Setting up Ubuntu

System: Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10)
Mozilla Firefox extensions I use:

• Incredible bookmarks ( to search in bookmarks)
• Find in Tabs
• Xmarks (to sync my bookmarks on many computers, and to not worry about exporting and importing bookmarks)
• Manage Folders

The problem with mc in gnome-terminal ( function keys are not working):
In gnome-terminal go to Edit -> "Keyboard Shortcuts" and disable two items: "Enable menu access keys" and "Enable the menu shortcut key".


Seems I lost X for a while. I changed manually xorg.conf. I just run
nvidia-xconfig
in the console and xserver is back. I have found some interesting hints here on how to set up refresh rate in xorg.conf. I am using nvidia-glx driver and nvidia-settings . It's nice in configuration.

And midnight commander bug. It does not want to store configuration file. It's enough to create .mc directory in user's home directory and it works fine.

Checking ubuntu version:
sudo lsb_release -a

Upgrading Ubuntu:
1. Put new repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list (backup old file)
For 10.04 (lucid )

deb http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse

deb http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free
# deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu lucid-getdeb apps games
# deb-src http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu lucid-getdeb apps games
# kadu - jeszcze nei ma dla lucid:
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/patryk-prezu/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
# wine
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu lucid main

2. apt-get update
3. apt-get dist-upgrade

Samba share set-up
Install smbclient, smbfs
put
//shareserver/share /local_folder cifs user=[login],pass=[password],rw,uid=[me],gid=[mygroup] 0 0
to /etc/fstab