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$ cd ~
$ nano .Xmodmap

remove mod4 = Super_L

Enabling the Home key to activate the popup Applications menu

By default the Home key (the one between the Fn and Alt keys) is set as a 'modifier key' by X, (e.g. like control or alt). To remove this create/edit .Xmodmap in your home directory.

and add the line:


Save the file and restart Xfce, ctrl+alt+backspace. When you've logged back in, go to Settings > Settings Manager, and click on Keyboard. Now click on the Shortcuts tab. At the end of the Themes column, click add. Call your new theme a name, clicking OK will select your new theme and the Shortcuts will now be selectable. click Add in the Shortcuts section, type your command xfce4-popup-menu Click OK, it will ask you to press a key. Press the Home button. The shortcut xfce4-popup-menu Super+Super_L should now of appeared on the list.

apt-get install lock-keys-applet

For some odd reason the Scroll Lock button doesn’t work in an Xsession in Ubuntu. There’s an old bug report here. However it works as it should in a virtual terminal.  The interesting thing though is that Xev will detect the key press. So how do you get the Scroll Lock functioning again? Well first let’s run this command

xmodmap -pm

You should get an output like this

xmodmap:  up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0×32),  Shift_R (0×3e)
lock        Caps_Lock (0×42)
control     Control_L (0×25),  Control_R (0×6d)
mod1        Alt_L (0×40),  Alt_L (0×7d),  Meta_L (0×9c)
mod2        Num_Lock (0×4d)
mod3
mod4        Super_L (0×7f),  Hyper_L (0×80)
mod5        Mode_switch (0×5d),  ISO_Level3_Shift (0×7c)

Notice mod3 has nothing listed.  This will be what we will use to assign Scroll Lock.  It may be a different mod for some people.  Either way use the one that has nothing listed.

Before we do anything else let’s test this to make sure it works.  We’re going to run this command

xmodmap -e ‘add mod3 = Scroll_Lock’

Replace mod3 with whatever the blank mod listing was.  Your Scroll Lock should work now.

I hate making changes like this locally to only my user, so I’m going to do this globally.

Now we need to create a file in /etc/X11 called Xmodmap.  So start up Gedit or your favorite text editor

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/Xmodmap

Now add this to the file

add mod3 = Scroll_Lock

again, change mod3 to the one that was empty from the first command.  Now the Scroll Lock key should get set when X starts now.

I have a EeePC 1000H and I have installed Karmic UNR
I have also installed the excellent eeepc-utilities by Andrew Fewt

 http://www.statux.org/content?page=repo for repo and instuctions

This is an excellent solution for EeePC ACPI management.

RESULT wifi toggle now works completely, connection the whole business.
I know it might not be within the spirit of "bug fixing", but with the eeepc-utilities installed I have an EeePC with FULL functionaity.

Thanks very much to Andrew for his now discontinued work on these scripts for Ubuntu.
A big thank you also to the Ubuntu Karmic developers I have had Hardy, Intrepid, and Jaunty installed previously, but Karmic install and functionality is the best by a mile.

The EEEPC ACPI scripts don't help the problem with my 901. I still get a black screen when I toggle WIFI off.

Under the general tab change the style from 'Clearlooks' to 'Desktop Settings'