Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Why edits are not showing
I flagged an answer as "Not an answer". I saw later that OP changed the answer and now it is completely meaningful and appropriate. But I am wondering the edit is not showing. How is it possible?
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Adding comments to a bounty
I offered a bounty for my question. During starting the bounty, it asks me to add some extra comments that what you are looking for. I just select the below option and started the bounty.
This ...
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Does the view count on questions include views from the author of the question?
I am wondering if, for example, the view count on my post will increase when I refresh the page.
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Is that possible to have account using more than one login options?
If you login for first time, you should see alternative options for login instead registering. Is that possible that all of alternatives (OpenID, Facebook, etc) synched to one account?
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Transferring ownership of a question
Often enough, by the time I get a reasonable answer to a question, I've already worked around it or upgraded software far past the problem (e.g. I don't even own this camera anymore.) That puts me in ...
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Cannot add @name at the beginning of a comment in an answer
I want to comment an answer asking for more help, but cannot add the @name-of-user - the user that my comment is addressed to. Why is that?
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Why the Related Question queue have questions that are duplicates?
On the Related bar while I'm looking Questions or creating one, appear related questions that are duplicated.
EXAMPLE:
In this question you will see at the end of the list a related question called ...
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Can not login to Ask Ubuntu chat
This has been happening since a couple of weeks ago but I thought it was a temp thing. Now I really need to use the chat system and the problem still persists. Here is what is happening:
I go to the ...
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How can low rep users request account merges?
I've seen a number of requests to merge two accounts, posted here on meta and actioned by moderators. But what if a user has less than 5 reputation, and thus cannot post a question on meta. What is ...
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How to link to a post in chat, to be accessed outside chat?
In chat, there is an option to link my next chat message as a reply to this. But I do not see a way to get a hyperlink to the chat transcript, at a particular post.
I know this is possible (that is, ...
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Can comments not part of a discussion still be flagged as "too chatty"?
Is it sometimes appropriate to flag comments as "too chatty" even if they are not actually part of discussion taking place in comments?
Here are some made up examples where I would be tempted to flag ...
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How do I change my login e-mail to match that of my current e-mail?
When I first started using Stack Exchange, I did not have an e-mail account of my own and was using my father's. Now, I have my own e-mail address, but I can not change the address that I use to log ...
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Ask Ubuntu does not display well on Microsoft Zune HD
I am the proud owner of an internet-enabled Microsoft Zune HD. However, I am frustrated by the limitations that occur when viewing the Ask Ubuntu site on my Zune HD. To start, the regular Ask Ubuntu ...
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How can I disable the grey highlightening on askubuntu?
I don't like the grey highlightening on askubuntu, it highlights every two questions, and is just very annoying.
How can I disable it?
since I don't really know why it's being highlighted, makes it ...
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Accidentally created 2 accounts, can they be merged?
Is it possible to get the following 2 accounts merged:
https://askubuntu.com/users/11668/chong
https://askubuntu.com/users/4844/tim
Thanks!
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Why do my questions get no answers or comments?
How to make Lubuntu's Temperature Monitor applet report the real temperatures inside my PC instead of always "thermal_zone0: 40°C"?
How to unbind the Super or Logo key so it may be ...
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How can I get two different questions merged?
There are two questions. Both have the same final problem. How to get them merged?
Also both the questions have a lot of too localized information that will need to be removed after the merge. What ...
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Are Q&As allowed that specifically point to the use of a particular product or service?
So for instance if I have created a really great product for Ubuntu which is fully free and in my PPA, and my product would help a lot of people, would it be considered promotional spam if I were to ...
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Different types of Duplicate question?
I have recently noticed two types of questions marked as duplicate, the both have [Duplicate] in the title, and they both have something like this at the bottom:
However the first one has this at the ...
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How can I make more than edits show in my review notification?
My review notification only shows suggested edits, however I have seen screenshots of other users desktops that have hundreds of notifications here.
Can I add more queue's to my notifications, rather ...
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Can I ask this question on askubuntu?
I asked a question here but there is not much attention to that question. Since my question directly consults Ubuntu and so I think that I should as this question on askubuntu.
While searching about ...
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How to duplicate a question on another site in the Stack Exchange network?
I just saw this question which has a perfect answer here on Super User.
However, trying to duplicate it inside the Stack Exchange network gave an error "The answer must exist on Ask Ubuntu" so I ...
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Tiny tweak to the [livedvd] tag
This isn't even worth bringing up in Meta, but if I don't point it out it's going to nag at me in the back of my mind.
Observe the following set of tags:
live-usb
live-cd
livedvd
If some helpful ...
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How is the Unity tag suggested?
It's just a general query, no big thing. I'm just curious.
I've noticed it a lot of times, but today when I was asking a question regarding adding transparency to windows and dialog boxes, mechanism ...
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Please reopen YaCy service question not solved by generic answer
I created How can I stop YaCy from starting when my machine starts? and was pointed to How to enable or disable services? as a general answer. Unfortunately I voted to close my own question before ...
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How Do I Reply?
I posted a question here and I got an answer. I would like to reply to that answer. How do I do that? There is a comment button but it allows only a short reply. Mine is a little longer. Where is the ...
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Most viewed questions in the last "number" of days
Hi :) This might not be easy.
I want a list of the currently most viewed questions; in the past "number" of days for example. Not all time views. Not like here (although it's very close). For example ...
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How do I view all messages posted by me in particular chat room?
I want to view all the messages posted by me in the "Ask Ubuntu General Room".
Is this possible? If so, how can I do this?
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What to do with the many duplicate/similar "No WiFi after upgrade" questions?
I've seen several of these lately, and one of the latest one had the side-bar filled with them, none of them with marked answers, as you can see here:
Here are the links:
https://askubuntu.com/...
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Help with newbie rogue user
I was just reviewing late answers when this post from this user was brought to my attention.
At first it thought there is just a problem with his full-quote of the question. Then I saw that he copy/...
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LOL..still at 98 rep and 100 rep prievileges are open to me?
Seems the system got tired of waiting in the 90's for me. I got notifications that I have been given two new prievileges (they need 100 rep), while I can see my rep never climbed above 98.
P.S - This ...
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How can I ask to reopen a question after I edited it? [duplicate]
I edited this closed as off-topic question to be more general: Should I use ZimageZ in Xubuntu xfce to store my screenshots?
Do I have to ask here in Meta to review a closed question after I edited ...
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Request Time-out 408 error
I have posted this question before, but because I was using my local DNS, I thought it might be an error in my DNS. Now I'm using OpenDNS and Google's DNS with the same error:
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Please merge my two accounts
It seems I have two accounts. Request, please merge my accounts.
I would prefer my OpenID account credentials to login. So kindly allow me to keep the latest one.
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Please merge the accounts greg-grossmeier and user11778
Both are associated with OpenIDs I own, one from creativecommons.net (greg-grossmeier) and one from launchpad.net (user11778).
Please merge them into the greg-grossmeier account (this one).
Thanks!
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Chat: Issue in Communicating On Chat
In the chat system i was able to talk. However, due to some strange issue in the system, the box in which I can type a message into disappeared, and I cannot get it back. Applies to any system I log ...
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Dividing a question along with bounties
I've asked a big question with a bounty of 400 reputation. It's not getting the attention and replies as I hoped for. Can I ask for a moderator to break it down to simpler question and dividing the ...
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cannot add email on my profile
whenever i try to add my email address to my profile I get an error saying email address already registered! why is that?
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Tag pages not rendering properly
The tag pages are not rendering the list of questions when using Firefox 4.0b8pre or Opera 11.00 alpha build 1029. It does render properly with Google Chrome 8.0.552.5 dev.
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Why can't I login into Ask Ubuntu with launchpad anymore?
I do have an Ubuntu Launchpad account (still works, e.g. for reporting bugs, etc.) and I used to use it to login into Ask Ubuntu as well.
For some months now, I can't login into Ask Ubuntu anymore. ...
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Why does Stack Exchange ask about cookies on every screen? [closed]
Every time I open a page on Stack Exchange it wants me to accept all cookies:
By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in ...
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ACTIVITY screen in my profile needs work
As usual, change provokes more change... the new ACTIVITY screen needs some tweaking...
BADGES shows up twice...
And REPUTATION should be moved up IN PLACE of the first BADGES image...
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All my ANSWERS have disappeared from my Activity screen
Happened just a few minutes ago...
Where did they go?
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Please, I want to take back my "upvote" from a comment
So I read a comment, it seemed good, so I "upvoted" it (with the teeny-weeny little triangle).
Then in like 15 seconds I spotted that somehow I skipped over an important detail that actually ...
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Is there a way to view statistics about visitors by country?
I was wondering if there is some sort of a counter or statistics about registered / unregistered visitors of ask ubuntu by world region or country, in a certain given time period and / or site ...
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Made two edits within two minutes, but they weren't merged [duplicate]
I'm used to editing then noticing something small I missed and quickly editing again. Normally the second edit is merged with the first as long as it's within a grace period of 5 minutes, but I just ...
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last question auto populates into the question form
I am trying to post a new question. However, when I click on "ask question" I see the previous question that I posted auto populated into the title, text, and tag fields. I want to still keep that ...
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Why can I not create an account on Ask Ubuntu?
I just tried to create a new account on this site Ask Ubuntu using my email and a password - and not connecting Google, Facebook etc. Filling in the display name, email and password on the https://...
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How do I get email notifications post reply from Ask Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I thought that I could set Ask Ubuntu to send me email notifications when one of my posts was answered, but now it doesn't, and I'm wondering if there's some way to enable that feature. Thanks!
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About retracted flags and the comment persisting
Case in point: How do I convert my usb installation from legacy boot to uefi?
By mistake I flagged as duplicate but later on noticed it was about Elementary OS. Retracted but the comment persists?
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