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<div>
<h2 class="title"><a name="misc-params"></a>Summary of miscellaneous
parameters
</h2>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="misc-params-pa1"></a>DrakX made smart choices for the
configuration of your system depending on the choices you made and on the
hardware DrakX detected. You can check the settings here and change them if
you want after pressing <span class="guibutton">Configure</span>.
</p>
<div class="section" title="System parameters">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="misc-params-system"></a>System parameters
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa2"></a><span class="guilabel">Timezone</span></p>
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa2a"></a>DrakX selected a
time zone for you, depending on your preferred language. You can
change it if needed. See also <a class="xref" href="misc-params.html#drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT" title="Configure your Timezone">the section called “Configure your
Timezone”</a></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa3"></a><span class="guilabel">Country /
Region</span></p>
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa3a"></a>If you are not in
the selected country, it is very important that you correct the
setting. See <a class="xref" href="misc-params.html#drakxid-selectCountry" title="Select your Country / Region">the section called “Select your Country /
Region”</a></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa4"></a><span class="guilabel">Bootloader</span></p>
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa4a"></a>DrakX has made
good choices for the bootloader setting.
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa4b"></a>Do not change
anything, unless you know how to configure Grub and/or Lilo
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa4c"></a>For more
information, see <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html" title="Bootloader main options">the section called “Bootloader main
options”</a></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa5"></a><span class="guilabel">User
management</span></p>
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa5a"></a>You can add extra
users here. They will each get their own <code class="literal">/home</code>
directories and will not be able to look in your or each other's
documents, mails, pictures and other files.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa6"></a><span class="guilabel">Services</span>:
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa6a"></a>System services
refer to those small programs which run the background (daemons). This
tool allows you to enable or disable certain tasks.
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa6b"></a>You should check
carefully before changing anything here - a mistake may prevent your
computer from operating correctly.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" title="Hardware parameters">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="misc-params-hardware"></a>Hardware parameters
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-hardware-pa1"></a><span class="guilabel">Keyboard</span>:
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-hardware-pa1a"></a>This is where
you setup or change your keyboard layout which will depend on your
location, language or type of keyboard.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-hardware-pa2"></a><span class="guilabel">Mouse</span>:
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-hardware-pa2a"></a>Here you can add
or configure other pointing devices, tablets, trackballs etc.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-hardware-pa3"></a><span class="guilabel">Sound
card</span>:
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-hardware-pa3a"></a>This section
allows you to fine tune your sound card. In most cases the options
selected will work with your computer.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-hardware-pa4"></a><span class="guilabel">Graphical
interface</span>:
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-hardware-pa4a"></a>This section
allows you to configure your graphic card(s) and displays.
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-hardware-pa4b"></a>For more
information, see <a class="xref" href="setupX.html" title="Set up X, graphic card and monitor configuration">the section called “Set up X, graphic card and monitor
configuration”</a>.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" title="Network and Internet parameters">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="misc-params-network"></a>Network and Internet
parameters
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-network-pa1"></a><span class="guilabel">Network</span>:
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-network-pa2"></a>You can configure
your network here, but for network cards with non-free drivers it is
better to do that after reboot, in the <span class="application">Mageia Control
Center</span>, after having enabled the non-free media
repositories.
</p>
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<tr>
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<p><a name="misc-params-network-pa3"></a>When you add a
network card, do not forget to set your firewall to watch that
interface as well.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-network-pa4"></a><span class="guilabel">Proxies</span>:
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-network-pa4a"></a>A Proxy Server
acts as an intermediary between your computer and the wider internet.
This section allows you to configure your computer to utilize a proxy
service.
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-network-pa4b"></a>You may need to
consult your systems administrator to get the parameters you need to
enter here
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" title="Security">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="misc-params-security"></a>Security
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-security-pa1"></a><span class="guilabel">Security
Level</span>:
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-security-pa1a"></a>Here you set the
Security level for your computer, in most cases the default setting
(Standard) is adequate for general use.
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-security-pa1b"></a>Check the option
which best suits your usage.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-security-pa2"></a><span class="guilabel">Firewall</span>:
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-security-pa2a"></a>A firewall is
intended to be a barrier between your important data and the rascals
out there on the internet who would compromise or steal it.
</p>
<p><a name="misc-params-security-pa2b"></a>Select the
services that you wish to have access to your system. Your selections
will depend on what you use your computer for.
</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top">
<p><a name="misc-params-security-pa2c"></a>Bear in mind
that allowing everything (no firewall) may be very risky.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" title="Configure your Timezone">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT"></a>Configure your
Timezone
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT-pa1"></a>Choose your
time zone by choosing your country or a city close to you in the same time
zone.
</p>
<p><a name="drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT-pa2"></a>In next
screen you can choose to set your hardware clock to local time or to GMT,
also known as UTC.
</p>
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<table border="0" summary="Note">
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<th align="left"></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p><a name="drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT-pa3"></a>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.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" title="Select your Country / Region">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="drakxid-selectCountry"></a>Select your Country /
Region
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="drakxid-selectCountry-pa1"></a>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 a Wireless network.
</p>
<p><a name="drakxid-selectCountry-pa2"></a>If your country
isn't in the list, click the <span class="guilabel">Other Countries</span> button
and choose your country / region there.
</p>
<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
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<th align="left"></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p><a name="drakxid-selectCountry-pa3"></a>If your country is
only in the <span class="guilabel">Other Countries</span> list, after clicking
<span class="guibutton">OK</span> it may seem a country from the first list was
chosen. Please ignore this, DrakX will follow your real choice.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="section" title="Input method">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="inputMethod"></a>Input method
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="drakxid-selectCountry-pa4"></a>In the
<span class="guilabel">Other Countries</span> screen you can also select an input
method (at the bottom of the list). Input methods allow users to input
multilingual characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc). IBus is the
default input method in Mageia DVDs, Africa/India and Asia/no-India
Live-CDs. For Asian and African locales, IBus will be set as default
input method so users should not need to configure it manually. Other
input methods(SCIM, GCIN, HIME, etc) also provide similar functions and
can be installed if you added HTTP/FTP media before package
selection.
</p>
<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
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<th align="left"></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p><a name="drakxid-selectCountry-pa5"></a>If you missed
the input method setup during installation, you can access it after
you boot your installed system via "Configure your Computer" ->
"System", or by running localedrake as root.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" title="Configure your Services">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="drakxid-configureServices"></a>Configure your
Services
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="drakxid-configureServices-pa1"></a>Here you can set
which services should (not) start when you boot your system.
</p>
<p><a name="drakxid-configureServices-pa2"></a>There are four
groups, click on the triangle before a group to expand it and see all
services in it.
</p>
<p><a name="drakxid-configureServices-pa3"></a>The setting
DrakX chose are usually good.
</p>
<p><a name="drakxid-configureServices-pa4"></a>If you highlight
a service, some information about it is shown in the info box
below.
</p>
<p><a name="drakxid-configureServices-pa5"></a>Only change
things when you know very well what you are doing.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" title="Security Level">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="draxid-miscellaneous"></a>Security Level
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="draxid-miscellaneous-pa1"></a>You can adjust your
security level here.
</p>
<p><a name="draxid-miscellaneous-pa2"></a>Leave the default
settings as they are, if you don't know what to choose.
</p>
<p><a name="draxid-miscellaneous-pa3"></a>After install, it
will always be possible to adjust your security settings in the
<span class="guilabel">Security</span> part of the Mageia Control Center.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" title="Summary - Links">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="misc-paramsLinks"></a>Summary - Links
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
<th align="left"></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p>Clicking the help button may have led you to a wrong section of
this page. Please click on the relevant link below to go to the correct
section, or scroll up to see it.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="emphasis"><em>Configure your Timezone</em></span>:
</p>
<p><a class="xref" href="misc-params.html#drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT" title="Configure your Timezone">the section called “Configure your
Timezone”</a></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="emphasis"><em>Select your Country / Region</em></span>:
</p>
<p><a class="xref" href="misc-params.html#drakxid-selectCountry" title="Select your Country / Region">the section called “Select your Country /
Region”</a></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="emphasis"><em>Configure your Services</em></span>:
</p>
<p><a class="xref" href="misc-params.html#drakxid-configureServices" title="Configure your Services">the section called “Configure your
Services”</a></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="emphasis"><em>Security Level</em></span>:
</p>
<p><a class="xref" href="misc-params.html#draxid-miscellaneous" title="Security Level">the section called “Security Level”</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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