libinput 1.9.3 blocks uinput ESC
The latest libinput 1.9.3 is having some conflict with the uinput API and libevdev_uinput_write_event for sending ESC simply stopped working.
Fix for now is to stick to libinput 1.9.2 or bellow.
Bug Report: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103984
Edited by Francisco Lopes