Need a permissions walkthrough

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Ok, I can't install files for some reason. Well, I don't really know how to, but it keeps giving me an "access denied" message when trying to install Wine.

When I log in as root, it gives me a different error and still doesn't let me do it. Says something about it missing permissions.

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Dang! Now not only that, but I've lost the title bar on all windows!! That means that I can no longer close or move any windows I open, as even the taskbar is covered by one window that opens at startup. I am at a complete loss.

EDIT: less of a problem, but for some reason Kontact won't sign me out when I shut down Linux... when I go back to windows, I'm signed in as myself in Yahoo. I can see myself on my buddy list, and even talk to myself. (which is kind of fun)

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[Amano]

You might be able to fix your window problem by configuring your window layout in the control center.

As for the permission thing, try checking your run level (there are 6 run levels I think).

You can switch between them by typing this in the console:

> su init (and the run level number)

Try 'su init 3' and see what happens.

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Been a while, I know. I finally did do that, but when I opened the "run console" thingy, it wouldn't let me type anything in. *sigh*

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