Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Strange: I have some pending edit review, but the review page says 0 suggested edits pending
I recently submitted 4 (no, actually 3) edit suggestions on Ask Ubuntu, but I spotted out a strange behaviour:
A lot of my edits, when I submitted to Ask Ubuntu, at first showed up in the counter in ...
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Is there any recourse to a question being put on hold?
There was a question I answered put on hold as having "too many possible answers, or good answers would be too long for this format". I understand the reasoning behind that sort of hold in general, ...
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Can you use Gravatar?
I have Gravatar, but I want to have it as my user icon. Anyway, I can do that?
My Gravatar is [email removed], and I also would like to see if that we had Gravatar, would it remove any stickers? ...
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question remains closed even after update edit
I had asked a question some time back and it got closed as I did not respond to the notice to modify it. I later did and up till now the question has not received any attention.
I don't know if my ...
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Duplicate Questions Still Show Up?
I've read the answer listed here, but I still have a few questions. When a question is marked duplicate, it is marked with [Duplicate], but what does that do? (For reference check this question.) The ...
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Why does it says "1 view" for every question, even when nobody would have had time to look at them?
Whenever I or someone else posts a question, it says 1 view, but I have never seen it says 0 views, even at the point of first posting where nobody could have even had the time to notice it, let alone ...
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What happens when I upvote a duplicate of comment?
In many situations I have found questions that are duplicate of other questions. The first thing is to flag them as duplicates.
In some situations, I find a 'duplicate of' comment already from ...
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What defines a duplicate, a question or its description?
There have been countless questions on this subject, but the closest one I found was about (something like) what defines a duplicate, the question or the answer? This one is slightly different.
I ran ...
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How to add subname in profile?
The above is a user from Stack Overflow. How can I add a subname like Data Wrangler above? I don't see an option in my profile preferences to do this.
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How is the linked question off-topic? [duplicate]
I just watched this question get closed as off-topic. The question involves reinstalling / recovering accidentally deleted packages in Ubuntu.
Granted, it is an older version (16.04), but I was under ...
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Why do some of my tag [suggestions or creations] get rejected?
Please, I will really like to know why some of my tag suggestions or tag creations keep getting rejected for (my personal opinion) nothing?!
Meanwhile, it seems some could be needed and of important ...
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Can't log in to Ask Ubuntu from my new computer - works fine on the old one
I tried to connect to Ask Ubuntu on my new computer but my email and password in the Login Mask just "froze" and nothing happened, I then tried the forgotten password business and received an email ...
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In comments, how to write blocs of commands? [duplicate]
In questions, I was used to write the < pre > without spaces before a bloc and < /pre > without spaces after it. Maybe it is the old way. Now, I have tried it in a comment and it does not work. ...
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How to migrate a question?
How can I migrate any question between various Stack Exchange websites if it seems to be off-topic?
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How does a newbie reply to their own post?
Long story short, I've submitted a few questions lately that have gone unanswered before disappearing off the front page into the void.
I understand that reputation is required before I can reply to ...
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Are moderators able to delete posts permanently in extreme circumstances?
I was wondering, because now that I have more than 10k rep, I am able to see deleted questions and answers, which shows that even if you a post, it is not really gone, just invisible for most and you ...
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Please can someone remove the installation tag from the following question
I can't remove the installation from debootstrap wants to remove target folder, why?
Please can someone else do this? I can't do it via the API either, which is how I realised.
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can I revert awarding a bounty?
On this question I had a bounty going for a few more days but was so excited that I had got an answer that appeared to work, I assigned it. However, later I noticed it wasn't working right and ...
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Baffled by high-rep C vs. C++ axe-grinding. How should I react?
So recently I got a comment on one of my old answers.
When I wrote the answer I didn't know too much about writing scopes in any programming language (I still don't). I did my research and posted my ...
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How did this user asked 2 questions in 5 minutes?
AFAIK a user is allowed to ask questions only once in 20 minutes, but this user asked two questions in just five minutes.
The questions are
Differences between restricted repositories and partner ...
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Why does the web page title change to "(1) Ask Ubuntu", "(2) Ask Ubuntu", etc?
Occasionally the page title changes to "(1) Ask Ubuntu", "(2) Ask Ubuntu", etc - I think I have seen it up to (4). What is the number in the brackets telling me? Is this related to the number of open ...
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Not receiving any email notification for my post or comment
I asked a question at Ask Ubuntu. A user posted an answer and comment. But I did not receive any email notification of the response.
In preferences, I have email id set, Inbox emails and Other emails ...
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a mod can review his own flag?
I have a doubt that If we flag a moderator's or user's (who got privileged to access Mod-Tools( > 10,100 Rep) ) post/question or anything , will he able to review them ?
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Can older questions be closed as duplicates of newer questions in special circumstances on meta?
Here on meta, sometimes issues arise, and then arise again later as circumstances change. Is it appropriate, in such a situation, to close older questions about a topic as duplicates of a newer ...
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Accidentally deleted my own question
I've accidentally deleted my own question, should I ask it again or can it be undeleted?
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Search for strings broken
Searching for strings is broken. A string like "me too" returns posts that contain "me", "too", and "me too".
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@Tag keeps vanishing
I posted a reply to Russ in this thread:
How to recover deleted files?
When I did so, I began it with "@Russ, " to tag him. When I posted the comment though, the tag vanished. I tried several ...
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Reopen request for my question
Someone closed my question as a duplicate of another question, but mine is more specific. I cannot understand the reasons behind this.
Which are the proprietary and paid games for linux do you know - ...
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Mini-Markdown is not working in comments
My Mini-Markdown is not working in comments for this comment, but here everything is fine.
I tried:
[link](http://...)
and code
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Suggested edit to "What does the double-hyphen do in `lxc exec`"
I'd like to ask for reconsideration on an edit I suggested; based on this meta question, I believe Meta is where such a request belongs.
The post in question is an answer to a question I asked, What ...
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How do we get a question from another site migrated to Ask Ubuntu?
Specifically this one over on Stack Overflow. I'm only a 101 rep user over there but it seems like that question should be over here instead of over there!
Is there anything else I can do on top ...
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Can I remove my own question with answers, as duplicate
I asked this question by searching the site and started a bounty to get the attention of the members. Later I found this which is exactly similer as my question and the answer worked for me. Can I ...
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Privilege viewer?
Is there a way to easily see what permissions you have, like you can see how much/many rep and badges you have?
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A canonical question for installing Nvidia GPU drivers?
Do we have a canonical question for this right now?
Since nvidia-common became nvidia-xxx I am having a hard time finding a good Q&A for it.
I saw this question; it is basically "How do I ...
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my profile page on AskUbuntu is 'Page not found'
Today I logged in AskUbuntu to find that my profile page is missing. To visit my profile page I clicked on my small avatar in top bar to see it is not found (Please see screen shot below)
It is ...
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How can I manually add images on Ask Ubuntu using Markdown?
I want to insert this image into my answer:
http://blog.sudobits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/keyboard-shortcuts-ubuntu-1110.png
UPDATE: The Markdown reference can be accessed here - https://...
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Strange Rep Count
So today I noticed that one of my answers had gained a strange amount of rep (+17). I checked it out in my profile, and saw that it had gained 15 points from being accepted and another 2 from being ...
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why I was not able to send _/\_ on chat
I am trying to send _/\_ on chat.But when I send \is missing,I tried different combinations.
I have certain idea that chat edit also same as https://askubuntu.com/editing-help.
But when I type _/\ ...
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Why do I see wrong suggestion for possible answer above my question?
Up above my question I see the heading that "this question may already have an answer."
the link provided in this heading does not give answer to my question. More interestingly, I mention that link ...
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Search users by more than just username
I need to search AU users by more than just username - actually by location, bio or website. Is this possible? In the users tab search only works by username only.
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close reason doesn't match
I was reviewing Remote workstation management and chose "too broad" as a closure reason. For some reason it now shows I chose "unclear what your asking" Is this a "bug", a "feature" or what? I make it ...
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Is there something wrong with the hats?
I have earned the Fascinating hat on Stack Overflow a few hours ago. Then I choose to wear the hat. Now I went to Ask Ubuntu and noticed I have the had here too - and on many other sites I got it ...
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A visual roadmap of Ubuntu support
(Intent: Targeting the correct support audience
when asking questions.)
StackExchange, AskUbuntu, MetaAskUbuntu, chat, Canonical, Wiki, feature request, wish list, bug reports, etc.
It's taken me ...
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How to see the list of users with most reputation from foo tag
Is there any way to see the list of users who have the most reputation from specific tag?
For example I want to know the list of top 20 users which have the most reputation from command line tag?
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What do the columns mean on the bounties tab?
Most of these seem self explanatory, however I'm confused about the last column. It doesn't seem consistent. I've searched for and read the documentation I've found on bounties both here on askubuntu ...
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Askubuntu.com is really slow over HTTPS?
I've never used meta before but my understanding is that questions about the site go here?
Normally when I log into Askubuntu it uses http, but today when I logged in it used https, and it's ...
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Why would an answer come up in the review que long after being posted?
I came across an answer in the review que that was flagged as low quality, normal enough except that it was 3 years old.
here is the link: https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/199833
The ...
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Communtiy rejecting seemingly valid edits
The following (partial)screenshot more or less states my question...
The question was edited by the OP who added the terminal output in an unreadable copy and paste. It was subsequently edited by ...
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Closing questions using a non-valid argument
I posted yesterday this question and I was put on hold as off-topic because:
"Bug reports and problems with the development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can ...
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Why where 2 of my questions deleted?
Why were my question deleted by the community?
fail2ban broken after dist upgrade
https://askubuntu.com/questions/113721/how-can-i-disable-the-php-gettext-module
I want go get a solution for that ...
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