I've installed the nvidia drivers for the graphics-card, updated the XF86Config-4 file. glxgears gives betveen 200 and 500 fps, but when I try to run a game, it works, but after a cuple of minutes the game hangs, and only the background sound remains. The only way out of the game is pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. And it's not the game, i have tried many games, and many of the old NVIDIA drivers too.

My computer is not so good:

AMD K6/2 525MHz
512MB 133MHz SDRAM
GEFORCE MX 400 PCI 64MB

This is what my XF86Config looks like:



# File generated by XFdrake.

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fi"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Nokia"
ModelName "Nokia 449E"
HorizSync 30.0-62.0
VertRefresh 50.0-100.0

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection

I've got Mandrake 9.2 and Kernel 2.4.22.36mdk

lspcidrake output:

unknown : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]|M1541 [BRIDGE_HOST]
unknown : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]|M5243 [BRIDGE_PCI]
unknown : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]|M7101 PMU [BRIDGE_OTHER]
unknown : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]|M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] [BRIDGE_ISA]
Card:NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic): nVidia Corporation|NV11 geForce2 100/200 [DISPLAY_VGA]
es1371 : Creative Labs|Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V/AudioPCI128 [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO]
acx100_pci : Texas Instruments|USR2210 22Mbps Wireless PC Card [NETWORK_OTHER]
unknown : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]|M5229 IDE [STORAGE_IDE]


Notice that the grafic-card is named geForce2 100/200 even if I know its a gf2 400 (the gf2 bios says it, and it says so on the card itself). Even windows think it is a gv2 100/200.

had the same problem with gf 4 ti

Any solution for this problem?

OK, I just heard from the one I got the card from that you must mannualy install the gf2 400 driver, becouse windows thinks it's a 100/200 or the games will freeze but how can I do this in Linux?