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DO mention everything that might be relevant to the technical
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- What linux distribution you have (slackware, redhat, debian.. ?)
- What kernel version do you run?
- What is the version of the problematic software?
- What is the make and model of relevant hardware?
- What is the exact error message you get (use cut and paste)?
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answer. Linux users in the future will scan the archive and find
the summary to your problem - which will be very similar to their.
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