Sticky Keys – How to Enable Sticky Keys in Ubuntu 12.04

This script works:

$ cat $HOME/bin/sticky_keys 
xkbset exp -bell -sticky -twokey -latchlock -accessx -feedback -stickybeep -led 9999
xkbset bell sticky -twokey -latchlock feedback led stickybeep

(If you would prefer pressing Shift twice to mean "hold down shift" then change '-latchlock' above to 'latchlock')

For more and related information, you probably will like this wiki page:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/doc/Guide/Mobility

Because of the missing tool 'xorgcfg' or 'xf86cfg' https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/506 in the ubuntu repository, you have to use the commandline tool 'xkbset'. Which isn't very user-friendly. You have to call 'xkbset' twice. By the first call, you set the expiry of the accessx settings. This is necessary, because there is a default timeout. By the second call, you can adjust the accessx settings themself. I don't know why, but in my settings, this was the required order!

With xkbset -h you will get a help message.

An example for setting the expiry of the accessx settings: xkbset exp -bell -sticky -twokey -latchlock -accessx -feedback -stickybeep -led

You have to disable the expiry of all accessx settings you need. Because, if you set an explicit timeout with '0', you will cause a xorg runtime error.

An example for adjust the accessx settings: xkbset bell sticky -twokey latchlock feedback led stickybeep

For further information refer to: http://www.xfree86.org/current/xset.1.html

In the Configuration example below you see a setup for daily usage.

The base install of Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't support, by default, the keyboard functions for your particular machine. You'll need to install drivers for it, basically. Help.ubuntu.com has an awesome wiki page detailing how you can go about doing that.

I highly recommend alternative 1 (from the wiki page):

1. Go here and download the attached .deb file

2. Run the following to install it:

   gzip -d asus-wmi-dkms_999.01_all.deb.gz  
   sudo apt-get install dkms  
   sudo dpkg -i asus-wmi-dkms_999.01_all.deb