Can anyone see my post?

[myotis]

I posted a question with the title "message handler not found in 8.04" 21 hours ago.


I can see this post when I search for all of my threads, but when I look through the forum for posts 21 hours ago, my post isn't there.


Can anyone else see it?


Thanks,

Graham

[Dynaflow]

It's because someone replied to it, bringing it to the top of the queue and resetting its "last post" time to the moment the reply was made.

[BlackDragonBE]

It's 3 threads below this one..
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=834045

[myotis]

Thanks both, it must have received a reply just at the instant I did the search, that told me it was 21 hours old.



Graham

[Bubba64]

You can set up your threads and any posts to instant notify you, if you post a thread you may get a answer in minutes at times.

[wormser]

Everybody can see it. They just do not know the answer. Your best bet is to start searching the net with the error message. Odds are somebody has already had it before and hopefully posted the solution. If you solve it then post the solution for the next guy.

[myotis]

Bubba,


Yes, I have things set up to instantly notify me of any posts, but since it seemed to be some time since posting, I decided to have a look. But then couldn't find my question.


Graham

[Bubba64]

Bubba,


Yes, I have things set up to instantly notify me of any posts, but since it seemed to be some time since posting, I decided to have a look. But then couldn't find my question.


Graham

I think the easiest way to find your own threads or posts is to log in and on any thread hit the search button which gives you a drop down to find this stuff. Also if your signed in the user cp button will take you to hse things as well as other options. Good Luck

[myotis]

I think the easiest way to find your own threads or posts is to log in and on any thread hit the search button which gives you a drop down to find this stuff. Also if your signed in the user cp button will take you to hse things as well as other options. Good Luck

Thanks, but this is what I did. I did say this in my original question, but I realise that we all join threads half way through. The problem being that the search told me that my message was 21 hours old, but looking at messages 21 hours old in the forum didn't show my message.


I searched again and it still said it was 21 hours old, and I still couldn't find my message in the thread, looking several hours either side of the 21 hours mark.


Of course I now know that someone had replied, and the message thread was only a few minutes old, but the search was still saying 21 hours old with no replies being indicated.

Hence me ending up asking this question.

Having said all that, I still appreciate your help.

Graham

[myotis]

Everybody can see it. They just do not know the answer. Your best bet is to start searching the net with the error message. Odds are somebody has already had it before and hopefully posted the solution. If you solve it then post the solution for the next guy.

Thanks, I now realise the problem was the discrepancy between the times in the search engine and the times in the forum, which meant my post looked as if it had vanished.


However, I started out by searching this forum for the answer, then the net and then I posted the question, when I couldn't find an obvious answer.


The problem I have as a beginner is that the questions I find never seem to exactly match my problem, the fixes often involve doing things that I am nervous to follow because they seem to have variable success, and sometimes seem to end up in long drawn out major changes.

So I remain nervous, at trying solutions that seem to 'roughly' match my problem.

This will hopefully change as I gain experience and confidence in Linux. I am much more cavalier with Windows.

Graham

[wormser]

Thanks, I now realise the problem was the discrepancy between the times in the search engine and the times in the forum, which meant my post looked as if it had vanished.


However, I started out by searching this forum for the answer, then the net and then I posted the question, when I couldn't find an obvious answer.


The problem I have as a beginner is that the questions I find never seem to exactly match my problem, the fixes often involve doing things that I am nervous to follow because they seem to have variable success, and sometimes seem to end up in long drawn out major changes.

So I remain nervous, at trying solutions that seem to 'roughly' match my problem.

This will hopefully change as I gain experience and confidence in Linux. I am much more cavalier with Windows.

Graham

If you see something that might work but you are unsure then post it in your thread and ask for others opinions.

[myotis]

If you see something that might work but you are unsure then post it in your thread and ask for others opinions.


Ah, now that's a good idea. I hadn't though of that.


Thanks,


Graham

[Dynaflow]

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The problem I have as a beginner is that the questions I find never seem to exactly match my problem, the fixes often involve doing things that I am nervous to follow because they seem to have variable success, and sometimes seem to end up in long drawn out major changes.

So I remain nervous, at trying solutions that seem to 'roughly' match my problem.

This will hopefully change as I gain experience and confidence in Linux. I am much more cavalier with Windows.

Graham

Personally, I'm much more cavalier with Linux than I am with Windows because Linux is so much easier to fix, even after a major f#@kup (unless you count a catastrophic, full system restore to Windows' factory settings as an easy fix). Be bold, take risks, try everything once, and see how far you can push your system. The worst that can happen, really, is that you'll throw up your hands, back up your important data to whatever ark you have handy, and just start over again with a fresh, clean install.

[myotis]

Personally, I'm much more cavalier with Linux than I am with Windows because Linux is so much easier to fix, even after a major f#@kup (unless you count a catastrophic, full system restore to Windows' factory settings as an easy fix). Be bold, take risks, try everything once, and see how far you can push your system. The worst that can happen, really, is that you'll throw up your hands, back up your important data to whatever ark you have handy, and just start over again with a fresh, clean install.


Its all to do with familiarity I guess. Unfortunately, Linux is proving to be extremely hard work, and time when I should be "working" I am fiddling with Linux.


It took me ages to get the network, the printer and skype to work with Gutsy and now I seem to have several new problems with Hardy, including skype being broken again. Fixing problems seem to involve lots of very different advice (when you get any), which can break other things, and end up taking days to resolve. Its just made me very nervous about having a go.

However, I still by far prefer it to Windows so I will keep slogging away, but its very difficult to justify the time when Windows for me has been very reliable, things work out of the box, and simply because of the popularity, a lot more help isavailable.

Long term, however, the future is Linux.


And I am definitely not having a dig at Linux, or the people who take time to help others on this forum. Without help from this forum, and another, I would never have been able to get Linux to do anything useful at all.

Graham

Graham

[Bubba64]

Thanks, but this is what I did. I did say this in my original question, but I realise that we all join threads half way through. The problem being that the search told me that my message was 21 hours old, but looking at messages 21 hours old in the forum didn't show my message.


I searched again and it still said it was 21 hours old, and I still couldn't find my message in the thread, looking several hours either side of the 21 hours mark.


Of course I now know that someone had replied, and the message thread was only a few minutes old, but the search was still saying 21 hours old with no replies being indicated.

Hence me ending up asking this question.

Having said all that, I still appreciate your help.

Graham

Always hit the update button on your browser when your searching for stuff, if somebody did post just as you were searching hitting the update would have reset your reading of the forum this update button is a key to some of your problems of your search. Personally I never search with a specific time of posting it is a waste of time, find the post or thread with the easy ways of doing it then hit the update button.

[myotis]

Always hit the update button on your browser when your searching for stuff, if somebody did post just as you were searching hitting the update would have reset your reading of the forum this update button is a key to some of your problems of your search. Personally I never search with a specific time of posting it is a waste of time, find the post or thread with the easy ways of doing it then hit the update button.

Thanks, I didn't think about hitting the update button.


Graham

[markbuntu]

If you are particularly interested in following a thread, you can always subscribe to it.

[myotis]

If you are particularly interested in following a thread, you can always subscribe to it.

Thanks, its a useful way fo keeping track of threads.


Graham

[bapoumba]

Moved to FFH.