talmage, I think you want to do a search on this thread and also (if relevant) the bug tracker or (failing that) this forum. Doing a search will hopefully narrow down the things you'd need to read.

Re: the wiki page, my goal was to be mostly friendly toward noobs, but still document many of the questions & issues that come up over & over (some of which are pretty technical). So if you find the answer to your question, please feel free to add it.