Chapter 14. Mandrake Control Center

Table of Contents
14.1. Create a boot disk
14.2. Change your boot-up configuration
14.2.1. Configuration of the Boot Loader
14.2.2. Configure the boot mode
14.2.3. Configure the login mode
14.3. Create a Boot Disk for a (semi-)Automated Installation
14.4. Change the Resolution of your Display
14.4.1. X Configuration Simple Mode
14.4.2. X Configuration Expert Mode
14.5. Configuring your hardware
14.5.1. Introduction
14.5.2. harddrake
14.5.3. harddrake Wizard
14.5.4. Problems/Troubleshooting
14.5.5. Other information
14.6. Changing your mouse
14.7. Configure a new printer
14.8. Changing your keyboard layout
14.9. Managing your partitions
14.9.1. The interface
14.9.2. In practice: resize an old partition and create a new one
14.9.3. A note about the expert mode: save the partition table
14.10. Configuring your machine as a Gateway
14.11. Setting your security level
14.12. Configuring a Basic Firewall
14.13. Customize your Menus
14.13.1. Add a new menu entry
14.13.2. Advanced features
14.14. Configuring Startup Services
14.15. Managing the fonts available on your system
14.16. Managing users on your system
14.16.1. The interface
14.16.2. Let's add a new user
14.16.3. Other features
14.17. Adjust date and time
14.18. Searching through the log files
14.19. Access to the Console

Mandrake Control Center is the main configuration tool for your Mandrake Linux distribution. It enables the system administrator to configure the hardware and services used for all users. The tools accessed through the Control Center greatly simplify the use of the system, notably by avoiding the use of the evil command line. :-)

Not all tools accessible from Control Center are described in this chapter: notably "Package Management" and "Configuring Internet Connections".

Figure 14-1. The Control Center icon

Note

Control Center is also available from the command line in text mode by running DrakConf or mcc.

The following image shows you the window that pops-up when you click on the Control Center icon on the desktop (figure 14-1).

Figure 14-2. The Control Center main window

The tools are sorted into five categories to form a tree view on the left of the window. You can open a branch by clicking on the [+] label. Following are all the tools and references to the corresponding manual sections.

Table 14-1. A fast review of Mandrake graphical tools

BootCreate a boot disk
 Change your boot-up configuration
 Create a Boot Disk for a (semi-)Automated Installation
HardwareChange the Resolution of your Display
 Configuring your hardware
 Changing your mouse
 Configure a new printer
 Changing your keyboard layout
 Managing your partitions
Network & Internet"Configuring Internet Connections"
 Configuring your machine as a Gateway
SecuritySetting your security level
 Configuring a Basic Firewall
SystemCustomize your Menus
 Configuring Startup Services
 Managing the fonts available on your system
 Adjust date and time
 "Package Management"
 Searching through the log files
 Access to the Console

14.1. Create a boot disk

If you did not create one at install time, this tool allows you to create a boot disk. This rescue disk allows you to perform some maintenance tasks on your system in case of failure.

See the section "Using drakfloppy to create a boot disk" of the Reference manual to get more information on the use of this tool.


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