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My Kubuntu 22.04 Installation is recognizing the < > key as Right Ctrl key. Because of this, I cannot do any HTML, which I really need to. This issue also occurs on normal Ubuntu, and also on 21.10.

I have an HP 14s laptop which has a German layout, and the < > key is on the right side of the spacebar. Here is a photo of this:

HP Tastatur Layout

HP Tastatur Layout

I have checked the language layout, as well as the Keyboard Model. At The Moment i am using the Generic 102-Key Keyboard, but I have tried 90% of ALL the other layouts and they didn't help.

Here is another Photo when I press the key, what KDE shows what key is recognized:

KDE Layout Inspector

KDE Layout Inspector

Any help getting my < > key back would be very appreciated!

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  • check the shortcuts menu in the system settings for < and >
    – lnee
    Apr 30, 2022 at 20:22

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This isn't a complete answer, as I do not have a keyboard similar to yours to test with. However, based on a similar issue reported on an HP forum, there may be an error within the keyboard hardware itself that sends the wrong control code when pressing the < > key.

The gist of the solution comes down to remapping E0_1D to 00_56, which is an "ISO Extra" key. The solution on the HP site is Windows-specific, but you should be able to do something similar using Tobi's Input Remapper. This tool works with both X11 and Wayland, so there should be no issues on your machine, and you can grab a .deb from the release page.

If you would like to quickly install this from the Terminal, you can do so like:

wget https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper/releases/download/1.4.2/input-remapper-1.4.2.deb
sudo dpkg -i input-remapper-1.4.2.deb

With this tool, you should be able to replace the erroneous Right Ctrl with something that works.

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