[03:23] <otacon> Anyone manage to get a solid media key configuration application working on Lubuntu?
[08:36] <Green> hello, I need a bit of help installing a program from a tar.gz file
[08:37] <Green> is there anybody here who can walk me through the process?
[08:37] <Tm_T> what program it is?
[08:37] <Green> desura beta for linux
[08:37] <Green> it's just a single file called desura inside the tar.gz file
[08:37] <Green> I'm not entirely sure what to do to get it to do something and install
[08:38] <Tm_T> what happens if you unpack it and run it?
[08:38] <Green> i get a popup asking me if i want to run it in terminal or just run it
[08:38] <Green> if i click either option, nothing happens
[08:38] <Green> well, nothing visual anyway
[08:38] <Tm_T> hmmm, interesting
[08:38] <Green> and no terminal opens either just to clarify
[08:39] <bioterror> have you given chmod +x?
[08:39] <Green> how do I do that?
[08:39] <bioterror> sudo chmod +x binary
[08:39] <Tm_T> right click on the file...
[08:40] <Tm_T> bioterror: if he's double clicking, he's on a file manager, so if you know how to do it in there, please tell (:
[08:40] <Green> when you say chmod, do you mean that thing where you turn it into an exe?
[08:40] <Tm_T> yes, basicly
[08:40] <Green> because it already is in the executable mode
[08:40] <Green> as in, I can double click on it
[08:40] <Green> if i go to properties, it says its an executable
[08:41] <Tm_T> so that's sorted
[08:41] <bioterror> if you run it in terminal: ./binary in the folder containing it, does it prompt anything?
[08:41] <bioterror> or sh binary
[08:41] <Green> I will do so now
[08:41] <Green> sh binary gives
[08:42] <Green> robert@robert-F3JR:~/Downloads$ sh desura
[08:42] <Green> desura: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
[08:42] <Green> syntax error
[08:42] <Green> perhaps I extracted it from the tar.gz incorrectly?
[08:42] <bioterror> hardly
[08:43] <Green> ok
[08:44] <Green> I'm sure it would be a generic style install
[08:44] <Green> I just don't know how to do that
[08:44] <Green> because I wasn't told that there is any specific way of installing, rather I was told simply to install it
[08:44] <Tm_T> Green: my next suggestion would be asking Desura's support forums (:
[08:45] <Green> mmm, I don't think that's the issue, I'm just inexperienced with linux, and it still confuses me
[08:46] <Tm_T> Green: to me it looks like the executable you're trying to run is possibly broken in the first place
[08:46] <bioterror> oh well, that's beta software
[08:47] <Green> well
[08:47] <Green> that's the consistency of linux for you
[08:47] <Green> now it's running
[08:47] <Green> i double clicked it a third time and it worked executing regularly
[08:47] <Tm_T> awww
[08:47] <bioterror> :D
[08:49] <Green> and it crashed
[08:49] <Green> that's betas for you
[09:30] <BjornW> Can someone tell me how I can change the default keymap? Each time I start up my machine I have to change it by hand which is annoying.
[10:33] <papa> ]:->
[10:45] <ActionParsnip> quiet today eh
[13:39] <phillw> BjornW: which version of Lubuntu are you using?
[13:48] <BjornW> 11.04
[13:50] <Unit193> You should be able to edit /etc/default/keyboard under XKBLAYOUT
[13:51] <BjornW> Unit193: thanks. Any idea where I can find the right string for XKBVARIANT?
[13:52] <Unit193> Its' noting by defualt
[13:52] <Unit193> Still is noting for me
[13:54] <BjornW> I think mine is euro according to this http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php?topic=3305.0;wap2
[13:57] <phillw> BjornW: under Preferences, do you not have Lxkeymap?
[13:58] <BjornW> phillw: I do have it, but it will only set it for the current session
[15:58] <AmberJ> BjornW: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1455877 (#4 specially)
[16:07] <aqualuk> hi
[17:08] <amjjawad> bodhi_zazen: hello bodhi :)
[19:17] <amjjawad> philipballew, hey, I finally made it to irc :P
[19:19] <amjjawad> philipballew, sorry, I didn't notice the username :(
[19:19] <amjjawad> I'm looking for phillw
[19:19] <philipballew> amjjawad, its all good. I think He appears to be offline. He should be on soon then
[19:19] <philipballew> you new to irc?
[19:20] <amjjawad> very new
[19:20] <amjjawad> first time in my entire life
[19:20] <amjjawad> I have joined LXDE and Lubuntu Team two weeks ago but never logged in to irc
[19:21] <philipballew> nice! how long have you been a ubuntu user?
[19:22] <amjjawad> I joined UF in Oct 2009
[19:22] <amjjawad> but I started to be a Linux User in Sept 2010
[19:22] <amjjawad> since then, I can't live one day without it
[19:22] <amjjawad> I have the same username on UF
[19:23] <philipballew> Nice! so you like lubuntu then?
[19:23] <amjjawad> a lot
[19:23] <philipballew> what about it do you like about it compared to other ui's?
[19:24] <amjjawad> you mean over variants?
[19:25] <philipballew> sure?
[19:25] <philipballew> or just what you like in general
[19:26] <amjjawad> I love LXDE and GNOME 2.x but since the last is no longer supported and I never liked GNOME 3 and Unity, I thought to go for LXDE
[19:26] <amjjawad> for the last 4 weeks, I'm all into LXDE. Never used XFCE and KDE and don't like them
[19:27] <amjjawad> My PC is very much able to run Unity 3D but I'm using Lubuntu 11.04 and so much happy with it
[19:27] <philipballew> lots of people are switching to other gui's after the gnome 3 release. Linus switched to xfce
[19:28] <amjjawad> Linus himself? I see
[19:28] <amjjawad> IMHO, GNOME3 and Unity is just like Win7 (not sure what they call it) desktop
[19:28] <amjjawad> feel like copy-paste
[19:29] <amjjawad> Yes, many are switching to LXDE too.
[19:31] <philipballew> Well the ideas begind lxde are different then gnome3 or the unity project.
[19:31] <amjjawad> indeed
[19:32] <amjjawad> nothing better than turning a dead machine to a flying one :)
[19:33] <philipballew> if you run lxde on a comp with a fast processor and lots of ram it loads instantly
[19:34] <amjjawad> check this: http://ubuntuforums.org/album.php?albumid=2136&pictureid=7114
[19:34] <amjjawad> LXDE gave new life to that antique machine
[19:36] <philipballew> Lubuntu needs a ppc port
[19:37] <amjjawad> ?
[19:49] <amjjawad> reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC
[20:07] <MichealH> amjjawad: phillw has returned, you may see him now :p
[20:07] <amjjawad> Thanks :)
[20:07] <amjjawad> Just wanted to say hi to him :)
[20:07] <amjjawad> phillw, Hello Phill :)
[20:08] <phillw> hiyas amjjawad :)
[20:08] <amjjawad> Hey, I'm finally here :D
[20:09] <amjjawad> brother helped me because as you know, I have never used irc at all
[20:10] <phillw> amjjawad: it's not that hard :P
[20:12] <amjjawad> well, for you but for someone who had never used it ... it is :D
[20:12] <amjjawad> anyway, I'm here and was talking to philipballew
[20:13] <amjjawad> it was a nice start
[20:14] <MichealH> amjjawad: For the normal user, its just a box you type into
[20:14] <MichealH> Nothing too complicated :)
[20:15] <amjjawad> Yes, I figured that out :D
[20:16] <amjjawad> I told Phill, I prefer Forum and other ways to communicate but he said irc is important to meet up with other ppl and get to know them closely
[20:16] <amjjawad> I'm starting to see his point now
[20:16] <amjjawad> :)
[20:16] <MichealH> You meet all the cool, guys on IRC
[20:16] <amjjawad> I'm not sure if you guys know me but I'm kind of active on UF with the same name
[20:16] <MichealH> ;)
[20:17] <phillw> amjjawad: ensure you get #lubuntu-offtopic bookmarked, that is where we just chat about things and life in general :)
[20:18] <amjjawad> Oh great :)
[20:18] <amjjawad> that explains why this channel is queit :D
[20:19] <phillw> amjjawad: I'll send an invite :)
[20:21] <amjjawad> WOW, a busy channel ...
[20:56] <pip__> HI all.  I have a simple question.
[20:57] <pip__> I've been updating an oneiric beta 1 install regularly.  Would there be much pointfresh installing beta 2?
[20:57] <pip__> I think probably from a functional perspective , not iso testing
[20:58] <pip__> if you see what I mean....
[21:11] <phillw> pip__: From a functional point of view, the answer is no :) Provided you do not run odd patches, you can go all the way from alpha1 to final release by just updating :)
[21:11] <pip__> excellent!  Thanks Phill
[21:12] <pip__> I'm really enjoying beta1 & LSC
[21:41] <pip__> ttfn