Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Does the reputation you get from meta transfer to normal ask ubuntu? [duplicate]
I just got the privilege to participate in meta, but if I get reputation points here, will that be added to my normal Ask Ubuntu reputation?
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Are non-Ubuntu-spefic questions allowed? [duplicate]
I was just wonder, let's say that there is a question which asks how to disable the cache in Firefox, and the person who asks says that they are running a supported flavour and version of Ubuntu, is ...
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How can I see my rejected tags?
Very simple. I added a description to several tags on askubuntu, and now when I try to edit more, it says:
Too many of your edits were rejected, try again in 7 days.
It shows the accepted tags on my ...
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Why did 'the system identify' a high quality post 'as possible spam' in review audit?
I was reviewing posts in the First Posts review queue and I got a review audit. Link to the review audit: https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1093198. I found it was an audit by clicking on the ...
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Can't I ask about other (Debian based) distros as well as Ubuntu? [duplicate]
As Ubuntu is based on Debian and there are other flavors of it like Kubuntu, Xubuntu, MATE, EdUbuntu, Lubuntu and so on, is asking about Mint or Debian or other Debian-based distros on topic here? Or ...
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My Answer got downvoted and I updated it. Will downvotes go away?
I answered What is the difference between hosts and hosts.deny? with a one-line answer (first line of my answer, basically RTFM).
I got downvoted to -2 for my answer.
I Edited and improved my ...
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Why was I banned from asking questions?
I was banned from asking questions, but I don't know why!
Who is the person who decides these things?
How can I learn if you don't let me ask the things I don't know (even if they are too much ...
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Unable to upload gif image in question
I have recently found that I get this error when attempting to upload a gif image to a question (well, I actually didn't upload, but instead provided a link to a gif image which has worked with the ...
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Can, if so how, do you send Private message on Askubuntu [duplicate]
If I'm trying to use a particular program, tried using it and am getting it saying the problem exits on time, loaded it up again, the problem doesn't exist (gpt data leftover or whatever is preventing ...
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Down voting on a question that shouldn't be there
I have a question with -5 votes it had -3 and I had no use for the question because the answer don't help me, but the problem was overcome. I tried to delete it but it wasn't going away so I changed ...
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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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Should we encourage this behavior?
I took a specialist interest in answering this question because I similar difficulties which I resolved and wanted to help a fellow member with it. I answered the question, however, the member still ...
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Is there a way to get a feed of new questions and answers being posted to an SO site ?
The title says it all.
I would like to read questions and answers (for that matter, also responses) in the order they were posted and may be get notified when new ones arrive. This way for some (say ...
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software-uninstall tag automatically becomes software-installation
I recently found that if I add software-uninstall tag to any question on Ask Ubuntu, and save it, the tag automatically becomes software-installation.
Other users have noticed it too. See this comment ...
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Are closed questions answerable?
I stumbled in the review queue over this question and answer
The question is being closed, because it is a question for mac OS.
If I understood this text
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not ...
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Last post not in recent inbox messages
My last post does not show up in my recent inbox messages.
But it does show up in a search.
Does it only show up if it has had replies?
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You have reached your question limit
I tried to post but got this. I could find nothing on it in the Help Center. What does it mean?
"You have reached your question limit"
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I can see this deleted question even though I don't have 10k? [duplicate]
Title pretty much sums it up. I am somehow able to view this question even though I don't have 10k reputation.
Is this a bug?
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Why is there no spell checking in title and edit summary?
Why is there only a spell checking capability in the main body? Why not the title and the edit summary field too (if you are editing a question)?
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Restoring a Deleted Answer
A new user responded to my question on installing Ubuntu on an Asus X205 with an answer about installing on a very similar, closely related, machine. This info is very useful and I did give him/her ...
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Retrieve a deleted question
Is there a way to retrieve a deleted question I have asked?
I deleted it because I had a duplicate, but after further reading I understood that's it's not really the same question, and I want mine ...
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I got message when want ask in askubuntu [duplicate]
I'am get this message when clicked "Ask Question" on AskUbuntu
We are no longer accepting questions from this account. See the Help Center to learn more.
What should i do if i want ask a question....
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Integrate my Launchpad/Open ID with stack exchange account?
I am currently using my AskUbuntu account created using Stack Exchange credentials.
Recently started being active on Launchpad. But trying to log in using Launchpad/OpenID credentials makes me create ...
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Request to Un-duplicate
Could I ask an administrator to remove the flag that says this is a duplicate please:
https://askubuntu.com/q/355377/93794
I edited it this morning (12hrs ago) to explain why it is not a duplicate (...
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When does askubuntu.com celebrate new years eve? [duplicate]
By my calendar, it's not January 2. 2012. When I look at the stats for this week, month, quarter and year, it seems we're still in December. When does this change? :)
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Change login name containing my email adress
In 2016 I created an Ask Ubuntu account with a login containing my email adress. I recently changed my email, how can I change to a new login name without losing my Ask Ubuntu history?
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Edited a question, but it doesn't display my name
I edited a question (translated from Italian to English) and my name wasn't shown on the post. Then in my two and a half hours later I noticed that someone else's name is displayed there. How is that ...
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Why questions are no longer accepted from my account? Why am I getting "You have reached your question limit" while trying to post a new question?
While trying to ask a new question, I'm getting
You have reached your question limit
Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account.
What is the reason I can no longer ask questions?
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Why is my answer deleted?
I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: Ubuntu 20.04 ACPI errors after suspend: cannot release Mutex
After I realized a persistent error message, I searched for it and found the exact problem on ...
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What does a gray title mean?
My question has a light gray title, unlike a black title. Why?
Here's the question. You may need to view it on home or on my profile.
EDIT: Ironically, the title on this question is gray. How about ...
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Can I ask a question on Ask Ubuntu about all the old distros?
I thought about creating a "question" in order to remind (or "honour") all the old Ubuntu releases (4.10 Warthy - 16.10 Yakkety).
But this question is mostly like a discussion one, not an answerable ...
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Resolution since installing 16.04 LTS [closed]
I asked this question yesterday but it has disappeared?
Maybe I did something wrong ..... anyway:
I installed 16.04 on Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5535 and ticked all the boxes re updates etc...
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Why have two of my questions and their answers had a series of unupvotes? [duplicate]
Yesterday all my answers to two questions I posted had many votes "unupvoted", including one question.
My reputation history and the two questions:
ASCII screensaver for the command-line or a TUI?
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Different reputations on askubuntu-main ,meta-askubuntu & StackExchange-leagues!
At the same time, There are different reputations showing as following.
Askubuntu main user
Meta-Askubuntu user
StackExchange Leagues
My question is Why it is showing different? (In other words ...
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Propose changes to the FAQ
Checking out the FAQ and what new users normally miss when posting a question, I was wondering if it was possible to improve the FAQ to include some of the following:
Rule to always include what ...
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How can I get a listing of my posts with the newest on top?
How can I get a listing of my posts with the newest post on top?
Thanks.
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How to Post threads
How can I post a thread on a Ubuntu forum? Also, what the hell is a Tag?
I can't even ask a question without going to school for questions.
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What does "LOA" stand for?
I recently flagged something up as very low quality, but my flag was declined. When I looked at the reason this is what it said:
So what does LOA stand for?
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Why are only mods allowed to vote to migrate a question to another site (not including the site's Meta site)?
As far as I currently understand it, there are no users other than mods who can vote to migrate a question. Why isn't this ability granted to at least higher rep users, or at least to give users the ...
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How do I add URLs to comments and what are available aliases like [edit]?
I can't quite get how to add inline links to comments. There are some aliases like[edit] but I see that people add other useful links this way. Where can I find list of these aliases, or add inline ...
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Direct access to Askubuntu reputation statistics
I'd like to be informed (in real time) of changes in reputation, helpful flags, etc, for my user ID. I wrote a script that scrapes the reputation off my user page using curl and grep. That was the ...
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Can I delete/clear all my comments?
Can I Clear/delete all comments which is posted by me? I know I filter It from Activity>Comments Tab But It has about 9 pages. so it is difficult to delete one-by-one.
So, How to delete all comments? ...
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Question about off-topic flagging
I'd like to know if the question asked by own OP has been solved by himself and it doesn't contain any other answers from users either, is it considered as: off-topic>This describes a problem that can'...
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How to request to remove "marked as duplicate" and to reopen?
My question is marked as duplicate a month ago. I have edited and improved question and flagged today to reopen but It isn't reopened. Thus, Is there any chances of reopening? or I should post new ...
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Can Ubuntu GNOME Remix be added to the supported derivatives page?
It looks like Gnome Remix is now an officially supported Ubuntu derivative. See also here.
Can someone update this page http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives or is this handled by ...
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confused about my user name (jgrau = 95710?) and how the site works
I'm confused how this site works, because I only find editing on my questions but can not recognize the answer to my originally posted issue:
My issue is that I can't get sound to my TV which I ...
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What is Announcer badge?
It says : Shared a link to a question that was visited by 25 unique IP addresses.
I could understand it as follows:
I answer or comment to a question by putting a link to another old question that ...
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Are accepted answers pinned to the top in Ask Ubuntu Meta? [duplicate]
I was going through Ask Ubuntu Meta and found this question: Bullying as a strategy to force close a question. There are 2 answers to the question: one by Zanna and one by karel.
I used the sort ...
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Should I ask my question on Ask Ubuntu, on Unix & Linux or on both? [duplicate]
Let's say I have a question which concerns all Ubuntu users, but not only them. (e.g. about apt and aptitude). On which Stack Exchange site should I ask it, depending on if my distribution is Ubuntu ...
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Could somebody remove the "duplicate" mark that was wrongly applied to my question?
My question is clearly not a duplicate of this other one, because the solutions are completely different. Could somebody remove the [duplicate] mark?
