Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Why my reputation go down suddenly? Serial upvoting reversed
Many times my reputation is decreased
I found writing: Serial upvoting reversed
What does it mean?! what the wrong i did.
This issue repeated 3 times till now
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How can I add a link within an answer on AskUbuntu.com to download a package? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to post links that install software via apt?
I want to create a link in my answers that automatically open the Ubuntu Software Store with that package pulled up. I've gone ...
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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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What is the meaning of an accept (of an answer)?
Does it mean the answer is "completely satisfactory", and the question can be considered finished ? Or just that a given answer was "the most helpful" ?
for example, in why do youtube videos stop ...
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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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Can I sort my "favourites" questions based on tags?
Is there a possible way of sorting my favorite questions by name or tags? As I have too many favorite questions in my account. So sorting them would make it easier to find the needed question.
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Insert picture in Ask Ubuntu
How can I insert image from picture folder of Ubuntu while asking question or answering to question in Ask Ubuntu?
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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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Why does the community bot upvote some things?
I have a question about the Community moderator bot. I have seen and understood what its mission is. I also noticed something that was weird, at least for me. The bot votes several questions. And ...
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Old Ask Ubuntu account
I used to participate on AskUbuntu.com as the user:3419. Unforunately, the domain in which I have had previously used for that account is no longer in existence. I am not sure how to recover it or ...
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How do I add comments on answers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
how do I leave a comment to an answer on the Ask Ubuntu site?
This may be a stupid question, but I don't get it. I see that all kinds of people leave comments on specific ...
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How to sign into Ask Ubuntu?
Trying to sign into Ask Ubuntu using a Launchpad account. It won't let me get that far once it got me to the authentication part but none the less it fails.
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Why does the Unanswered button take me to a list of questions with answers?
Why does the Unanswered button take me to a list of questions with answers?
Shouldn't I got to a list of questions with no answers, perhaps with the oldest one first?
If the are questions whose ...
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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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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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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 to display keys and tags? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to use keyboard 'icon' in markdown?
How do you display buttons on keyboard eg: Control, Alt etc. in your discussion? I have seen many people even displaying tags. ...
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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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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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My favorite tags are empty [closed]
I am searching for unanswered questions on my favorite tags (mysql, lubuntu, virtualbox, and etc.)
But all of them are empty (zero unanswered) is this right? Or I'm having some kind of trouble?
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Can I award bounty to my own answer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is a user not allowed to give the bounty to himself?
I had answered a question and got many upvotes for it. However, the asker accepted another answer as the correct one. I ...
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Account merged, now cannot login to SE chat
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this inquiry.
In AU, I have an old account with only 1 rep which I have used for about a week. I forgot the password for that account so I then created ...
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Are the criteria for peer-reviewed edits and "2000 rep" edits the same?
I've used the site for a relatively small time.
I just edited an answer, and it was rejected on grounds of being too trivial. I am just wondering if this triviality bar "moves" as the cost of an edit ...
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Why is year reputation more than total reputation?
I just visited link from my profile
http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/year/askubuntu/2012-01-01/40166#40166
it says,
How my year reputation can be more than total reputation?
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Why is my Badge Count Different
Early July 19th I had 24 bronze badges
and now they are 23 what gives?
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How do I comment on a post?
I see a bunch of comments on someone else's answer to several questions and I'd like to add one but I don't see how. I can provide my own answer, but all I really want to do is add a little bit to ...
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How do I add a comment to ask a question of the person so I can get more info to answer them? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I comment on an answer?
I guess it's all in the Title, but I can't find the link to just post a preliminary question , so I can get more info and then post an answer to ...
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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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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 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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Get notifications for how I lost reputation
I recently lost some reputation points (about 30. I know it shows 20 but during the same period I got an answer upvoted as well.) I do not know how but it may be because of a removed upvote, ...
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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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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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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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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?
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Are the questions with the mark (closed) erased?
I've seen many questions with the mark [closed] in the title.
Does it mean that they will be erased later? Or just remains as closed?
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Custom badges on Ask Ubuntu
My question is can new badges be added or removed from the already list of existing badges?
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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 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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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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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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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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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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