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge 
  pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good 
  sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 
  ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer 
  tsc_known_freq umip vaes vme vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave 
  xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Syntek Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-5:3 
  chip-ID: 174f:2459 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
  Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.13 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: i915 note: n/a (using device driver) - try sudo/root display-ID: 0 
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo> 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: sof-audio-pci alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.59-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 
  bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus-ID: 3-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled,running 
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 92.07 GiB (9.7%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS001TD9TNI-L2A0B 
  size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
  lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 11010C10 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 589.36 GiB size: 579.04 GiB (98.25%) 
  used: 92.07 GiB (15.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 
  label: N/A uuid: 67c8fb25-f5c7-4db5-9154-2e1f04a7ab8c 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 500.9 MiB size: 499.9 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 
  label: NO_LABEL uuid: 1424-B942 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 15.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 label: N/A 
  uuid: 7bc34073-1434-480d-b900-89ea33f1d837 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A 
  uuid: 2A72-BF77 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 347.79 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 14E87364E87342D2 
  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 508 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 6E3292173291E3FD 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 3-4:2 info: MosArt Wireless Keyboard/Mouse type: Keyboard,Mouse 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 062a:4101 class-ID: 0301 
  Device-2: 3-5:3 info: Syntek Integrated Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo 
  interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 174f:2459 
  class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
  Device-3: 3-7:4 info: Shenzhen Goodix Goodix FingerPrint Device 
  type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 27c6:55a2 class-ID: ef00 
  Device-4: 3-10:5 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026 
  class-ID: e001 
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 287 Uptime: 44m wakeups: 749 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1389 pacman: 1378 lib: 343 flatpak: 5 
  snap: 6 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.06 

Also, I am adding xrandr output below,

XWAYLAND0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 340mm x 190mm
   1920x1080     59.96*+
   1440x1080     59.99  
   1400x1050     59.98  
   1280x1024     59.89  
   1280x960      59.94  
   1152x864      59.96  
   1024x768      59.92  
   800x600       59.86  
   640x480       59.38  
   320x240       59.52  
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1280x800      59.81  
   720x480       59.71  
   640x400       59.95  
   320x200       58.96  
   1600x900      59.95  
   1368x768      59.88  
   1280x720      59.86  
   1024x576      59.90  
   864x486       59.92  
   720x400       59.55  
   640x350       59.77  

Please let me know if I am missing any important drivers and if what should I do to resolve them.

[Fabby]

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I don’t know anything about Wayland, so I hope someone else reads this and now has enough information to help you…

[LoserLord]

Thanks anyway!

So this Wayland server is Manjaro specific? or is it something my laptop has regardless of any OS?

[Fabby]

@LoserLord

So this Wayland server is Manjaro specific?

It’s Gnome-specific and I’m on KDE that is still using Xorg until Wayland gets out of the buggy state it’s in and then it’ll be an option and if it’s stable enough, it’ll become the default and one of the reasons I’m on KDE and not Gnome…

Please read this:

[HowTo] become a Manjaro power user when you're a wizard at Windows but a N00b at Manjaro / Linux

Difficulty: ☆☆☆☆☆ Remember when you installed your very first Windows, added bells and whistles and then couldn’t see the wood for the trees any more and had to re-install? Well, you’re in the same situation now: You’re a N00b again! Embrace it! I know right now you’re thinking:

Why is this so much more difficult than Windows?

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Whereas in 6 months time, you’ll be like:

Why can't I make Windows jump through fiery hoops like I do with Linux???

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especially the section “Linux has multiple GUIs”