On 5/18/06, bogi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In general there is a guideline as to how to ask a question. And it is not > hard to follow, now given that the person asking the question can and is > likely so new to Linux/Open Source/Free software that they dont know how to > ask the question. So here is a short checklist: > > -Politely say Hi :-) > -state you Distro name and version (like ubuntu 5.10) > -state what application is in question, say streamtuner if applicable. > -state what the problem is, like (i cant do this,or how to i do this > or that) > -is hardware in involved state hardware name and model number (this > helps a > lot ) like IBM 300PL built in soundcard or Nvidia Gforce2 if you can. > -state is applicable (or needed) the hardware and / or software > configuration > of the system in question. > -paste the error message / or logfile portion pertaining. >
Here is the long checklist (if you have an hour or so to burn sometime, give this a read:-) "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Questions that follow this format are usually answered the quickest and to the required level of detail. There are also examples of how not to ask questions, if you ask questions that way, please change it :-) -Mark _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
