Drakboot

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Configure your computer>Boot

Drakboot allows you to configure your boot configuration, be it Lilo or GRUB. Making changes to any of the settings in Drakboot requires Root privileges.

Boot

To configure Mandriva to boot into the desktop without having to select a User or type a Password every time:

1. Select Set up autologin to automatically to log in
2. Select Yes, I want autologin with this [user,desktop]
   

   Autologin using a specific user and desktop

   
   

3. Select the Default user
4. Select the Default desktop. Depending on the available desktop interface installed, choose KDE, Gnome, xFce, etc.
5. Click Ok
6. Reboot the system

To configure Mandriva to prompt for a login:

1. Select No, I do not want autologin
   

   Disable autologin

   
   

2. Click Ok
3. Reboot the system

To configure Mandriva to boot directly into a Terminal:

1. Uncheck Launch the graphical environment when your system starts
2. Click Ok

Tip !
To change back the settings to boot into the graphical environment instead of the Terminal, type

startx

from the prompt. The system will reload into the desktop environment and allow users to go back to Drakconf and Drakboot.

Two other options can be passed to drakboot:

 --boot : enable to configure boot loader
 --splash : enable to configure boot theme

Drakboot is a part of drakxtools