Current kernels have KEY_MICMUTE==248, i. e. X.org should be perfectly
able to recognize this. Apparently this was done in 2011 already.

Can we update xkeyboard-config to also recognize KEY_MICMUTE in addition
to F20, so that it works with both kinds of udev/kernel keymaps for a
while? After that version has been out in the wild for some time, we can
mass-convert the udev keymaps to produce the proper KEY_MICMUTE instead
of KEY_F20.

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Title:
  Does not handle microphone mute button (KEY_MICMUTE)

Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Won't Fix
Status in OEM Priority Project precise series:
  Won't Fix
Status in OEM Priority Project raring series:
  Won't Fix
Status in central project for keyboard configuration:
  Fix Released
Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “libx11” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “x11proto-core” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “xfce4-volumed” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “xkeyboard-config” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “libx11” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “udev” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “x11proto-core” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “xfce4-volumed” source package in Precise:
  New
Status in “xkeyboard-config” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” source package in Precise:
  Won't Fix
Status in “x11proto-core” source package in Raring:
  New
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” source package in Raring:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  [Impact] 
   * People buying thinkpad hardware are not able to use a mic mute key, that 
comes with 
     their machine

  [Test Case]

   * Press mic mute key
   * Observe that nothing happens

  [Regression Potential]

   * Very low. This is very isolated code. All it does is add functionality. In 
fact there 
     are very few deletions in the diffs.

   * There is an existing acpi solution, that's already been mentioned in this 
bug. I'm 
     not sure how these users would be affected once the upgrade hits, but it 
was never 
     released as an official fix.

  [Original Report]

  Pressing the new microphone mute button does not do anything.  It
  should toggle the mute on the current capture device and toggle an led
  that is part of the button.

  acpi_listen output:

  ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000101b

  xev output:

  MappingNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
      request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248

  MappingNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
      request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 247

  KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
      root 0x118, subw 0x0, time 10334714, (317,-162), root:(322,207),
      state 0x0, keycode 248 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
      XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
      XFilterEvent returns: False

  KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
      root 0x118, subw 0x0, time 10334714, (317,-162), root:(322,207),
      state 0x0, keycode 248 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
      XFilterEvent returns: False

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