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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<section version="5.0" xml:lang="hr" xml:id="configureX_card_list"
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<title xml:id="configureX_card_list-ti1">Choose an X Server (Configure your Graphic Card)</title>
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  <mediaobject>
<imageobject> <imagedata align="center"
fileref="dx2-configureX_card_list.png" format="PNG" revision="1"
xml:id="configureX_card_list-im1"/> </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 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>
</section>