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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" 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">
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  <info>
    <title xml:id="configureX_card_list-ti1">Choose an X Server (Configure
    your Graphic Card)</title>
  </info>

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    <imageobject>
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    </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 Nonfree repository and in some cases only
  from the card manufacturers' websites.</para>

  <para>The Nonfree repository needs to be explicitly enabled to access them.
  If you didn't select it previously, you should do this after your first
  reboot.</para>
</section>