Magic keyboard with ubuntu - option and command is mapped incorrectly

Asked Jan 27 '22 at 10:29

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I am using the apple magic keyboard with Ubuntu 21.10 on a carbon x1.

I can connect and almost everything is perfect. However, the super and alt key is switched incorrectly. When I press the "Option" key on this keyboard ALT key is activated. When I press "Command" key on this keyboard Command key is activated.

Going into the keyboard settings and "View keyboard layout" confirms that this is some weird behavior. Here is an image, I press the middle key "option" but the right command key is highlighted in the software:

How can I remap these keys, without them affecting the keyboard on the laptop itself? I would love your help.

edited Jan 27 '22 at 13:15

asked Jan 27 '22 at 10:29

nammerkage

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You should upgrade to 21.10 first, since 21.04 is now EOL (and thus off-topic here). – Artur Meinild Jan 27 '22 at 10:42
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Option is supposed to be Alt, AFAIK (see, e.g. this Apple doc). – muru Jan 27 '22 at 10:46
@ArturMeinild Updated OS. still not working. – nammerkage Jan 27 '22 at 11:05
@muru thank you. I see what you mean. It's still weird to me though and I would like it fixed. I added a picture to hopefully make it clear – nammerkage Jan 27 '22 at 11:06
You might want to try https://askubuntu.com/a/1052775/158442 with one of the options in the Ctrl section – muru Jan 27 '22 at 11:28
@muru thank you! Your suggestion about using tweak tools helped me. Can you please make an "answer" comment with this tweak tool settings that did the trick? https://imgur.com/a/TDwJTDw so you can get your well deserved credit – nammerkage Jan 27 '22 at 13:39
Actually forgot all about it should only work for the keyboard. Tweak tools also update the laptops own keyboard sadly – nammerkage Jan 28 '22 at 07:25

Magic keyboard with ubuntu - option and command is mapped incorrectly

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