Hello!
Im having an issue that consists in fn lock after boot. Every time i restart it turns itself on and i want it off. (Turns on the light)
On windows its the reverse, it boots off just like i want.
Is there anything I can do to prevent this?
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How is it set in the Bios?
Its enabled, i allready tryed all bios options
You tried it with it set to off in the bios? Did you save the settings before exiting?
It would be useful to have more information such as what you have installed? Did this happen as soon as you installed or is this a problem that just started after some updates. This is very limited information.
inxi -Faz | eos-sendlog
It started right after i install, and i think i have already tried all options possible, what can i do?
System:
Kernel: 5.16.13-arch1-1 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
root=UUID=1cada345-2b26-45d3-a382-ddab9505b94c rw quiet loglevel=3
nowatchdog nvme_load=YES
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1
vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ZenBook UX425EA_UX425EA v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX425EA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: UX425EA.312 date: 12/03/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 25.7 Wh (43.0%) condition: 59.7/67.1 Wh (89.0%)
volts: 15.9 min: 15.9 model: ASUSTeK UX425 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Discharging cycles: 53
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x9A
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 754 high: 1145 min/max: 400/4700 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 549 2: 779 3: 958 4: 583
5: 816 6: 611 7: 1145 8: 591 bogomips: 44864
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
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
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: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4,
HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, HDMI-A-4, HDMI-A-5
bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-6:2 chip-ID: 13d3:56eb class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
X: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: eDP1 mapped: eDP-1 model: Chi Mei Innolux built: 2016
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 157 gamma: 1.2 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.7")
diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.7
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.13-arch1-1 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-10:3 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: see --recommends
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev:
class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 9.28 GiB (1.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW010T8
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 004C
temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 937.53 GiB (98.32%)
used: 9.28 GiB (1.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 255 Uptime: 23h 54m wakeups: 16082 Memory: 15.33 GiB
used: 3.44 GiB (22.5%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.2.0 Packages: pacman: 984 lib: 220 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.13
Are you sure that you haven’t pressed some of the keys that lock the fn key. such as fn + esc? Or it is another key combination.
what desktop environment are you using? Some have a setting to turn it off ('cause it’s on by default)
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On my HP laptop, it is possible to lock/unlock the Fn key together with shift key
i just put that in there for another place to look as it happens with cinnamon, and if it happens with cin, then it can happen with any de, so not necessarily bios specific (in the original post, it doesn’t happen in 10, but does with xfce, which would imply a s/w setting|)
It happens to me with all linux distros, and the desktop doesnt change nothing…
Only in Windows it boots off by default
Read the HW (laptop) manual about it.
Post what the Manual says exactly.
Edit: I found this:
Function keys
Press Fn+Esc to enable or disable the function keys feature.
When the function keys feature is enabled, you can also access HotKeys
by holding down Fn in combination with the top row keys.
Told the OP to check that earlier? 
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I notice that this problem is mentioned here, but unfortunately the discussion does not offer a solution:
Although for a somewhat different problem, and for a different Asus model, you might try the solutions offered here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/extra_keyboard_keys#Asus_M_series
Edit:
If the solutions in the Arch Wiki don’t help, here’s another idea:
Apparently, one of the BIOS settings does work on this user’s Asus, but he’s forced to press Fn+Esc each time he boots up.
I’m thinking that if your experience is the same as this user’s, you might be able to run an autostart script, perhaps using xdotool, that issues the Fn+Esc keycode automatically, so you don’t have to press Fn+Esc manually each time you boot up.
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