How can I disable scroll lock when switching layouts?

Question

I updated my Xubuntu 12.04 xfce 4.8 to xfce 4.10 and now when I switch keyboard layouts it activates scroll lock.

How can I disable scroll lock when I switch layout?

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '18 at 19:28

This helps sometimes, but if not:

Read the configuration in

dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options

Then remove the 'grp_led:scroll' part and write it back like so:

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options "['grp:alt_shift_toggle', 'numpad:microsoft']"

Please note that tools like gnome tweek may restore the options.

Also' make sure your .profile or .bashrc do not contain settings that may restore the option..

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 25 '17 at 06:55

4

Problem solved.

sudo -H gedit /etc/default/keyboard

change

XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"

to

XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle"

save, exit, and reboot.

edited May 25 '17 at 06:55

Zanna

answered Dec 14 '13 at 16:33

user225130

Problem started after switching to 18.04. The solution above worked after restrt' but after a terminal is opened the behaviour regresses and the LED is blinking again.
Seems like unpredictable behavior of this "feature"
– QT-1 Sep 01 '18 at 18:25
but this is not working after restart – jerinisready Oct 16 '19 at 13:07

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