Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Question is a duplicate of a question on another Stack Exchange website
If a question is a duplicate of another on a different Stack Exchange website such as Super User, then would I link it in the comments or paste the solution as an answer so it can be stored on AU for ...
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How did people answer the post ever before the question is posted?
Problematic page: Why do I need to type `./` before executing a program in the current directory?
Look at the timestamp of posts by the original poster and some respondents.
How did they answer the ...
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How to obtain a direct link to an answer?
Is there any way to obtain a link to a concrete answer? Like this: GUI works but the console's (CTRL-ALT-F1-F6) "don't" (but I obtained this link via the Stack Exchange notifications)...
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Is there a possibility to create/save a list of favorite/useful questions?
How can I create/save a list of questions/answers that are useful for me in my account, for later use?
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"Very low quality" vs "should be closed ---> unclear what you're asking" flags
I can't really understand when I should use one flag or the other, for example on this question.
Both of those flags seem to imply that a question is poorly written and should be removed, so why are ...
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How can I filter discussions to newer instead of from years in the past?
Since I am the kind of person to find answers and share with others, how can I filter out discussions that are no longer relevant like from 2012, when it is 2018? I have found that the past versions ...
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Is this Question really locked?
I tried to vote on this question *Why are there such outdated and terrible answers to questions here?) but got a red alert:
There is no indication in the question that it is locked - how come?
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Best method to deal with one user copy/pasting/plagiarising another's answers
I found a user is copying an answer given to them (I mean word for word copy/paste, no changes or anything!) by another user as their own answer on two question less than ten minuets apart and I bet ...
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What is the purpose of the 'Disciplined' badge?
I was browsing through the Badges page when I came across this one under "Moderation Badges".
"Disciplined" : Delete own post with score of 3 or higher
I do not understand the purpose of this ...
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Is there a way to get a new identicon as profile picture
I really like the identicon as profile pictures. When I am going to change my profile picture it is only showing the old one. I got a few new identicons in past but forgot how they were changed.
Now ...
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Please remove dupe status
A recent question of mine has been confused as a dupe:
How can I be sure that the updated packages are not compromised?
The 'duped' question asks about Canonical repo security in the general sense. ...
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Why can't I see my past questions?
A couple weeks ago when I logged into this "ask ubuntu" website, all my past questions and activity (and points/score) vanished.
I have enjoyed "ask ubuntu" for a year or so, and don't understand ...
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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 should I paste from my terminal?
I am aware of the editing help topic, but I'm still not sure how I am supposed to format the text I copy/pasted from my terminal.
I want to be able to share these details from my terminal and I want ...
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How to post follow-up to answer
Where should I post a lengthy follow-up to an answer to my question? My comment ran to too many characters. Should I answer my own question, although it's really a response to one particular answer?
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Present Moderator Elections, When the Election Closes, are the Results Immediate?
On this page https://askubuntu.com/election?cb=1 I see the message
Election closes in <x> hours.
So are the results immediate?
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If I get question banned on StackOverflow, will I also get banned on AskUbuntu?
I am on the verge of being banned from asking questions on Stack Overflow. I'm not sure why, I guess people don't really like my questions.
But without bashing on S.O. too much, I legitimately want ...
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Some questions are greyed out on Meta
I'm seeing some greyed out questions on Meta.
Is this a normal behavior? Or is something off with my system?
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How to chat with another user?
With 20 reputation you gains the chat privilege, as described here, but I couldn't find this option in a user profile.
Where should I look for it?
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My reputation is down to 1
Mods: please move this question to Meta.
I just logged on from a new system and my reputation is down to 1 (used to be over 5k). What is going on?
Edit I: After posting I also note that a different ...
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Is it "not done" to clean up your own list of posted answers?
After an "active" presence of a little more than one year on AU, I was looking through my answers, in a votes- sorted order. Browsing to the end of the list, I came to the "zero- activity" section; ...
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Changing reputation; somtimes it goes up, then down again
Maybe related to the recent bug, mentioned here, but I noticed my reputation sometimes unexpectedly increases (you never know what you did :), but then goes back to what you actually should have at ...
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Is it possible to partially accept an edit?
A post of mine just got edited. Most of the edit was great. Just one thing was not true. Is there a way to partially accept an edit. I just accepted and then edited the edit, is there a better way?
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Change my username
I would like to change my username, but when I first attempted it it gave me an error.
I fixed the thing it was squabbling about, but then it said I could only change my username every 30 days (it ...
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Duplicate Community Bulletin election entries
Browsing the meta site, I came across this little oddity:
As you can see, there are two election entries. Wouldn't it be better to just have a single link for the entire election, as the nominations ...
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Do I need to do anything when a flag I raise is listed as disputed?
In my flagging history, the summary lists four "moderator attention flags" as disputed.
Do I need to do anything? Even if I don't have to do anything, what is the basis of a "disputed flag"?
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How to receive email alert if anyone answer my question?
How to receive email alert if anyone answer my question here, I mean askubuntu.com.
Every time my question was been answer, I only can see the answer when I came here.
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How do I edit my original question without rolling back?
I asked a question and subsequently a user (and then another one) edited my question. Their edits were tags (thank you) and formatting, both of which I really liked, but I have noticed a grammatical ...
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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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Make [home] a synonym of [home-directory] and merge the two tags
There are
135 questions tagged home
52 questions tagged home-directory
The excerpts for both are nearly the same, implying the same use:
home:
Questions about users' home folders or the ...
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How to transfer a question through Stack Exchange Communities
I've just earned a badge in this popular question I wrote 15 months ago in SuperUser Community. And it attracted me because, even after all this time and 1000 views, it stills not-answered. Thus I got ...
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What does "canonical answer" refer to in bountied question notices?
I sometimes go through the bountied questions in Ask Ubuntu.
Often I see the notice indicating the reason for offering the bounty is a specific reason written manually.
Other standard noticed like &...
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Obtaining a badge might "result in a ban"
So this is just a general question I have about AskUbuntu. I have seen 2 badges and there are possibly more, in which you have to delete your own question to be able to achieve. However, when I go to ...
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How can I add a screenshot directly from my clipboard to the body of a post?
I would like to renew / re-post my question about Bluetooth menu.
If I want to add a screenshot to a post, I can use gnome-screenshot and copy the screenshot to the clipboard.
How do I add such a ...
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LQP queue recanting recommendations
I recommended deletion on this answer which the user then edited to improve his answer based on the review.
How can I recant that review and cancel the delete recommendation?
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New Users - Trivial Answer Converted to Comment
In this post I answered with a short question and it turned into a comment. I don't have enough rep to comment, but is this an acceptable way to circumvent that restriction? Or is this a mistake on ...
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Heated comments about reinstalling - Call for moderation
I got a flagged answer for review of deletion: https://askubuntu.com/a/779533/75166
The answer includes a description how to reinstall Ubuntu for a question that might be solvable with other means. A ...
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Confused about flagging comments and removal
I flagged two comments earlier as rude or offensive - they were, no doubt, they were insults.
The strange thing was these comments were instantly removed and my flags are listed as helpful in my ...
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How to become more well-received
When I just started to compose a new question I got the following message:
Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and
you're in danger of being blocked from asking any ...
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Seemingly "unregistered" reputation change?
This morning, opening the computer, I found a reputation change of +92, which is nice, but kind of a strange figure. It even appears differently on different windows.
The +100 I can find. The (...
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Has there been a change in policy relating to Duplicate Closures?
I just happened to read the instructions for Duplicate Closure today. It says:
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, ...
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Where/how should I discuss a rejected edit?
Where and how can I start a discussion on an edit I suggested that was rejected? Get in private/personal contact with the reviewer? It seems here on Meta is better, but if so: How to get the attention ...
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An answer I provided has been edited and approved. Do I need to do anything?
An edit has been made to my answer to this question. It has already been approved by Jorge Castro and I agree with the edits. Do I need to do anything more?
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How do I answer my Own Question?
Tonight I successfully resolved my own question. after getting into some difficulties. The resolution in the end was simple and came straight from the Ubuntu Community Documentation.
The reason why ...
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Is there a way to get emails for new comments?
Is there a way to have Ask Ubuntu send me emails when new comments are posted? I can't seem to find an option for this. A lot of times, someone asks me a question in a comment and I don't know about ...
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How do i request an edit to an answer?
Ive asked a question which so far has only received one answer. This answer was good enough to help me figure out the solution for myself, but isnt entirely accurate. I'd like to accept this answer ...
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How do I escape backticks in a comment?
I want to be able to post this as a comment:
FYI, code formatting is done with backticks, e.g. `sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst`.
But as you can see, it doesn't come out quite right...
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Has policy on downvotes changed?
I have been an on-and-off user of AskUbuntu for 10 years. Coming back this year I notice that the majority of questions on the front page have a -1, often already within the hour after they are asked....
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Can we limit searches by date?
I'm trying to figure out what my weather and world clock options are on my new laptop. Most of the posts I am surfacing about weather indicators are about weather-indicator which hasn't been updated ...
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What do you consider a well received question?
How many positive arrows does a question need to be considered a well received question?
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