Toggle Keyboard Lights on Kubuntu

The keyboard

I got a keyboard with simple lights, the Cooler Master Devastator II Blue; just pressing the ScrLk Key turns the lights on and off. Though that does not work on Linux/Kubuntu.

Turning lights on and off

The workaround is simple, open the terminal, then write xset led named "Scroll Lock" for lights, and xset -led named "Scroll Lock" for no lights.

But it gets tiring to do that every time, so it is best to edit the ~/.profile file so we can get the lights on without writing it ourselves again:

# ...
xset led named "Scroll Lock"

This is going to execute every time after login in.