How to remap the copilot key to right control?

Nuvole · 9 January 2025 16:29

Hi Guys!
Do you have any idea on how to map the copilot key in some modern computers into the right control, so that I can resize the screen, fonts of terminal emulator or web browser using Copilot + '+'?
Currently I tried follow this tutorial, and I verified the change using xev, and it is actually remapped, however, the function of resizing using Copilot+ '+' is not. So I seek for help here.

System: 6.13.0-rc5-1-MANJARO
Terminal emulator: Ghostty 1.0.2-main+29c2f095
Web browser: Chromium 131.0.6778.204 Arch Linux

andreas85 · 9 January 2025 16:37

You need to provide a little more information for someone to be able to help.

For example you forgot to mention, what DE you use
Best practice is “inxi” as you may know.

Nuvole · 9 January 2025 16:43

thanks for reminding!
here is the overall situation of my computer:

(base) [nuvole@Nuvole ~]$ inxi -Fazz
System:
  Kernel: 6.13.0-rc5-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.13-x86_64
    root=UUID=775df364-690c-42e1-bf59-b2fdb4bdbf25 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 47.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 47.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming A14 FA401WV_FA401WV
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FA401WV v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FA401WV.314
    date: 11/07/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.6 Wh (75.1%) condition: 68.7/73.0 Wh (94.2%)
    power: 8.0 W volts: 16.1 min: 15.9 model: AS3GYRE3KC GA40347 type: Unknown
    serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 w/ Radeon 890M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: N/A level: v4 note: check family: 0x1A (26) model-id: 0x24 (36)
    stepping: 0 microcode: 0xB204019
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 12 threads: 24 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 960 KiB desc: d-12x48 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 12 MiB
    desc: 12x1024 KiB L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB, 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2012 min/max: 599/2000 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 2012 2: 2012 3: 2012
    4: 2012 5: 2012 6: 2012 7: 2012 8: 2012 9: 2012 10: 2012 11: 2012 12: 2012
    13: 2012 14: 2012 15: 2012 16: 2012 17: 2012 18: 2012 19: 2012 20: 2012
    21: 2012 22: 2012 23: 2012 24: 2012 bogomips: 96039
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
    conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected;
    BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Strix [Radeon 880M / 890M]
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6,
    DP-7, DP-8, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 65:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:150e class-ID: 0380
    temp: 30.0 C
  Device-2: Sonix ASUS FHD webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 3277:0018
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display NE140QDM-NX7 built: 2023
    res: 2560x1600 dpi: 215 gamma: 1.2 size: 302x188mm (11.89x7.4")
    diag: 356mm (14") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 2560x1600 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
    wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.3-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
    gfx1150 ACO DRM 3.59 6.13.0-rc5-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:150e
    memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High Definition
    Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 65:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_acp_pci v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x,
    snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x,
    snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt,
    snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 65:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 65:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.13.0-rc5-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Foxconn driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 63:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp99s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-5:2 chip-ID: 0489:e0f6
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 32.17 GiB (3.4%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD PC
    SN560 SDDPNQE-1T00-1102 size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 74114000 temp: 25.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 217 GiB size: 212.53 GiB (97.94%) used: 32.07 GiB (15.1%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9 maj-min: 259:9
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
    used: 98.4 MiB (38.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 31.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 30.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2500
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.74 GiB used: 3.55 GiB (24.1%)
  Processes: 472 Power: uptime: 22m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
    image: 5.87 GiB services: gsd-power, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1511 libs: 352 tools: gnome-software,pamac,yay
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash
    v: 5.2.37 running-in: ghostty inxi: 3.3.36

dmt · 9 January 2025 17:20

I don’t have a copliot key to test with, however it seems you can use keyd to remap it.

https://superuser.com/questions/1849424/make-copilot-key-work-as-right-ctrl-again-under-linux
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Input_remap_utilities

xmodmap has been deprecated for over a decade, there are things it can’t do.

Teo · 9 January 2025 18:46

As a side note (i can’t help with the question), isn’t the copilot key only on arm laptops? I guess we’ll see the inxi. That might limit the available packages and methods for remapping.

dmt · 9 January 2025 18:56

No, but it may only be on laptops with AI cores. I Imagine we’ll see it on external keyboards at some point too, if not already.

Nuvole · 10 January 2025 10:39

Thanks for this answer, it works well. However, it is worth noting that the copilot key send different message on different PC, so better run

sudo keyd -m

to see what happens exactly on your computer.

In my case, the configuration is:

leftshift+leftmeta = overload(control, esc)

different from what we have in the link, which is:

f23+leftshift+leftmeta = overload(control, esc)