Scroll Lock Not Working in Linux -- Solution
Posted: 22 Sep 2018, 20:00
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Although the Num Lock and Caps Lock lights worked, the Scroll Lock light didn't. Thinking something was wrong, I switched over to a Windows machine so that I could use the Elite Keyboards Switch Hitter software to test all the keys. The Scroll Lock registered and its light worked.
Switched back to linux, and again, no Scroll Lock light.
After a few seconds of Googling, I found the answer on Stack Exchange:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... linux-xorg
As suggested, I ran the following command in a terminal:
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xmodmap -pm
The solution:
Create a file called .Xmodmap in the home directory containing the following line:
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add mod3 = Scroll_Lock
Thought I would post this in case others had encountered the same problem.