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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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+xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
+xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+version="5.0" xml:id="configureX_card_list">
+
+ <!-- Initiated by Marja 2012-08-08 -->
+ <!-- Further text JohnR 2012-08-29 -->
+ <!-- tproof -->
+ <!-- lproof -->
+
+ <info>
+ <title xml:id="configureX_card_list-ti1">Choose an X Server (Configure
+ your Graphic Card)</title>
+ </info>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata width="800" revision="1" align="center" xml:id="configureX_card_list-im1" fileref="dx2-configureX_card_list.png" format="PNG" depth="600"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+
+ <para>DrakX has a very comprehensive database of video cards and will usually correctly identify your video device.</para>
+
+ <para>If the installer has not correctly detected your graphic card and you know which one you have, you can select it from the tree by:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>vendor</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>then the name of your card</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>and the type of card</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
+
+ <para>If you cannot find your card in the vendor lists (because it's not yet in the database
+ or it's an older card) you may find a suitable driver in the Xorg category</para>
+
+ <para>The Xorg listing provides more than 40 generic and open source video card drivers.
+ If you still can't find a named driver for your card there is the option of using
+ the vesa driver which provides basic capabilities.</para>
+
+ <para>Be aware that if you select an incompatible driver you may only have access
+ to the Commandline Interface.</para>
+
+
+ <para>Some video card manufacturers provide proprietary drivers for Linux which may only
+ be available in the Non-free or Tainted repositories and in some cases only from the
+ card manufacturers' websites </para>
+
+ <para>The Non-free and Tainted repositories need to be explicitly enabled to access them,
+ you should do this after your first reboot.</para>
+
+</section>