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title: Logitech MX Keys for Mac on Linux
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date: 2021-10-29 00:00:01
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tags:
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- linux
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- logitech
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- keyboard
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---
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I recently got Logitech MX Keys for Mac keyboard at work.
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The German version, to be more precise.
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This version was three times cheaper than the Windows equivalent with either US or ES layout.
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Since I touch type anyway, I thought it was a bargain.
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As soon as I plugged it in, I realized there were some glaring issues with the keyboard.
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First of all, the Meta/Super and Alt keys are reversed in this keyboard.
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In the normal/full version of this keyboard, Logitech gives an option to choose between Mac, Windows and iOS host, and that changes the behavior of the keys.
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In this version, tho, only iOS and Mac are available.
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Besides that, there's the issue of the grave (tilde) and angle keys switched as well.
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Switching these keys around would be very easy with Xorg, but Wayland once again complicates things...
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These issues almost made me return the keyboard.
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Luckily, tho, there is another option: configuring the keys one level lower than wayland (and X11), through hwdb.
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Long story short, this will configure any Logitech keyboard with the same product id (0x4092) to use a saner configuration:
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```cfg
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#File: /etc/udev/hwdb.d/90-logitech-keyboard.hwdb
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evdev:input:b0003v046Dp4092*
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KEYBOARD_KEY_700e2=leftmeta
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KEYBOARD_KEY_700e3=leftalt
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KEYBOARD_KEY_70039=leftctrl
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KEYBOARD_KEY_70064=grave
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KEYBOARD_KEY_70035=102nd
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```
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After that, simply run:
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```
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sudo udevadm hwdb --update && sudo udevadm trigger
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```
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