[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 912044] Re: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects users of badly designed backlit keyboards

I have the same problem. I'm using this keyboard http://www.pccomponentes.com/nox_krom_konker_pro_gaming.html it needs the scroll lock key to turn on the backlight, so I need to put xmodmap -e "add mod3 =Scroll_Lock" everytime I log in my session. -- You received this bug notification because

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 912044] Re: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects users of badly designed backlit keyboards

sudo kbd_mode -u helped me on Mint 17.1 Cinamon for ScrollLock right button activation, but... it steel on and off by Shift+Alt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-evdev in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 912044] Re: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects users of badly designed backlit keyboards

Hello. sudo kbd_mode -u FYI, that command made my scroll lock key work as expected under xwindows, including allowing me to use it as a hotkey for my KVM. NB: I'm not an Ubuntu user. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 912044] Re: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects users of badly designed backlit keyboards

this also seems to affect using a KVM switch that expects double-presses of Scroll_Lock as a hotkey interestingly, you can trigger the KVM switch with either xset led 3 sleep 0.2 xset -led 3 or xset led named Scroll Lock sleep 0.2 xset -led named Scroll Lock -- You received this bug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 912044] Re: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects users of badly designed backlit keyboards

Bug 969082 is probably a duplicate of this one so I marked it as such. It may provide additional information and apport data. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-evdev in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 912044] Re: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects users of badly designed backlit keyboards

Workaround for me: Find an unused mapping: $ xmodmap -pm Use the modX which has nothing applied to it, then try (assuming modX = mod3 from xmodmap -pm output): $ xmodmap -e add mod3 = Scroll_Lock -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 912044] Re: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects users of badly designed backlit keyboards

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-evdev in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 912044] Re: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects users of badly designed backlit keyboards

** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) = xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-evdev in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912044 Title: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 912044] Re: scroll lock doesn't work, which affects users of badly designed backlit keyboards

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