[SOLVED] Scroll Lock issues with KVM

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Hi All,

I have a KVM that uses a Hotkey to switch between machines. That hot key is Scroll-Lock Scroll-Lock (twice). This seems to work fine under Windows, but when I am on my Ubuntu machine, and I hit scroll lock twice, nothing happens. It seems that that Ubuntu does not recognize or is not sending the Scroll-Lock keystroke down to the KVM.

Any ideas on what I should do to troubleshoot this issue?


Solution (at least solved for me):

Originally Posted by zenon212 I was messing around trying to solve this KVM/Scroll Lock problem and found something interesting. Everything in my TrendNet KVM Manual says that the Scroll Lock is the key to use, but when I hit the Num Lock key twice in either Ubuntu or Vista it switches just fine. I only looked because the Scroll Lock wasn't lighting up the LED. I hit the Number Lock key once to turn it on and light up the LED and then again to turn it off and I was switched back to my Windows box. So, for me, Num Lock works in both, but Scroll Lock only works in Windows.

(Better) Solution:

Originally Posted by obryan For the session that you are in, you can use xmodmap -e 'add mod3 = Scroll_Lock' To make this permanent for all subsequent sessions add add mod3 = Scroll_Lock to the file /etc/X11/Xmodmap