How to disable next key (keycode 117) which is constantly being triggered?

Question

In the past few days whenever I type rapidly a ~ symbol continuously pops up in the terminal window. To resolve the issue I tried running

xev -event keyboard

This told me that the problem is the NEXT KEY with key code 117, so I disabled it using this command:

xmodmap -e 'keycode 117='

Now the symbol ~ is not coming but still, its action which scrolls down the current page is still active.

@pam-lx Would you share output of `xev` and `evtest` for both keys? You may upload output to https://paste.ubuntu.com and share link here. — user.dz, Sep 29 '21 at 11:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 07 '18 at 10:29

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keycode 117 is pagedown key. Check if it's pressed. or try

xmodmap -e "keycode 117=NoSymbol"

edited Oct 07 '18 at 10:29

abu_bua

answered Oct 07 '18 at 03:18

blah

This doesn't stop page-down from working in chrome and many other applications, so I finally had to physically remove the key from the keyboard. – user260214 Nov 01 '18 at 19:37

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