[02:25] <Wafficus> hey guys, question about installing a terminal emulator called terminator using a .pkg on Lubuntu
[02:26] <Wafficus> do I just cd into it using LxTerminal, and use the "make" command?
[02:26] <Wafficus> newbie linux user here
[02:27] <xangua> Sudo apt-get install lxterminal
[02:27] <xangua> Wafficus:
[02:29] <Wafficus> hey there
[02:29] <Wafficus> yeah I already have lxterminal
[02:29] <Wafficus> the thing is
[02:29] <Wafficus> I don't want the latest release at all
[02:29] <Wafficus> cause it doesn't allow for transparency
[02:29] <Wafficus> its a known bug, and I downloaded terminator-1.0-2 instead
[02:30] <Wafficus> I unzipped the .pkg file into its own folder
[02:30] <Wafficus> the issue I'm having is how to force lubuntu to install the contents of the directory
[02:30] <Wafficus> I tried following this newbie guide but with no luck:
[02:30] <Wafficus> https://www.howtogeek.com/105413/how-to-compile-and-install-from-source-on-ubuntu/
[03:38] <ghostnik11> hi i am having trouble installing lubuntu 18.04 onto asus t100ta. installation fails during grub2 installation. it suddenly hangs and crashes
[03:39] <ghostnik11> how can i fix this issue and then install properly lubuntu 18.04
[03:39] <tsimonq2> EFI or BIOS?
[03:41] <ghostnik11> eif tsimonq2
[03:42] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: its one of those 2 in 1 devices that came with windows 8. in the past i had ubuntu 16.04 on it and it installed with no problem so when i went to install lubuntu 18.04 i thought i would be a breeze but i have failed now 4 times to install it and it always freezes at the same point
[03:44] <tsimonq2> ghostnik11: Have you tried completely wiping the MBR with GParted prior to starting the installer?
[03:47] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: no but i always choose to wipe entire disk so i don't know why the mbr actually has stayed
[03:47] <tsimonq2> ghostnik11: Give that a try; if that works then there's a bug on our side.
[03:48] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: like i need to press esc to be able to see the options i have. then i can get into bios. but the bios only has an option to deactivate uefi. i don't get legacy option in boot
[03:48] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: okay i will try to have gparted from live usb delete the mbr
[03:54] <Wafficus> Hi there, I need to install a font called Ahem on my Lubuntu laptop
[03:54] <Wafficus> is this possible?
[04:00] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: okay i have deleted everything in the /dev/mmcblk1 hard drive and just have 29.12 gib unallocated space. should i try and run the installation now?
[04:01] <tsimonq2> ghostnik11: Try it.
[04:18] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: okay its installing and this time in the installation window it said it didn't notice any OS detected on /dev/mmcblk1 so i am crossing my fingers
[04:28] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: i don't know if this will help but it always seems to freeze around installing i386-efi platform
[04:28] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: i don't understand why? is there a way i can tell it from live cd to skip grub installation?
[04:29] <tsimonq2> ghostnik11: Skipping GRUB will leave your system unbootable. :P
[04:29] <ghostnik11> it just froze again once it got to: lubuntu ubiquity: installing for i386-efi platform
[04:29] <tsimonq2> huh
[04:29] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: yeah but could i then go back into live cd and tell it to build grub? or no
[04:30] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: this makes no sense to me. for ubuntu 16.04 it installed with no problem. so i don't know why its freezing
[04:30] <tsimonq2> ghostnik11: Maybe try switching to legacy boot and retrying as a workaround.
[04:32] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: i don't have an option for legacy boot, these were the 2 in 1 devices that they (oem) put a 32 bit uefi onto a 64bit processor. i don't know why uefi was ever invented, it just gives people a bigger headache
[04:32] <tsimonq2> ohhhhhh
[04:32] <tsimonq2> These devices...
[04:32] <tsimonq2> ghostnik11: If Ubuntu 16.04 works, try installing Lubuntu 16.04 and upgrading.
[04:32] <tsimonq2> Bad Intel is bad...
[04:33] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: but that would be worst no? why can't i just do a fresh install!! isn't fresh install always better than upgrading?
[04:34] <tsimonq2> ghostnik11: A fresh install upgraded to 18.04 would still be OK.
[04:35] <ghostnik11> tsimonq2: okay i will try it that way, but won't i lose hard disk space doing it that way?
[04:36] <tsimonq2> ghostnik11: Not really.
[12:26] <lubu> anyone have any guides to theme customisation?
[17:48] <hehehe> how I can find a particular key keycode?
[17:48] <hehehe> I want to remap keyboard
[17:49] <hehehe> 2 keys yet to work after water spill
[18:22] <hehehe> :P
[18:26] <hehehe> working
[18:26] <hehehe> :D
[18:28] <lyorian> hehehe: what did you do?
[18:31] <hehehe> remapped
[20:29] <nortti> I upgraded to 18.04.1 lts from 16.04 lts today (system started its life as 14.04 lts). ever since I installed it, there's been a graphical prompt that pops up when I use a passphrase-protected ss key, but it seems to be gone now. is this intended, and how can I configure it back?
[20:30] <nortti> additionally, it would appear that whatever is used for the graphical sudo prompts doesn't work, since starting synaptic from the menu does nothing and starting it from the command line with the same command gives a terminal-based one
[23:44] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> Hello folks
 Heya
[23:45] <wxl> o/
[23:45] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> I have lubuntu latest version, any idea how change screen scale, i have a 24 smart tv and font not see
[23:45] <wxl> 18.04?
[23:46] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> Yes
[23:48] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> All very small in 1920x1080
[23:51] <wxl> one sec Dario
[23:51] <wxl> have you tried Preferences > Monitor Settings?
[23:52] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> Yes but no see any option for change dpi
[23:52] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> Only resolution and refresh rate
[23:53] <wxl> ok we might have to do this the hard way
[23:53] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> Ok
[23:53] <wxl> i.e. with xrandr
[23:53] <wxl> let me make sure i get the command right
[23:54] <wxl> oh it's got a --dpi switch yay
[23:54] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> How?
[23:54] <wxl> so running xrandr alone will give you a list of all your screens
[23:55] <wxl> usually they'll be named something like VGA-1 or whatever
[23:55] <wxl> xrandr --output <NAME> --dpi <VALUE> should be what youw ant
[23:55] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> Yyes
[23:55] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> Ok a second
[23:56] <wxl> if for some reason that fails, try --scale yxz
[23:56] <wxl> where y and z are some values like 0.75x0.75
[23:57] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> Command for monitor list?
[23:57] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> I need insert 92 dpi
[23:57] <wxl> xrandr
[23:58] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> Ok
[23:58] <lubot5> <Dario De La Puente> VGA-0