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I wish there was a way to jump to a solved answer in a thread that is several pages long. Maybe there is and I do not know. Is there?

Jumping to a 'solved' answer might mean you would miss relevant information in earlier discussion. Also when OPs use the feature they are sometimes doing so to reward the person producing the solution rather than identify the post with the actual answer.

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Helpful; solved;answered??

I find myself fumbling back and forth with the procedure for simply saying, "this poster's reply was helpful," and "yes, my question is answered."
I must be overlooking something because I click solved and that takes me to page asking if indeed it is solved. Not only do I have to say it again, I see no option for saying the poster was helpful. So I go back to the thread and click helpful. Which brings me to a page where I have to repeat it all again.
This seems very unecessarily complicated. But I guess it's me because I didn't see any other posts about this.

I would much rather go back to the original method of anyone being able to mark a post as helpful or not helpful. That method worked much better.
Many times I spend 15 minutes (sometimes 30 minutes if it's a complex problem) typing out a comprehensive solution to fix someone's problem. Then, they either leave it listed as unsolved, or mark it as answered but don't assign points to anyone in the discussion.
I don't mind helping just to help. But, if there is a point system, it should be a method that will actually work. The current method only allows the original poster to assign points, and about 75 to 80% of them don't do it.
The old method allowed many people to participate in a discussion, and if more than one reader found a post helpful (which is often the case), they could each mark it as helpful and provide additional points to the person who answered.
The new method is basically quite limiting. It's just a competition. He who answers first gets the points. And, the discussions end quite quickly. So, while there may be more to learn about a given situation through discussion, once the points have been awarded, no one has any interest in getting involved in the discussion.
I personally find the new system to be full of limitations. I would much prefer the old method. You may get points, or you may not. But, everyone could "reward" a helpful person if the post was helpful to them. The old method encouraged deeper understandings and lengthier investigations into problems.
The new method just goes for the quick fix and then cuts the discussion off.
Sure there are exceptions. But, I miss the collaborative involvement of the community that we used to see. This new method just encourages a quick fix and ignores the benefit of multiple ideas and additional perspectives.
The new method might be good for very light topics such as: "where is the eject key"
But, for more involved questions, such as a user trying to understand the complexities of a given problem, the new method falls very short.
When the answer is more than a one-liner, it is often beneficial to encourage discussion and multiple perspectives. The old system worked much better for that.

Mic problems with Neo4 SLI plat *Solved, Answer Inclosed*

Ok so I plugged my mic into the pink input, nothing so I checked windows mixer and mic is muted, so I unmute the mic and can hear myself (which I don't want it to do) and it always records anything playing through my speakers also. I need my mic to work but not for me to hear it and for it NOT to pickup whats playing through my speakers, ive grabbed the latest drivers from Creative labs website, any ideas?
MSI Neo4 Platinum SLI (has 24bit Creative Labs chip)
SOLVED, here is my solution for anyone who has this problem
Goto Control Panel> Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices> click Change the speaker settings> click Audio tab> under Sound recording choose Volume...> under Microphone click Advanced> and finnally put a check beside Do Not Monitor
Goodday..

Quote from: pibb187 on 23-August-05, 11:34:32
There is a 2nd 4prong power hook-in which im guessing is similuar to the one on the new 24pin PS's as it is labeled alike (ps hookin is 1, other is 2) Now I have another 4 prong hookup on my PS but the wires are different colors so im guessing this would not be the right kind of hookup and have yet to hook it in out of fear of turning my board into a hotplate. Is this 2nd hookin necessary? Please keep in mind for now im trying to hook this all up with a PCI video card.
And here is the exact clue to your problem. AMD Athlon 64 processors will not POST without the ATX 12V connection (the 4 pin connector near the processor) as this provides the voltage to the CPU. Traces from the 24 or 20 pin connector don't even route to the processor anymore as the newer ATX standard has the CPU receiving it's power from this 4pin connector. It's the same connector an Intel Pentium 4 processor would require, so if you have a Pentium 4 support rating on your power supply, it should work.
The four pin connector should have two yellow wires and two black wires, as it provides to +12V and to ground connections for the CPU. If the colors don't match, check with the power supply vendor before plugging in to prevent damage to your CPU.

Is a reboot necessary after a kernel upgrade? [SOLVED/Answered =)]

Hey folks, longtime arch user (since ~2006), first time registration/post.
Just a dead-simple question: is it necessary for me to reboot my Arch systems after 'pacman -Syu' kernel upgrades? I've always done it out of sheer habit coming from a WIndows Sysadmin world where every darn update needs a reboot.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by train_wreck (2011-10-22 20:55:46)

Wow, thanks y'all for the fast replies. Sounds like my instincts were right .
I have to say I'm blown away by the reliability of this Linux distro. Like I implied, my day job has for years required me to interact with Windows client & server OSes on a daily basis, and the level of random issues/headaches that crop up in that ecosystem is rather astounding. In contrast, I've had as of yet zero problems with my 2 Arch servers. I've had the same essential configs since the first installations of them years ago, and barring a couple reinstalls due to hard drive failures they've been smooth as silk the whole time. Kudos to that.

[solved: answer=yes] Can child processes fork()?

As an exercise, I've been wanting to design a shell with better string-handling capabilities than bash — get around the quote-escaping problem, etc. But before I continue, I need to know: are fork()-ed child processes allowed to themselves fork()?
I ask because shells execute commands by fork()-exec(). But you start a subshell to a script? It then has to fork()-exec() the commands therein on its own...
It seems like this wouldn't work because in the child process, fork() returns 0. Or is this only for the fork() call that created it?
Last edited by Peasantoid (2009-05-23 18:11:35)

They can. Daemons for example do this, and they simply use a structure like if fork() == 0 { if fork() == 0 { daemon_main() ; } EXIT* }
*EDIT
Last edited by Procyon (2009-05-23 17:36:47)

Programmable soft key - help how to SOLVED - ANSWERED

Dear Sir,
I have a ethernet relay for open the gate of my plant. At the moment for open the gate I need to link http://192.168.1.8/toggle.cgi?toggle=E
My goal it's to create a Programmable soft key in order to open the gate, directly by SPA504G.
I created the psk1 managing webserver of SPA504G, under Voice>Phone>psk 1:
fnc=xml;url=http://mylocalwebserver/OpenGate.xml;nme=Open
Below the OpenGate.xml file situated on mylocalwebserver
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><CiscoIPPhoneExecute><ExecuteItem URL="http://192.168.1.8/toggle.cgi?toggle=E"/></CiscoIPPhoneExecute>
When I use the psk1, the SPA504G it's able to open the gate, but the follow text it's displayed on the Phone
"XML format error or invalid application".
Is there some one that indicate me the right way in order to fix it?

Thank you so much for your suggestion!!!!
Hoping to be helpful for someone in the futures.
For the request, please set the PSK1 or 2... as:
fnc=xml;url=http://yourwebserver/OpenGate.php;nme=GateOpen
reachable from SPA504G web configuration (administrator Login): Voice>Phone>
below the code for OpenGate.php file.
<?phpinclude "http://192.168.1.8/toggle.cgi?toggle=E";header ("Content-type: text/xml");echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>"; echo ""; echo "";echo "";?>

No sound solved

Hi,
My integrated audio line outs have been mute since I got my mother board four months ago. I finally managad to solve the problem. It was a loose jumper in a front panel audio connector on the motherboard. You couldn't notice it by naked eye. MB didn't redirect sound back from the front panel connector to the integrated line outs. Hammering the jumper obviously solved the problem.
Now, I need to get ICH5 and Maxtor Diamondmax SATA play together =)
Mikko Ohtamaa

Good Find .........And Good Luck on trying to get those two(Maxtor S-ATA) and the ICH5 to play well together, As last I heard they were still Fighting ........Maybe a Patch for the S-ATA Drives is in the Works ..........Sean REILLY875

Spry panel button jumps. Jumps!

BIO button beneath the photo jumps downward when clicked, then back up when clicked again. Hmmm. What am I doing wrong? http://alamoassetadvisors.com/who-0626-biopanels-cut.htmla
And here's the css which I have messed around with a little http://alamoassetadvisors.com/SpryAssets/SpryCollapsiblePanel.css

The jumping is caused by the tags around the CLICK AGAIN TO CLOSE line of text Previous text there did not have top/bottom margins, but the does have margins, thus the jumping.
Solve the jump by either restyling that with no top margin or thusly:
CLICK AGAIN TO CLOSE

Beth

One of the usb devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message.

I connected my sons Ipod Touch to my pc and it worked fine. Now, when I try to connect my iPad the following message comes up: One of the usb devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message.
I checked the cable. It surely is not the cable. If I connect the iPod again it works fine. If I use the same cable with my pc and ipad at work or my other son’s laptop, it is working perfectly. It is only on my laptop where the iPod was connected. Something tells me it got something to do with the drivers that went corrupt or something when I connected the iPod.
I searched the internet and I see a lot of people gets this message. Still no solved answers yet. Is there a place where I can download the drivers again or any other suggestions?
Windows 7 and iPad 2
Kind regards,

I was hoping it would be something like a USB device conflict, but now the shuffle is the only thing connected...
This article was one of the ones you linked to above in your initial post
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1369
Under Part 9. Verify that USB drivers are installed, did you try the steps in If only "Unknown Device" appears? That appears to be your situation.
Also, you said that the shuffle initially worked well enough to do a sync, then it had the same problem again. If you can get it to work again initially, before doing anything else, try the following. Select the shuffle in the iTunes sidebar, under DEVICES. Over to the right, go to the Summary tab. By default, the checkbox for Enable disk use should be unchecked. If so, check it and Apply the change. See if that makes any difference.
(If Enable disk use was already checked, try unchecking it and Apply the change. Basically, set it the "other way" and see if there is any improvement.)
NOTE: When disk use is enabled, you have to eject the iPod in iTunes before disconnecting it physically.
If the disk use change makes a difference, that may provide a clue about the actual cause.

Helpful answer not acknowledged, so no points?

My question "What's it take"
This question is answered. "Helpful" answers available: 0. "Solved" answers available: 1.
I gave two of Tom Gewecke replies the helpful thumbs up.
This is not reflected in the summary at the top.
I had to "solve" the question myself
and wanted to (did) post the solution so
the the thread would look and be resolved
but could not mark the post a solved
so a person still had to hunt.
Should be a way to do that.
The only post marked solved was an offshoot
based on a misconception that had nothing to do
with my question.
And its weird that the first sentence
"This question..." shows up when
I am not logged on and disappears when I do.
Very squirelly.

....There should be a way to display this info
at least in our profiles or somewhere.
There clearly isn't, otherwise one would imagine it would be there to see. If one assumes that the administrators of the site know what they are doing, they would hardly invent a system of points (however accrued) and levels (whatever they mean) and then go to the trouble of preventing us from seeing the resulting data unless there were a good reason.
As for the supposition that most posters mark their thread as answered without marking who gave the answer and thus awarding points, that has not been my experience overall so far. When I last checked the discussion in which I primarily participate, of the last 50 threads, 18 were marked solved and of those 14 had points awarded by way of solved or helpful tabs.
I never thought about collecting stats from the old system, but the rate of threads being marked seems about the same now as it did before. The only difference I see is that the OP now has control over saying what worked, if they choose to do so, where I would personally prefer the option to permit other people to indicate positive contributions as well. Of course we can still do that by posting 'great idea......!' messages for everyone to see even if we don't have voting rights anymore.

Topic is answered but there's no link to the answer....?

Hello,
The discussion boards here have always been a hugely helpful resource for me.
I'm currently browsing the discussions for tips on fixing an AOL / AirPort issue.
I just found a topic from someone with the exact same problem as me. Even more tantalizing is the fact that above the post, the discussion board says the issue has 1 solved answer and 2 helpful answers available.... but no links to those answers. Here's the post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1374223&#1374223
Would someone please help me out and tell me how I can get to those helpful/answered posts? Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Mike

Thank you all for the helpful tips. I checked out the links you referred me to. I see now where my confusion came from. (FYI, I had mis-quoted some text in my original post, so, this is partly my own misunderstanding). Anyhow. The thing that messed me up in the first place is this text:
This question is not answered. "Helpful" answers available: 2.
"Solved" answers available: 1.
Which I understood to mean "There's 2 helpful responses in our database and 1 solved response in our database and we're not going to give you a link to either." In fact, after reading the Discussions tips from ali b, I see that what it actually means is "We keep score of helpful and solved posts, with a maximum of 2 and 1 allowed respectively, and this particular post has none of either." I get it now. ...But I also have to believe there's an interface designer out there who could come up with a better way to present this information.
At any rate, I am always grateful for the immensely helpful information I've gotten in Discussions over the years. So thanks all!
Mike
Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Why do unanswered questions have available answer headings?

I have asked questions which apparently no one can answer. It's visable when you look at the posting. 0 answers. Yet, when I go to the question, at the top of the page is "This question is not answered. "Helpful" answers available: 2 . "Solved" answers available: 1 ".
What is up with this? If the question has no answers, then why the "helpful" and "solved" answers available notice? Is this some kind of sick taunting or what?

What is up with this?
That lists the stars available to be awarded in the thread, not the number of messages posted in it.
(39470)

What does "answers available" mean?

If I look at a new post, with no replies, there is a box near the top of the window with:
This question is not answered. "Helpful" answers available: 2. "Solved" answers available: 1.
What does it mean?
And how can the number of replies exceed the number of views, as it does on quite a few posts?

Hi Austin,
See Help & Terms of Use —> Points
to learn more about the new awarding system.
There can be more than 3 replies to a question, but only 3 can be awarded.
But this may change again, as it's been only one day and a half, and Moderators may find out that it doesn't work as intended?..
HTH
Axl

"Answered" ends the discussion??

So once the questioner tries a quickie or one-off answer and says "yeah, that worked", end of discussion? Boo! Allowing others to continue proposing alternate solutions or disccusing the original one is often a great learning opportunity for both the original poster and bystanders.
Edit: er, nevermind...for some reason none of the "reply" links were appearing. They're back now (including on "answered" topics).

I love the idea of being able to flag specific messages as Helped. I would go so far as to say "let's let people other than the asker do that". If the goal is to make a question/answer discussion now be useful to future users who may encounter the problem, let third-parties participate. That way as we accumulate "similar" questions that have different solutions, or several specific solutions but one more general one, solutions of varying quality, the "better" solutions could be ranked higher in a search. Um wait, isn't that the system Apple just scrapped here?
I dislike the arbitrary limit on how many posts can be marked Helped. A complex problem may take more than two critical contributions. Or a trivial problem may also, if it's a single symptom but a newbie who needs lots of help getting it solved (or it's a symptom of a combination of actual "problems").
Solved/Answered is fine if questioners use it and someone happens to have a common problem, but I'm not sure I see a greater good here. If a user searches and finds that his question has not been asked at all, he asks it. If a user searches and finds that his question has been asked but no Answered marks, then what? Is he to say "aw ****, nobody knew then, I'll not bother asking?" Is he supposed to ask anway and hope that maybe this time someone will know and bother answering? Or is he supposed to read the non-Answered topics and see if there's enough useful info there to solve it? Or is he supposed to watch that topic that was posted yesterday with an ongoing diagnosis discussion? Seems like Solved/Answered would be good to accumulate somewhere or consider for FAQs or other persistent topics.
Given how many people post FAQs anyway ("What does 'we are using special permissions' mean?" "My Nano is scratched!" "How do I install X11 on Tiger?") why are we going through all this effort to set up a searchable system that people probably won't search?

Post with No Replies Flagged as Solved

Message #2700875, posted three hours ago in the "AirPort" section of the "AirPort Extreme" area, showed no replies until I posted one. However, not only is it flagged as "Solved", it's also marked as "Helpful" answers available: 2 . "Solved" answers available: 1
How can that be? What am I missing?
Apologies if this has been discussed before.

Dave Sawyer wrote:
The only person who could mark the thread as "answered" would be the original poster, and they can do so without any replies being made. Perhaps the poster found an answer elsewhere and marked the thread without bothering to post anything further. Or perhaps they just marked it "answered" by mistake; I've seen that happen as well.
Thanks for the explanation.

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