#First  

First check the master question and see if it solves your problem.  What is the master question?  Near the top of your question there will be what we call a "banner" pointing the the master question.  

![enter image description here][1]  

After looking over the answers to the master question, see if they solve your problem.  If so great!  Your question will now help point others to the correct answer. 

#If not...  

If the answers to the master question don't solve your problem, you'll need to get it re-opened.  First, [*flag it* for re-opening](http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6073/44179), explaining why your question isn't a duplicate.  It also helps to edit your question to include *why* the master question doesn't solve your problem.  

Last but not least, ask a question about it here on meta!  It is perfectly acceptable to post a question here asking for your question to be re-opened.  This is ususally the quickest way of getting it done, as users with 3,000 or more reputation can vote-to-reopen your question.  It takes 5 votes to re-open a question, but moderators can always close and re-open a question on their own.  

Once you have 250 reputation, you can [view the amount of close or re-open votes](https://askubuntu.com/privileges/view-close-votes) your question has.


  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/7ylsl.png