Sorry but it's still a bit confusing to me so taking a step back - on a stock XPS with the non-SRU version, what keycode do you get in xev - on a stock cosmic what happens when you use the key - does that command works to get out of airplane mode?
gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Rfkill \ --object-path /org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/Rfkill \ --method org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set \ org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Rfkill AirplaneMode '<false>' (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=760517 is the upstream bug which discussed the current handling of that key in g-s-d) ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #760517 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=760517 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740894 Title: KEY_RFKILL is not passed to userspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxkbcommon/+bug/1740894/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs