Part V. Advanced Uses
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14.
Introduction to the Mandrake Control Center
What's in DrakConf
The drakbug Bug Reporting Tool
15.
Configuration: Boot Section
DrakFloppy: Creating a Boot Disk
Using DrakFloppy
DrakBoot: Changing your Boot-Up Configuration
Configuring the Bootloader
Configuring the Login Mode
DrakAutoInst: Creating a Boot Disk for a (Semi-)Automated Installation
16.
Configuration: Hardware Section
HardDrake: Configuring your Hardware
Introduction
Problems/Troubleshooting
Other Information
Controlling the Graphical Configuration
Configure your monitor
Change your screen resolution
XFDrake: Full-Configuration Video Tool
KeyboardDrake: Changing your Keyboard Layout
MouseDrake: Changing Your Mouse
PrinterDrake: Configuring Printers
The Printer Configuration Wizard
Reconfiguring an Existing Printer
Expert Mode
17.
Configuration: Mount Points Section
DiskDrake: Managing your Hard Drive Partitions
The Interface
DiskDrake's action buttons
From Theory to Practice: Resizing an Old Partition And Creating a New One
Managing Removable Devices
Importing Remote SMB Directories
Importing Remote NFS Directories
Partition Sharing: Allow Users to Share Directories
18.
Configuration: Network & Internet Section
DrakConnect: Configuring Network and Internet Connections
DrakGw: Configuring Your Machine as a Gateway
19.
Configuration: Security Section
DrakSec: Securing Your Machine
Setting your Security Level
Customizing a Security Level
DrakPerm: Control File Permissions
DrakFirewall: Securing your Internet Access
20.
Configuration: System Section
MenuDrake: Customizing your Menus
Adding a New Menu Entry
Advanced Features
DrakXServices: Configuring Start-Up Services
DrakFont: Managing The Fonts Available on Your System
Set Date and Time
LogDrake: Searching Through The Log Files
Access to the Console
UserDrake: Managing Users and Groups on Your System
The Interface
Adding a New User
DrakBackup: Backup and Restore your System and Personal Files
A Practical Example Using the Wizard
Restoring Backups
Automating Periodic Backups
Other DrakBackup Options
21.
RpmDrake: Package Management
Install Software
Searching packages
Mandrake choices
All packages, alphabetical
All packages, by group
All packages, by size
All packages, by selection state
All packages, by medium repository
All packages, by update availability
Remove Software
Mandrake Update
The Software Media Manager
Package Management through the Command Line
Installing and Removing Packages
Media Management
Tricks and Recipes
22.
Troubleshooting
Introduction
A Boot Disk
Creating a Boot Floppy with Drakfloppy
Testing the Boot Disk
Backup
Why Backup?
Preparing your System
What to Backup?
Where to Backup?
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
Boot-Loader Issues
Boot-Loader 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
Mandrake's Specific Troubleshooting Tools
Final Thoughts