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xreflabel="Choose an X Server (Configure your Graphic Card)"
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<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 make of your card</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>and the model 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
<emphasis>Xorg</emphasis> category, which provides more than 40 generic and
open source video card drivers. If you still can't find a specific driver
for your card there is the option of using the VESA driver which provides
basic capabilities.</para>
<caution>
<para>Be aware that if you select an incompatible driver you may only have
access to the <emphasis>Command Line Interface</emphasis></para>
</caution>
<para>Some video card manufacturers provide proprietary drivers for Linux
which may only be available in the <emphasis>Nonfree</emphasis> repository
and in some cases only from the card manufacturers' websites. The
<emphasis>Nonfree</emphasis> repository needs to be explicitly enabled to
access them. If you didn't enable it previously, you should do this after
your first reboot.</para>
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