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I know that one is able to enable the scroll lock button. But my question is: is there a way to permanently do this so that I do not need to enter the command in every time I start Ubuntu?

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You can use the xset utility to toggle it. Either search the software center and search for x11-xserver-utils or enter the following from the terminal to install it.

sudo apt-get update;sudo apt-get install x11-xserver-utils

All you need to do is add a new entry in settings-->session and startup with the following..

xset led named "Scroll Lock"

FYI: to turn it off..

xset -led named "Scroll Lock"

To find out how to add a something to auto-run at login see this How do I start applications automatically on login?

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Where do I go to access these settings? I cannot seem to find them. I tried running the command on terminal but it only enables it for the current session. Upon logging out or rebooting, I need to re-enter the command again. – rrtorres1991 Nov 3 '14 at 23:03
    
This seemed to work for the ScrLK but actually messed up with other key mappings and shortcuts I had... – wranvaud Jul 6 '17 at 16:35

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