aerofnkeys

Custom HID Quirks Driver that fixes function keys not working in the Gigabyte Aero 15 SB & D-series on Linux.

Works by intercepting non-HID compliant usages raw and emulating the correct keycode presses because Gigabyte is stupid.

Notes

• Compatible with the Chu Yuen Keyboard for the Gigabyte Aero 15 SB (Vendor ID: ID 1044, Product ID: 7A3B) and the Aero 15 D series (Chu Yuen 1044:7A3D).

• To check compatibility run lsusb, find your keyboard and compare the ID values with the ones stated above.

• At the moment I've managed to get only the brightness keys to work on my system (Fedora 34; Kernel 5.13.12; Gnome 40.4). I am investigating why the wifi and touchpad toggle keys are not working.

• Make sure you have the kernel headers installed for the kernel version your PC is running. To see if already installed on Arch/Manjaro run pacman -Q linux-headers.

How to Install

Recommended DKMS Method

1. git clone https://github.com/atomspring/aerofnkeys.git /usr/src/aerofnkeys-1.0
2. dkms add aerofnkeys/1.0
3. dkms install aerofnkeys/1.0
4. echo aerofnkeys > /etc/modules-load.d/load_aerofnkeys.conf
5. Reboot & give your backlight keys a go. Enjoy!

Manual method

1. git clone https://github.com/atomspring/aerofnkeys.git /usr/src/aerofnkeys-1.0
2. cd /usr/src/aerofnkeys-1.0
3. make
4. make install

Troubleshooting

If you get an error message when running modprobe aerofnkeys which says something along the lines of "exec format error", try clearing out the DKMS built module by running:

1. dkms remove aerofnkeys/1.0 -k $(uname -r)
2. dkms install aerofnkeys/1.0 -k $(uname -r)
3. modprobe -v aerofnkeys

Inspect the module by running modinfo or file about the specific kernel's build of aerofnkeys.