[18:10] <r3sr3s> Hi guys, I've installed lubuntu on my Chromebook, I sorted the keyboard but cannot figure out how to fix the two finger right click, at
[18:10] <r3sr3s> The moment I don't have right click :(
[18:11] <wxl> which version?
[18:21] <r3sr3s> Sorry, got butted. It's the latest 18.something lts
[18:22] <r3sr3s> 18.10 I assume
 if it's LTS, it's 18.04.
 open the terminal and run lsb_release -a
[18:22] <r3sr3s> Yup, you are right it's 04
 what does it say for 'release', 18.04?
 ah good
 wxl: ^
[18:23] <wxl> so then synaptics is what you want. look at synclient/syndaemon commands
[18:23] <r3sr3s> When I did xinput it didn't even list synaptics
[18:23] <r3sr3s> :(
[18:24] <wxl> everyone's transitioning to libinput but i know synaptics still works in 18.04 ('m using it)
[18:25] <r3sr3s> Let me get on from the chromebook. Hang on guys :)
[18:25] <wxl> `man synaptics` will run you through all the options
[18:25] <wxl> i'm not sure exactly what you want
[18:27] <wxl> there's a LOT of options
[18:28] <r3sr3s> ok im back
[18:30] <r3sr3s> Ok, i actually followed a guide previously and now my right click works however the touchpad is a bit messed up lol
[18:31] <wxl> you can control everything with synaptics
[18:32] <r3sr3s> i think i have installed both syn and that other one...
[18:32] <r3sr3s> how do i know which one is handling my trackpad now?
[18:33] <wxl> i mean honestly it's possibly both. what did the guide have you do?
[18:35] <r3sr3s> installed xserver-xorg-input-synaptic
[18:36] <r3sr3s> then cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
[18:36] <r3sr3s> then installed lxinput
[18:38] <r3sr3s> i think that's it
[18:39] <wxl> that's the same driver
[18:39] <r3sr3s> ah
[18:39] <wxl> you're just doing it a different way
[18:40] <r3sr3s> but now the cursor movement is choppy
[18:40] <r3sr3s> but touch to click and two finger right click suddenly works
[18:40] <wxl> that's probably due to some default settings in synaptics
[18:41] <wxl> i would pick one of them
[18:41] <r3sr3s> as in being choppy or no right click? :D
[18:41] <wxl> no, pick one method of using synaptics
[18:41] <r3sr3s> oh
[18:42] <r3sr3s> how do i do that?
[18:42] <wxl> either only use synclient/syndaemon or only use xorg
[18:43] <wxl> personally i'd do the former because you can change things on the fly. xorg requires an x restart
[18:43] <r3sr3s> ah, so how do i switch to synaptics instead?
[18:43] <wxl> get rid of all the xorg stuff, restart and go from there
[18:43] <wxl> also i've not bothered with lxinput
[18:44] <r3sr3s> ok, syn it is.
[18:44] <wxl> it may be part of the problem. *shrug*
[18:44] <wxl> the thing to know about the synaptics commands is they do not make anything permanent. after you play around to find the right settings, use them in an autostart command and you're set
[18:48] <r3sr3s> ok, removed xorg synaptics
[18:48] <wxl> now whatever commands you had in that conf file can be used with synaptics
[18:49] <r3sr3s> i didnt actually write that
[18:49] <wxl> well, whoever wrote it
[18:49] <r3sr3s> or download
[18:49] <r3sr3s> i literally just did that copy and it was there :D
[18:52] <r3sr3s> so i assume it was a default config
[18:55] <r3sr3s> right, the folder i copied stuff from actually only has amd, quirks, radeon, libinput and wacom
[18:55] <r3sr3s> .conf
[18:56] <r3sr3s> looking in libinput, it literlly just says that the driver is libinput
[20:17] <ioops> hi, I have an ibook g4 and I would like to give a try to lubuntu LTS. Do you know if there is a possibility then to install go-lang on it ?
[20:18] <ioops> (ibook g4 powerpc 32 bit)
[20:19] <wxl> it looks like 1.{8,9,10} are all available in bionic
[20:21] <wxl> 10 is a stable branch according to go but i'm not sure for how long as the other stable branch is 11
[20:21] <wxl> and 12 is already in beta
[20:23] <wxl> bionic is supported until april 2021, after which we no longer support ppc
[20:23] <wxl> ppc packages still exist in the archives but how well maintained they are is a whole different question
[20:23] <wxl> tl;dr get a new computer XD
[20:24] <ioops> wxl thanks. I have already a new one. I just try to bring my old ibook to life again :)
[20:25] <wxl> i hear you
[20:25] <wxl> just know the writing is on the wall for ppc
[20:25] <wxl> i suspect in the next few years we'll see packages completely removed from the archives
[20:26] <wxl> i mean, it's soon to be there for i386 even
[20:26] <wxl> there is not a single flavor of ubuntu (for this development cycle) that will be offering an i386 release
[20:29] <ioops> wxl thank you for your answers!
[20:29] <ioops> :)