i recently installed mandrake 10 in my toshiba laptop, forgot its model but it has P4 1.6 gig and 256 RAM in it, and its of type satellite series...

now i did install it, but when it came to the window where u have those configuring buttons, i cant configure (read : select) my S3 supersavage / IXC 1179 driver (bear in mind that i also forgot the graphic memory), so i just select savage4 4 MB with 1024x768 resolution and 24 bit colors...

it booted through the lilo successfully, but after that the pic stays black... i can only see the mouse cursor, sometime i can see the gnome running, but the graphic is totally messed up... can someone help me on this?

i believe i need the correct driver for this graphic card inside yeah? but i dont know where to get it and how to apply it... need help...

this is my first linux installation, so mind me, fellas...

btw it says
"bringing up interface eth0 [FAILED]"

during booting process in verbose mode

i hadthe same problem installing mandrake 9.2 on a radeon 7000. the screen would just go black after booting up. i never figured out how to fix it though, unfortunately.

about eth0 not coming up, thats normal. dont worry about it. it just means that your ethernet isnt connected.

hmm ok so anyone can fix it? the black screen?

eth = Ethernet (followed by a number saying what device number it was assigned)

sounds like you either

1) have bad drivers (doubtful, but possible)

or

2)the X server is not properly configured for your screen/video card (bad settings can mess up the screen like you said happens sometimes), check the refresh rates to make sure they are right