Hi Kalle, Kalle Valo wrote: > "ext Mark" <wolfmane@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> When one has a problem with a device it is helpful to find out if >> others are having the same problem, and may have already solved it. <snip> > So basically you want others do all the work for you? It doesn't work > that way. Try to show that you have tried to do something to solve the > problem, for example by writing as much as info as possible. That way > people might be a bit more motivated to answer. Are you sure you haven't misinterpreted Mark here? It seems to me like the original question was "Is this happening to anyone else?" which is a reasonable question to ask on a users list. Asking him to search Bugzilla and/or read a FAQ for Diablo might have been good answers, as would be "First I've heard of it - looks like you'll have to dig deeper", which is probably what I'd've said. >> RTFM is *never* an acceptable response. > > That's the best way to learn and educate yourself, and in the end you > get better results. But if you insist doing everything your way, don't > be surprised if people are not willing to help you. I remember many years ago explaining that how you say RTFM is what's important. There are a myriad of ways to do so. 1. RTFM Variants: link to a page explaining how to RTFM, or a page on "asking smart questions", with no context 2. RTFM. Here's a link to the manual/docs/HOWTO/FAQ: http://... 3. This looks like a problem someone reported a while back... have you searched the archives of the mailing list and checked the FAQ? It seems similar to http://link.to.the.faq/q2-1.html That is: there's a difference between being nice and not nice, or welcoming and unwelcoming. Cheers, Dave. -- maemo.org docsmaster Email: dneary@xxxxxxxxx Jabber: bolsh@xxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
