[02:46] <ish_> Hi all, Quick question I installed ubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu 12.04 LTS server. How do I access the GUI mode?
[09:10] <cwayne> 'ello
[09:10] <cwayne> anyone here awesome at making icons for unity lenses?
[11:42] <laurent_> Hello just connecting to have a simple method to just get rid of unity and get back a good interface after an upgrade to ubuntu 12.04. Is there an easy way somewhere ?
[19:16] <Sam-L> Hello, I'm having a problem with my keyboard. Ubuntu only appears to be detecting two of the keys as being pressed. Does anybody have a moment to help me with this?
[19:17] <AlanBell> Sam-L: caps lock?
[19:17] <AlanBell> hardware issue?
[19:17] <AlanBell> you might find #ubuntu is a more general purpose support area
[19:17] <Sam-L> The keys are backspace and "menu"
[19:17] <Sam-L> well I asked in there and nobody has even acknowleged the question
[19:18] <Sam-L> The keyboard also works fine under XP
[19:18] <AlanBell> yeah, people tend to leave questions thye have no clue about :)
[19:18] <Sam-L> Excellent
[19:18] <Sam-L> Looks like I'm about proper fucked then
[19:19] <Sam-L> Thanks for the heads up
[19:19] <AlanBell> what is a menu key?
[19:19] <Sam-L> A custom key, I've seen it on a few keyboards, right hand side, next to CTL and ALT or windows key
[19:20] <AlanBell> oh right, the context menu thing
[19:20] <Sam-L> yah
[19:20] <AlanBell> is this a fairly standard keyboard?
[19:20] <Sam-L> I think so. It was marketed as a "gaming" keyboard, but really it's just a cheap USB keyboard with the frills you know
[19:21] <Sam-L> a Rosewill
[19:23] <Sam-L> I've been looking and poking around at this thing most of the day
[19:26] <AlanBell> usb keyboard presumably
[19:26] <Sam-L> yes
[19:28] <Sam-L> i ran /lib/udev/keymap -i input/event2 (from findkeyboards)
[19:28] <Sam-L> and it only gives a scan code for the two keys
[19:28] <Sam-L> it's not even detecting the input from other keys
[19:30] <Sam-L> Which is a bit ridiculous seeing as the BIOS and GRUB have no problem at all
[19:32] <AlanBell> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=144132 seems you are not the only one
[19:32] <Sam-L> yup
[19:32] <Sam-L> to a fucking t
[19:33] <AlanBell> !language
[19:33] <Sam-L> that is what i get for thinking ill get a nice keyboard for a reasonible price
[19:33] <AlanBell> yeah, fraid so
[19:33] <Sam-L> welp, i suppose ill be buying a new one then
[19:33] <AlanBell> support is probably going to happen at some point
[19:33] <Sam-L> im not gonna count on that
[19:33] <Sam-L> :/
[19:34] <Sam-L> i cant type with the onscreen keyboard
[19:34] <AlanBell> I am not sure what the right place to ask about it is
[19:34] <Sam-L> for the rst of my life
[19:34] <Sam-L> lol
[19:34] <Sam-L> i dunno either
[19:34] <AlanBell> maybe #ubuntu-kernel
[19:34] <Sam-L> i guess i could try
[19:34] <Sam-L> see what they say
[19:34]  * AlanBell wrote some of the themes for onboard
[19:35] <Sam-L> er?
[19:35] <AlanBell> the on screen keyboard
[19:35] <Sam-L> oh
[19:35] <Sam-L> ya
[19:35] <Sam-L> cool
[19:35] <AlanBell> I did the ubuntu theme, and typist and model-m (well some of model-m)
[19:36] <AlanBell> then the main developer got all creative with the pressing keys and shading :)
[19:36] <Sam-L> function then form or something
[19:37] <AlanBell> yeah, it is more of a "real keyboard on the screen" than an on-screen keyboard that you get on a tablet or phone
[19:38] <Sam-L> heh
[19:38] <Sam-L> i wouldnt use it if i were disabled but
[19:38] <Sam-L> it fills in for not having a working kb
[19:38] <Sam-L> in the most painful of ways
[19:40] <Sam-L> I'm not getting so much as a blank face in #kernel
[19:40] <AlanBell> well you probably won't this week, it is the Ubuntu developer summit
[19:40] <AlanBell> and then you need to hang around, people are in various timezones
[19:40] <Sam-L> yah
[19:41] <Sam-L> huge pita lol
[19:41] <AlanBell> they are all in Denmark at the moment
[19:41] <Sam-L> i feel like this is gonna be unresolvable at this point
[19:41] <Sam-L> otherwise and answer would be out there and I wouldn't be here
[19:41] <AlanBell> and probably at a bar in Denmark to be more specific
[19:41] <Sam-L> welp
[19:41] <Sam-L> thanks for your time