Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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How can I get the correct resolution for "Ask ubuntu" back on my Android device
On my android smart phone, I was able to access "Ask ubuntu" with my browser with a resolution specifically designed for the phone (it was perfect). Then, I accidentally hit a small link labelled "...
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Can't get my Analytical badge
I have just visited every page in the FAQ, hoping to get my 1st badge. But it didn't reward me one. Can someone tell me how to get the badge?
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Please blacklist the help tag
Please blacklist the tag help, its a useless meta tag that can contain literally any question. It should be purged with fire.
Related: http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2179/why-do-we-have-a-help-...
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What Super-powers does a Moderator have?
Just out of curiosity, what powers does a moderator have?
Before I asked this question, I think of moderators as people who have super powers – who can change this site to whatever they want, like ...
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Comment with one rep without participation in post
Is there any explanation for why the first comment on this post has been made by a user with 1 rep and no participation on that thread? Is it a bug?
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How do I close a question on Ask Ubuntu?
OK, I asked a question, and it gets answered. I don't want to bother anyone anymore, so I want to mark my question as answered and consequently closed. How do I do that?
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Shouldn't I be able to offer a bounty of 100 on this question?
I have this one issue which has been driving me crazy for ages. However, with help from Ask Ubuntu, I feel it's closing in on a solution. I've discovered a workaround, and maybe that can be exploited ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 install problems - where/how to ask a question
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.
I have installed it on two machines, and had to give up on third.
(I was able to simply install 11.10 on the third)
I need to get some help, and I want to give ...
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How to back up and restore customized pro-forma userscript comments?
I have extensively customized my pro-forma userscript comments (with new comments and new wordings/linkifications for default ones). I use Chromium as my browser most of the time, and Firefox ...
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Why do you need 15 reputation to upvote?
I'm still a newbie on the askubuntu site, and what I experienced is that you need a reputation of 15 to upvote. I don't understand this.
Say you see a question that you would like to see answered or ...
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How did I cast more than 40 votes in a single day?
My profile says I voted 41 times today. But we only get up to 40 votes/day. So how can this be?
Could this have happened due to undownvoting (or unupvoting) a post, and getting a vote back? I don't ...
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What to do when an anonymous user insists they are the OP for an edit?
Some edits, such as those adding information about an OP's system, should only be made...
by the OP, or
at the OP's explicit request, or
by someone who is merely putting the information into the ...
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When I post links to my questions in chat, am I doing it wrong?
From this question I got the strong impression that publicizing questions I've posted, by posting links to them in main chat--provided that it is done in moderation and not, for example, over and over ...
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Quick way to add code
I find it awfully tedious adding 4 spaces to every line, does anyone have any tricks they would like to share?
code
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How can I bump my unsolved question?
Is there a "bump" feature to move an old unsolved/unanswered question to the top of the list?
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Flagging Dispute: Flag Decline by @jrg on question "internet Connection problem in ubuntu 12.04- pppoeconf" [closed]
Flagged Answer: https://askubuntu.com/a/154482/10616
I flagged this answer as "Not an Answer" with the reasoning:
"Not an Answer since the OP explicitly stated the command initially (so repeating ...
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Repeated "warnings" across questions and answers across StackExchange?
Sometimes I will come across a "warning" on an answer or question. Sort of.
On my super-old first answer that I answered, I got this "warning":
Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, ...
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Can I (and How do I) use my askubuntu account on other Stack Exchange sites?
I signed into (and presumably registered with) askubuntu using my launchpad openid.
I'd like to also ask some questions on other Stack Exchange sites but keep all the accounts connected.
When I go ...
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How can get past 5 edits
Sometimes, I need to edit multiple answers, (updates, changes, new ways, etc.). But I found out that I could only do 5 edits per day.
How can get past this:
You have already edited 5 of your own ...
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How to set bounty? sufficient rep but no link [closed]
At the time I asked this question (Is an ACPI GPE storm normal in an Ubuntu session?) I didn't have enough rep. Now I do and I want to set a bounty, but there's no link.
The link states "question ...
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What happens to my comment if the parent question/answer is deleted?
Let's say that I leave a comment on a question, responding to an answer that was left.
Can the person who left the answer delete his answer and my comment? I didn't think that it was possible, is ...
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I disagree with the removal of a tag from my question.... now what?
I could of course just reapply the tag (at least I expect I can.. can I? Haven't tried.), just to have it removed again.
Usually I'm happy that people mess around with "my" tags, as it improves the ...
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Why are there "Tag Badges"?
Sometimes when I come to a user profile page, I will see some "Tag Badges" like the 10.10 badge, the unity badge, and the installation badge. Not only these.
But I can't find "Tag Badges" on this ...
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How to handle duplicate answers that add nothing?
I'm not talking about exact copying, failure to give credit, or one person passing off another person's answer as their own.
Rather, I'd like to know what the best practice is when one user answers a ...
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In review, why are some question summaries different than others
Some summaries are large, many are small, some are in orange.
I'm going to slap my head when I get the answer, I just know it.
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Please blacklist the 'bug' tag
In regards to this, http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3343/summer-cleanup-feedback-wanted-etc?cb=1 the jrg has eliminated questions tagged with bug.
I would like to request blacklisting of this tag,...
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Duplicate post or not? Why is the mod deleting questions that are clearly not duplicates?
I just self answered two questions that I see get asked a ton. They both follow the same template.
How do you remap Caps Lock to Control in Xubuntu?
How do you swap Control and CAPS Lock in Xubuntu?
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What does the term Unregistered mean on the user page?
On some new users do I often see a grey text next to their name Unregistered. What does this mean?
Does it mean that the user has removed his/her account? Because I've seen people log-in after that ...
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HTTPS: Certificate is not signed for askubuntu.com
If I try to access https://askubuntu.com, the certificate is signed for *.stackexchange.com instead of askubuntu.com.
Can this be fixed for a better HTTPS access?
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How do i move my question to a different SE?
I've asked a question and after a couple of days thinking on it (and seeing low viewing) I suspect I might get better/faster results by moving it to Unix SE.
So how do I do this or request this?
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How to continue discussions important to a meta question?
Are long comment threads on meta questions discussing issues directly pertinent to the question considered bad, even if they do not become repetitive? I know this is considered bad on main...but meta ...
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Should questions describing problems that mysteriously went away be closed?
If a question describes a problem that the OP once had, but which then goes away, and the OP has no idea how and didn't do anything to precipitate a solution, should the question be closed?
It seems ...
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Commenting questions [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?
When I am in 'AskUbuntu' look an Ask I can answer but I can't comment. And I can see other people that can comment it.
I have ...
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Should otherwise obsolete comments sometimes be retained for the community opinion their upvotes express?
Sometimes a comment with lots of upvotes is still obsolete and should be removed. This is usually the case, for example, when it requests information that the OP then provides (and provides in such a ...
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Is it allowed to have multiple AU accounts, intentionally, without having them merged?
Some users might want to have multiple AskUbuntu accounts. There are a number of legitimate reasons for wanting this. I won't try to list them all but here are a few:
Separate accounts for work-...
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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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Is it OK to post, and how should we deal with, non-English (or partly non-English) answers intended for translation? [duplicate]
Questions in languages other than English, or which contain non-English text and translated text, have been discussed before on meta.
But what about answers that are written in other languages? How ...
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How to address a question to a particular user?
Suppose I ask a question..I know that some user might be knowing its answer..
For eg,its a question related to a script.and i know that user xyz is good in scripts.I want him to notice my question.....
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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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Cannot register
I have tried 2 different OpenID accounts to try to register and in each case I get an error and cannot register
I have cut and pasted the links suggested by both my openID accounts into the URL box ...
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How do I invite a low rep user into chat?
It comes up in chat sometimes, so I figured I'ld post a question and answer on the thing.
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Why I can make my question favourite
Why I can make my own question a favourite?
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no edit button beside flag [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Edit link Missing
I found a question which is very ugly and improperly formatted so I want to edit it but there is no edit button only link and flag buttons are there !!
Is ...
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Serial downvoting reversed
what is Serial downvoting reversed?
I just got +14 Reputations from the event listed as Serial downvoting reversed.
What does that mean?
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Will bounty be given to the accepted answer?
There is a question which had a bounty and it was given to the highest voted answer (as the faq says), but none of the answers has been accepted yet.
What if someone answers this question (perhaps ...
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Is it OK to post a link to my question in the general chat room, to publicize it?
If I ask a question and want to draw attention to it, is it OK to post links to it in the general chat room? Or is this considered bad, since there is already a questions feed and if lots of people ...
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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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Will deleting question affect my account?
I want to know if I delete my own question will affect the reputation system or trigger any question asking ban?
I am asking this before deleting because I have already been banned on other ...
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No reputation for upvotes on meta? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How is reputation shared between Meta and Ask Ubuntu?
I asked a question (or rather, made a feature request) recently on meta. The question got upvoted 5 times but I did not ...
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Should really good/detailed "me too" answers have their content merged into the question?
Usually "me too" answers don't contribute much to working on the problem, but sometimes they do, as when they present details that are subtly different than (or more detailed than) what is provided by ...