Summary of miscellaneous parameters

DrakX made a smart choice for the configuration of your system, depending on the choices you made before and on the hardware DrakX detected. You can check the settings here and change them if you want after pressing Configure.

System parameters

  • Timezone

    DrakX selected a time zone for you, depending on your preferred language. You can change it if needed. See also the section called “Configure your Timezone”

  • Country / Region

    If you are not in the selected country, it is very important that you correct the setting. See the section called “Select your Country / Region”

  • Bootloader

    DrakX made a good choice for the settings of the bootloader.

    Do not change anything, unless you know a lot about grub and/or lilo

  • User management

    You can add extra users here. They will get their own /home directories and will not be able to look in your or each other's documents, mails, pictures and other files.

  • Services:

Hardware parameters

  • Keyboard:

  • Mouse:

  • Sound card:

  • Graphical interface:

Network and Internet parameters

  • Network:

    You can configure your network here, but for network cards with non-free drivers it is better to do that after reboot, in the Mageia Control Center, after having enabled the non-free repositories.

    [Warning] Warning

    When you add a network card, do not forget to set your firewall to watch that interface (too).

  • Proxies:

Security

  • Security Level:

  • Firewall:

Configure your Timezone

Choose your time zone by choosing your country or a city close to you in the same time zone.

In next screen you can choose to set your hardware clock to local time or to GMT, also known as UTC.

[Note] Note

If you have more than one operating system on your computer, make sure they are all set to local time, or all to UTC/GMT.

Select your Country / Region

Select your country or region. This is important for all kinds of settings, like the currency and wireless regulatory domain. Setting the wrong country can lead to not being able to use WLAN

If your country isn't in the list, click the Other Countries button and choose your country / region there.

[Note] Note

If your country is only in the Other Countries list, after clicking OK it may seem a country from the first list was chosen. Please ignore this, DrakX will follow your real choice.

Configure your Services

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drakxid-miscellaneous

This section seems to show up in the Security Level screen in the Summary step of the configuration after installation.