Advanced Uses

Table of Contents

12. Introduction to the Mandrakelinux Control Center
MCC's Components
Managing Configuration Profiles
Profiles handling
The Drakbug Reporting Tool
13. Boot Device Configuration
Configuring the Login Mode
Changing your Boot-Up Configuration with DrakBoot
Configuring the Bootloader
Managing Boot Entries
Customizing your Boot Theme
14. Hardware Setup
Configuring your Hardware
Introduction
Problems/Troubleshooting
Other Information
Controlling the Graphical Configuration
Changing your Keyboard Layout
Changing your Mouse
Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake
Initial Configuration
The Printers Management Interface
The Printer Configuration Wizard
Reconfiguring an Existing Printer
Expert Mode
15. Parameterizing your Mount Points
Managing your Hard Drive Partitions through DiskDrake
The Interface
DiskDrake's action buttons
Resizing an Old Partition and Creating a New One
Managing Removable Devices
Importing Remote SMB Directories
Importing Remote NFS Directories
Allowing Users to Share Folders
Setting up WebDAV Mount Points
16. Setting up your Network and Accessing the Web
Network and Internet Connection Management
New Connection
Internet Access
Manage Connections
Monitor Connections
Remove a Connection
Proxy Settings
Internet Connection Sharing
17. Securing your Linux Box
Securing your Machine through DrakSec
Setting your Security Level
Customizing a Security Level
Controlling File Permissions with DrakPerm
Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall
18. Personalizing your System
Customizing your Menus with MenuDrake
Adding a New Menu Entry
Advanced Features
Configuring Start-Up Services through DrakXServices
Managing Available Fonts on your System through DrakFont
Setting your Machine's Date and Time
Monitoring System Activity and Status through LogDrake
Browsing system logs
Managing Users and Groups with UserDrake
The Interface
Adding a New User
Backing Up and Restoring your Files with DrakBackup
A Practical Example Using the Wizard
Restoring Backups
Automating Periodic Backups
Other DrakBackup Options
19. Package Management through Rpmdrake
Install Software
Selecting Packages to Install
Searching Packages
Updating Media
Remove Software
Mandrakelinux Update
The Software Media Manager
Package Management through the Command Line
Installing and Removing Packages
Media Management
Tricks and Recipes
20. Mandrakeonline Services
Initial Configuration
The Web Management Interface
Subscribing New Machines
Hosts Management
Scheduling Updates
Mandrakeonline Applet
21. Troubleshooting
Introduction
A Boot Disk
Creating a Boot Floppy from the Console
Testing the Boot Disk
Backup
Why Backup?
Preparing your System
What to Backup?
Where to Back Up?
When to Back Up?
Backup Example Using tar
Restore
Restore Example Using tar
Making a Recovery CD-ROM
Problems Arising at Boot Time
System Hanging during Boot
File-System Check on Boot Fails
X Doesn't Start
Bootloader Issues
Bootloader Reinstall
Backing Up and Restoring the MBR
File System Issues
Repairing a Damaged Super-Block
Recovering Deleted Files
Recovering from a System Freeze
Killing Misbehaving Apps
From the Console
Using Graphical Monitoring Tools
Miscellaneous
Mandrakelinux's Specific Troubleshooting Tools
General Guidelines for Solving a Problem under Mandrakelinux
Search the Internet
Mailing Lists and Newsgroups Archives
Directly Contacting the Person in Charge
Mandrakesoft Business Services
Final Thoughts