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HP Laptop Mic Button LED Always On

The mic mute button light (orange LED) on the F8 key is always on. I am an absolute Linux beginner. Although the mic button can mute and unmute the microphone, the issue is with the LED light on the button staying on. How can I solve this? Laptop Model: HP EliteBook 840 G6 I created a local .hwdb file with correct mapping in /etc/udev/hwdb.d/61-hp-mic-mute-hotkey.hwdb : # see also: /lib/udev/hwdb.d/60-keyboard.hwdb evdev:atkbd:dmi:bvn*:bvr*:bd*:svnHewlett-Packard*:pn*EliteBook*:pvr* KEYBOARD_KEY_81=f20 # Fn+F8 on Elitebook, map to F20 # KEYBOARD_KEY_81=fn_esc # org entry then generated a new /

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