This chapter describes the tools specific to the Linux-Mandrake distribution that greatly simplifies the use of the system, notably avoiding the use of the evil command line. :-)
Not all tools are described in this chapter, some of them are documented in specific chapters: "HardDrake: Configure your hardware", Updating installed packages, General packages management.
The following image shows you the window that pops-up when you click on the DrakConf icon on the desktop (figure 11-1).
Then in order to help you identifying the tools, here is a table, following the same geometry as the main DrakConf window with each associated tool and references to the corresponding manual sections.
Table 11-1. A fast review of Mandrake graphical tools
This little tool allows you to change the video resolution of your screen, if the one you configured at install time does not fit your needs. The first window (figure 11-3) asks you to choose between the various video modes (resolutions) and depth (number of colors) available on your system. Simply choose the one you wish and click the OK button.
Then a new dialog will ask you whether you wish to test the new choices or not(figure 11-4). It is highly recommended to do so, because if it doesn't work it will be harder later to recover a working graphical environment.
At the end of the reconfiguration, a dialog may warn you that you need to restart Kwm to activate the changes. If you wish so, click on the OK, otherwise click on Cancel, the changes will then be active after you quit and reenter KDE.