ok i just finshed installing slackware 10.1 and when i boot from the boot floppy i made for it comes down to this user@darkstar login i use root. ANd it comes with this crap you have a message and its a joke thing. i dont know whats up im trying to get into linux but i think i messed up am i right. and no i dont wont windows on this computer its dont going to be a dual boot only linux on this old computer.

I cant understand what u r trying to say here

ok sorry i installed slackware 10.1 made a boot disk when i restarted the computer i booted using the floppy right. When it goes to a point where it say log in darkstar. i use root and it comes to this crap joke i think and i know its slackware and this is the second time i reloaded slackware 10.1 on this system.

type in xorgconfig to configure X then type startx for a GUI.

what you call "crap joke" is packet named fortunes.
just remove it if you do not like those messages, sometimes they are not so "bad"
another thing is, you should configure X server. xorgconfig is util giving you easyest start.when this is done, start X.

when its under darkstar login.

login as root then type xorgconfig, you will then have to put in some hardware info then when done, startx will start whichever window manager/desktop environment you picked. Btw its xwmconfig to change what environment you use.

man you know this hard for a old computer that i dont know that much about.

ok know its on the desktop but know its like zoomed in really big showing 1/4 of the internet page. nothing esle.

you put it some wrong monitor info then, try and find out some specs if u can, they would be very helpful right now, because otherwise its just trial and error till you get it right.

all i know is the montoir is a SamSung and the vga card is a 4m pci vga card

thats waht i read off the vga card but i dont really get the set thing you told me to do when it gets to montoir and vga card im lost.

1) Darkstar - You didn't name the machine, so it changes to the default name

2) Jokes - As mentioned, this is part of the bsd-games-2.13-i686-6 package

3) X server - This is not set up for you by default, nor does Slackware load X by default (hence you get left at a terminal instead. Therefore, you *are* in Linux). Instead of xorgconf (which is PITA if you're just starting out), run 'xorgsetup', which will automagically guess the necessary values for you and get you a working X server (you can then tweak the settings later if need be). Then run 'startx' to load it.

Also, based on what you've said:

4) User - have you actually created a user for yourself? It's a very bad idea, both in terms of security and accidental damage, to be logged in as root all the time. Use the command 'adduser' to add a user for yourself.

I'd also reccomend that you keep the revised Slackware book bookmarked somewhere.

ok i think i have more info i got this off knoppix STD

video is 6326 86C326, using XFree86(sis) Server

Monitor is Sam0000, H. 28.0-96.0KHz
V:50.0-0-76.0Hz
Using Modes "1024x768 - "800x600" "640x480"