To get people to read your post and answer your question:

- Read "Linux Documents Explained for Newbies" - posted weekly (see below).
- Please do not post questions answered in the FAQ lists.
- Please do not post "Please send me the FAQ". See below.
- Please do not post "Split this group now". See below.

- Be informative, both in subject line and body. See below.
- Please read the documentation for the program you have a problem with.

- Linux-specific posts only please - Unix, X, C, etc. groups listed below.

For more information read on ...

** Linux Documents Explained for Newbies ** is is posted weekly by Jay
MacDonald. If you can't find it email me or Jay <jay-m@equinox.unr.edu>.

It will tell you about the Linux FAQ, the INFO-SHEET, the META-FAQ, etc.  These
are posted regularly to comp.os.linux and c.o.l.announce, and can be found in
/pub/usenet/news.answers/linux-faq at rtfm.mit.edu and on the Linux archive
sites. If you can't get them there, try mailing "mailserver@nic.funet.fi",
"mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" or "ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com". If you can't get them
any other way, e-mail me.

Splitting the group: It's been tried, and all the new groups except .announce
failed. It can't be tried again within 6 months. See the FAQ for details, or
read news.announce.newgroups. If you insist on discussing it, do so in
news.groups (if c.o.l has too much volume already, why make it worse?).

With threaded newsreaders now in widespread use using a good, specific, polite
subject line will get you many more readers. Most people will ignore posts with
subjects like "Linux", "Help", "SLS", etc. Don't shout to get attention.

Put as much information in your post as possible - preferably a brief summary
followed by session transcripts, etc. as appropriate. Include the precise text
of any error messages printed, etc., and appropriate info about your setup.

Linux is a Unix clone running on PCs; X has its own groups. One of the
following groups is is quite likely to be more appropriate for your question:
 Unix:   comp.unix.questions,  .admin,  .programmer,  .shell   etc.
 X:      comp.windows.x,  comp.windows.x.i386unix (for XFree86 etc)
 GNU:    gnu.emacs.help,  comp.emacs,  gnu.gcc.help,  gnu.* generally
 PCs:    comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
 C:      comp.lang.c

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