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Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux (Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing) Author(s): Manuel Ricart ISBN: 078971826x Publication Date: 12/22/98 function isIE4() { return( navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1 && (navigator.appVersion.charAt(0)=='4') ); } function bookMarkit() { var url="../../../../../www.itknowledge.com/PSUser/EWBookMarks.html@url="+window.location+"&isbn=0"; parent.location.href=url; //var win = window.open(url,"myitk"); //if(!isIE4()) // win.focus(); } Search this book:   Previous Table of Contents Next System Configuration The system configuration area provides a simplified interface to configuring your system. This is much easier than mucking with configuration files directly. As usual, you should understand what you are doing, or you could make your system unbootable. The System Configuration area subdivides into four major areas: •  Hardware Configuration Area •  System Configuration Area •  Network Configuration Area •  Boot Manager Configuration Hardware Configuration Area The hardware configuration area provides other configuration screens for configuring your disks, keyboard, modem, mouse, printer, tape drives, and the X11 Server: •  Diskette drives: Provides options for specifying the drives you have installed. •  Hard disks: Provides options for configuring a disk, changing partition information, and formatting new disks. •  Keyboard map: Allows you to pick your keyboard locale map. •  Modem: Allows you to select your modem type and configuration. •  Mouse: Select and configure your mouse. •  Printer: You can easily add a printer to your system in this area. Printer drivers are provided for the more popular printers. If yours is not listed, don’t despair. Choosing a similar model from your manufacturer might do the trick. Also, check http://www.caldera.com for additional printer configuration tips and instructions. •  CD-ROM: Provides a list of CD-ROMs that you can use and configure with Linux. •  Streamer: Allows you to configure your tape backup drive. •  X11 Server: Allows you to select the X11 server appropriate for your video card and create a customized configuration file. System Configuration Area The system configuration area provides an interface for the following: •  User Administration: You can add, delete, and manage users and groups, as well as set default values for users added through LISA. This interface is very serviceable for novice users. The LISA user administration area doesn’t currently take advantage of UPG schemes, which simplify user collaboration. For more information, see Chapter 18, “Users, Groups, and Passwords.” •  Configuring the Mount Table: This provides you with an interface to modify the /etc/fstab file for adding network mounts. •  Configure the Swap Area: This area allows you to format a partition designated as a swap partition and add it to the list of swap areas. Linux supports multiple swap partitions. •  Set Hostname: Provides you with an interface to assign the host name of the machine. The information you enter here is propagated at boot time through scripts. This is the preferred way to set the name and domain of your computer. Use a fully qualified domain name such as host.domain.dom. •  Configure Timezone: Allows you to configure how the hardware clock on your computer should be read. If you have a dual boot computer, more than likely your other operating system (OS) sets the clock to the local time. UNIX and UNIX-like systems typically have their clock set to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and then calculate your local time based on your time zone. With this control, you can tell Linux how to read your clock so that you can share it with other OSs. •  Configure daemons/server autostart: This screen allows you to enable and disable services that start when your computer boots. If you are not using a service, it is best to leave it off, saving your resources. You should only disable things that you know are not necessary for the proper use of your computer, or some failures will occur. •  Kernel module administration: This area displays information about modules available to your kernel. From here you can add and remove modules. The names of the modules displayed are cryptic, so some familiarity with the modules is helpful. You should take a look at Chapter 24, “Customizing Your Linux Kernel.” Familiarity with the kernel configuration programs might be helpful. 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