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Filco TKL Scroll lock not light up under linux
Posted: 11 Mar 2013, 12:41
by pheo
EDIT: Just tested on windows box and scroll lock led works correctly.
Posted: 12 Mar 2013, 10:29
by mattics
Are you using Ubuntu?* The scroll lock key/light doesn't work on my generic MS keyboard at work either.
If you run
in a terminal window, it should show a list of keymappings and an empty key (mine is mod3) with nothing mapped to it.
To get it working temporarily you should run
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xmodmap -e 'add mod3 = Scroll_Lock'
(make sure those single quotes are single quotes) and replace mod3 with whatever key was missing from the first command. Toggle the key a few times to see if it now works.
If it does you can add
to /etc/X11/Xmodmap by doing
to edit the file (you will need your root password) and copying that line in and saving.
*I can only comment on Ubuntu as that is what we use at work but xmodmap should be pretty generic to most/all Linux distros.
Posted: 12 Mar 2013, 11:05
by pheo
Hey mattics! that is great. I wanted to look up if there was any solution, but I havent had the time. It is very appreciate you bring it here with the solution. I tried, I am using debian, and I had the same key mod3 remapped, it works perfect now scroll lock led is on when keypressed.
Thanks.