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<title xml:id="XFdrake-ti1">Set up the graphical server</title>
<subtitle>XFdrake</subtitle>
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<para>This tool is present in the Mageia Control Center under the tab
<emphasis role="bold">Hardware</emphasis>. Select <emphasis><guilabel>Set up
the graphical server</guilabel></emphasis>. <footnote>
<para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing
<emphasis>XFdrake</emphasis> as normal user or
<emphasis>drakx11</emphasis> as root. Mind the capital letters.</para>
</footnote></para>
<para/>
<para>The buttons allow you to change the graphical configuration.</para>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Graphic card</emphasis>:</para>
<para>The graphic card currently detected is displayed and the matching
server configured. Click on this button to change to another server, for
example one with a proprietary driver.</para>
<para>The available servers are sorted under <guilabel>Vendor</guilabel> by
manufacturer in alphabetical order and then by model also in alphabetical
order. The free drivers are sorted by alphabetical order under<guilabel>
Xorg</guilabel>.</para>
<para><note>
<para>In case of problems, <emphasis>Xorg - Vesa</emphasis> will work
with most graphic cards and give you time to find and install the right
driver while in your Desktop Environment.</para>
<para>If even Vesa doesn't work, choose
<emphasis><guilabel>Xorg</guilabel> -
<guilabel>fbdev</guilabel></emphasis>, which is used while installing
Mageia, but doesn't allow you to change resolution or refresh
rates.</para>
</note>If you made your choice for a free driver, you may be asked if you
want to use a proprietary driver instead with more features (3D effects for
example).</para>
<para/>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Monitor:</emphasis></para>
<para>In the same way as above, the monitor currently detected is displayed
and you can click on the button to change to another one. If the desired
monitor isn't in the <guilabel>Vendor</guilabel> list, choose in the
<guilabel>Generic</guilabel> list a monitor with the same features.</para>
<para/>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Resolution:</emphasis></para>
<para>This button allows the choice of the resolution (number of pixels) and
the colour depth (number of colours). It displays this screen:</para>
<para><mediaobject>
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<imagedata fileref="XFdrake1.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>When you change the color depth, a multi-colored bar will
appear next to the second button and show a preview of what the selected
color depth looks like.</para>
<para>The first button shows the currently resolution, click to change for
another one. The list gives all the possible choices according to the
graphic card and the monitor, it is possible to click on
<guilabel>Other</guilabel> to set other resolutions, but bear in mind that
you can damage your monitor or select an uncomfortable setting.</para>
<para>The second button shows the currently colour depth, click to change
this for another one.</para>
<para><note>
<para>Depending on the chosen resolution, it may be necessary to logout
and restart the graphical environment for the settings to take
effect.</para>
</note></para>
<para/>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Test:</emphasis></para>
<para>Once the configuration done, it is recommended to do a test before
clicking on OK because it is easier to modify the settings now than later if
the graphical environment doesn't work.</para>
<para><note>
<para>In case of a non working graphical environment, type Alt+Ctrl+F2
to open a text environment, connect as root and type XFdrake (with the
caps) to to use XFdrake's text version.</para>
</note>If the test fails, just wait until the end, if it works but you
don't want to change after all, click on <guibutton>No</guibutton>, if
everything is right, click on <guibutton role="bold">OK</guibutton>.</para>
<orderedlist>
<title>Options:</title>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Global options</guilabel>: If <emphasis>Disable
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace</emphasis> is checked, it will no longer be possible
to restart X server using Ctrl+Alt+Backspace keys.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Graphic card options</guilabel>: Allows you to enable or
disable three specific features depending on the graphic card.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Graphical interface at startup</guilabel>: Most of the
time, <emphasis>Automatically start the graphical interface (Xorg) upon
booting</emphasis> is checked to make the boot switch to graphical mode,
it may be unchecked for a server.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>After a click on the <guibutton>Quit</guibutton> button, the system
will ask you to confirm. There is still time to cancel everything and keep
the previous configuration, or to accept. In this case, you have to
disconnect and reconnect to activate the new configuration.</para>
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