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diff --git a/docs/docs/stable/mcc-help/en/harddrake2.xml b/docs/docs/stable/mcc-help/en/harddrake2.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0d2c5abb --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docs/stable/mcc-help/en/harddrake2.xml @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<section version="5.0" xml:id="harddrake2" + xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" + xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" + xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" + xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> + <info> + <title xml:id="harddrake2-ti1">Hardware configuration</title> + + <subtitle>harddrake2</subtitle> + </info> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata align="center" fileref="harddrake2.png" + format="PNG" revision="1" xml:id="harddrake2-im1"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <para>This tool<footnote> + <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis + role="bold">harddrake2</emphasis> as root.</para> + </footnote> gives a general view of the hardware of your computer. When the + tool is launched, it executes a job to look for every element of the + hardware. For that, it uses the command <code>ldetect </code>which refers to + a list of hardware in <code>ldetect-lst</code> package.</para> + + <section> + <title>The window</title> + + <para>The window is divided in two columns.</para> + + <para>The left column contains a list of the detected hardware. The + devices are grouped by categories. Click on the > to expand the content + of a category. Each device can be selected in this column.</para> + + <para>The right column displays information about the selected device. + The <guimenu>Help -> Fields description</guimenu> gives some information + about the content of the fields.</para> + + <para>According to which type of device is selected, either one or two + buttons are available at the bottom of the right column:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para><guibutton>Set current driver options</guibutton>: this can be + used to parameterize the module which is used in relation to the + device. This must used by experts only.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><guibutton>Run config tool</guibutton>: access to the tool which + can configure the device. The tool can often be accessed directly from + the MCC.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para/> + </section> + + <section> + <title>The menu</title> + + <para><bridgehead>Options</bridgehead></para> + + <para>The <guimenu>options</guimenu> menu gives the opportunity to check + boxes to enable automatic detection:</para> + + <para><itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>modem</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Jaz devices</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Zip parallel devices</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist>By default these detections are not enabled, because + they are slow. Check the appropriate box(es) if you have this hardware + connected. Detection will be operational the next time this tool + is started.</para> + </section> +</section> |