This seems to be fixed in Gnome but unfortunately not in KDE (respectively kubuntu).
I don't know if it helps, but this is my xev output for this key: KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x3c00001, root 0x4d, subw 0x0, time 21003931, (725,532), root:(728,556), state 0x0, keycode 204 (keysym 0x1008ff2c, XF86Eject), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False -- The eject button does not work on Dell Inspiron 510m https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/33778 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs