Part V. Advanced Uses
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Advanced Uses
Table of Contents
13. Introduction to the Mandrakelinux Control Center
What is in DrakConf
The Drakbug Reporting Tool
14. Configuration: Boot Section
Configuring the Login Mode
DrakBoot: Changing your Boot-Up Configuration
Configuring the Bootloader
Choosing the boot entries
Customizing your Boot Theme
15. Configuration: Hardware Section
HardDrake: Configuring your Hardware
Introduction
Problems/Troubleshooting
Other Information
Controlling the Graphical Configuration
Configuring your Graphical Display
KeyboardDrake: Changing your Keyboard Layout
MouseDrake: Changing your Mouse
PrinterDrake: Configuring Printers
The Printer Configuration Wizard
Reconfiguring an Existing Printer
Expert Mode
16. 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
Local Disk Sharing: Allowing Users to Share Folders
Setting up WebDAV Mount Points
17. Configuration: Network & Internet Section
Network and Internet Connection Management
New Connection
Internet Access
Manage Connections
Monitor Connections
Remove a Connection
Internet Connection Sharing
18. Configuration: Security Section
DrakSec: Securing your Machine
Setting your Security Level
Customizing a Security Level
DrakPerm: Control File Permissions
DrakFirewall: Securing your Internet Access
19. Configuration: System Section
MenuDrake: Customizing your Menus
Adding a New Menu Entry
Advanced Features
DrakXServices: Configuring Start-Up Services
DrakFont: Managing Available Fonts on your System
Setting your Machine's Date and Time
LogDrake: Searching through the Log Files
UserDrake: Managing Users and Groups on your System
The Interface
Adding a New User
DrakBackup: Backing-Up and Restore your Files
A Practical Example Using the Wizard
Restoring Backups
Automating Periodic Backups
Other DrakBackup Options
20. Rpmdrake: Package Management
Install Software
Searching packages
Mandrakelinux 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
Mandrakelinux Update
The Software Media Manager
Package Management through the Command Line
Installing and Removing Packages
Media Management
Tricks and Recipes
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 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