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In <3691C155.B96B37E2@bigpond.com> Louis Hissink <hissinkl@bigpond.com> writes:
>> Like many other I have decided to try Linux after buying the APC
>> Pocketbook however I have not been able to start X.
>>
>> I have run Xconfigurator and it has probed (and presumably installed)
>> the correct server for my video card.  (I have an ATI Mach 64 which
>> Xconfigurator detected).
>>
>> However when running the command "startx" I get the error message:
>>
>> "Tried  /root/XF86config
>>         /etc/XF86config
>>         /usr/X11R6/lib/X11........
>>         /usr/X11R6/lib/....etc, etc"

It is trying to find the file, /etc/XF86config, while the correct name
is /etc/X11/XF86Config on a redhat system. Strange (unless you typed the
above wrongly)
>> I have also had a problem accessing the cdrom.  The CD has been
>> mounted but when I go to the /mnt/cdrom directory I stall can't access
>> the CD despite the "cdrom" being listed in the /mnt directory.

How do you know it has been mounted? Is it in your /etc/fstab file?
If so issue
mount /mnt/cdrom
as root (or go into /etc/fstab and place a user option on the line
eg
......  iso9660  noauto,ro,user    0 0

>> At the same time can anyone recommend a good user guide for Linux.  I
>> have seen the boxed version of Red Hat 5.2 at swap meets for around
>> $50 - does this include a printed manual and if so is the manual a

Since that is the list price from RedHat for this this is not a good
deal. Note that the RedHat manual ONLY convers installation. Nothing
else. It does not cover any of the operation or setting up of Linux.