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-rw-r--r--docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--dav.xml2
-rw-r--r--docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--removable.xml53
-rw-r--r--docs/mcc-help/en/drakwizard_ntp.xml61
-rw-r--r--docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml68
4 files changed, 145 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--dav.xml b/docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--dav.xml
index 3c4d59b7..c735d615 100644
--- a/docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--dav.xml
+++ b/docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--dav.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
<para>After you accepted the configuration with the radio button
<guibutton>Done</guibutton>, the first screen is displayed again and you
new mount point is listed. After you choose <guibutton>Quit</guibutton>,
- you are asked to save or not the modifications in
+ you are asked whether or not to save the modifications in
<emphasis>/etc/fstab</emphasis>. Choose this option if you want that the
remote directory is available at each boot. If your configuration is for
one-time usage, do not save it.</para>
diff --git a/docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--removable.xml b/docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--removable.xml
index 3fd36aef..416fdc59 100644
--- a/docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--removable.xml
+++ b/docs/mcc-help/en/diskdrake--removable.xml
@@ -1,17 +1,52 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section 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" xml:id="diskdrake--removable" version="5.0">
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section 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" version="5.0" xml:id="diskdrake--removable">
<info>
- <title xml:id="diskdrake--removable-ti1">CD/DVD burner</title><subtitle>diskdrake --removable</subtitle>
+ <title xml:id="diskdrake--removable-ti1">CD/DVD burner</title>
+
+ <subtitle>diskdrake --removable</subtitle>
</info>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata xml:id="diskdrake--removable-im1" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="diskdrake--removable.png"/>
+ <imagedata revision="1" fileref="diskdrake--removable.png" align="center" format="PNG" xml:id="diskdrake--removable-im1"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- <para>This page hasn't been written yet for lack of resources. If you think
- you can write this help, please contact <link ns2:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Documentation_team"> the Doc team.</link> Thanking you in advance. </para>
- <para>You can start this tool from the
- command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">diskdrake --removable</emphasis> as
- root.</para>
-</section>
+ <para>This tool <footnote>
+ <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">diskdrake --removable</emphasis> as root.</para>
+ </footnote>is found under the tab Local disks in the Mageia Control Center
+ labelled accordingly with your removable hardware (CD/DVD players and
+ burners and floppy drives only). </para>
+
+ <para>Its goal is to define the way your removable disk is mounted. </para>
+
+ <para>There is at the top of the window a short description of your hardware
+ and the chosen options to mount it. Use the menu on the bottom to change
+ them. Check the item to be changed and then on the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
+ button. </para>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Mount point</title>
+
+ <para>Check this box to change the mount point, The default one is
+ /media/cdrom.</para>
+
+ <para/>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>Many mount options can be chosen here either directly in the list or
+ via the Advanced submenu. The main are:</para>
+
+ <para/>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>user/nouser</title>
+
+ <para>user allows an ordinary user (not root) to mount the removable
+ disk, this option involves noexec, nosuid and nodev. The user who
+ mounted the disk is the only one who can umount it. </para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+</section> \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/mcc-help/en/drakwizard_ntp.xml b/docs/mcc-help/en/drakwizard_ntp.xml
index 50c92e69..b149088f 100644
--- a/docs/mcc-help/en/drakwizard_ntp.xml
+++ b/docs/mcc-help/en/drakwizard_ntp.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,64 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section 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" xml:id="drakwizard_ntp" version="5.0">
<info>
- <title xml:id="drakwizard_ntp-ti1">Configure time</title><subtitle>drakwizard ntp</subtitle>
+ <title xml:id="drakwizard_ntp-ti1">Configure time</title>
+
+ <subtitle>drakwizard ntp</subtitle>
</info>
+ <!-- 2013-10-25 Lebarhon - 3 screenshots ready to be added when it is possible -->
+
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata xml:id="drakwizard_ntp-im1" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="drakwizard_ntp.png"/>
+ <imagedata revision="1" fileref="drakwizard_ntp.png" xml:id="drakwizard_ntp-im1" align="center" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- <para>This page hasn't been written yet for lack of resources. If you think
- you can write this help, please contact <link ns2:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Documentation_team"> the Doc team.</link> Thanking you in advance.</para>
+ <para>This tool<footnote>
+ <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">drakwizard ntp</emphasis> as root.</para>
+ </footnote> purpose is to set the time of your server synchronised with an
+ external server. It isn't installed by default and you have to also install
+ the drakwizard and drakwizard-base packages.</para>
+
+ <para>After a welcome screen (see above), the second one ask you to choose
+ three time servers in the drop down lists and suggests to use pool.ntp.org
+ twice because this server always points to available time servers.</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="drakwizard-ntp1.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="drakwizard-ntp2.png">
+ <info>
+ <author>
+ <personname/>
+ </author>
+
+ <pubdate/>
+ </info>
+ </imagedata>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+
+ <para/>
+
+ <para>The following screens allows to choose the region and the city and
+ then, you arrive on a summary. If something is wrong, you can obviously
+ change it using the <guibutton>Previous </guibutton>button. If everything is
+ right, click on the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button to proceed to the
+ test. It may take a while and you finally get this screen below:</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="drakwizard-ntp3.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ <para/>
- <para>You can start this tool from the
- command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">drakwizard ntp</emphasis> as
- root.</para>
-</section>
+ <para>Click on the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button to close the
+ tool</para>
+</section> \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml b/docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml
index 34a9353f..3dd9e999 100644
--- a/docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml
+++ b/docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,52 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section
-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"
-xml:id="lspcidrake" version="5.0">
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section 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" version="5.0" xml:id="lspcidrake">
<info>
- <title xml:id="lspcidrake-ti1">Display Your PCI Information</title>
- <subtitle>lspcidrake</subtitle>
+ <title xml:id="lspcidrake-ti1">Display Your PCI, USB and PCMCIA
+ Information</title>
+
+ <subtitle>lspcidrake</subtitle>
</info>
- <para>This tool
- <footnote>
- <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis
- role="bold">lspcidrake</emphasis>.
- </para>
- </footnote> can only be started and used on the command line.</para>
+ <para>This tool <footnote>
+ <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">lspcidrake</emphasis>.</para>
+ </footnote> can only be started and used on the command line. It will give
+ some more information if used under root.</para>
+
+ <para>lspcidrake gives the list of all the connected devices to the computer
+ (USB, PCI and PCMCIA) and the used drivers. It needs the ldetect and
+ ldetect-lst packages to work.</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="lspcidrake1.png" contentwidth="902"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+
+ <para>With the -v option, lspcidrake adds the vendor and device
+ identifications.</para>
+
+ <para>lspcidrake often generates very long lists, so, to find an
+ information, it is often used in a pipeline with the grep command, like in
+ these examples:</para>
+
+ <para>Information about the graphic card;</para>
+
+ <para><command>lspcidrake | grep VGA</command></para>
+
+ <para>Information about the network</para>
+
+ <para><command>lspcidrake | grep -i network</command></para>
+
+ <para>-i to ignore case distinctions.</para>
+
+ <para>In this screenshot below, you can see the action of the -v option for
+ lspcidrake and the -i option for grep.</para>
- <para>This page hasn't been written yet for lack of resources. If you think
- you can write this help, please contact
- <link ns2:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Documentation_team"> the
- Documentation team.</link> Thanking you in advance.</para>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="lspcidrake2.png" contentwidth="757"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
-</section>
+ <para>There is another tool that gives information about the hardware, it is
+ called <emphasis role="bold">dmidecode</emphasis> (under root)</para>
+</section> \ No newline at end of file