Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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AskUbuntu bug: I renamed my Launchpad account from andy80 to andreagrandi and I cannot access my old data nor use my email account here
I created an AskUbuntu account here, months ago, using my Launchpad account that was named "andy80". In the mean time I renamed my LP account from "andy80" to "andreagrandi".
When I tried to access ...
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"Ask Ubuntu requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load."
I'm using the chromium browser. I keep getting the error "Ask Ubuntu requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load." What settings should I be checking?
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Are questions like 'Where should I report this bug' allowed?
May we ask questions on AskUbuntu if we encounter a bug, and we do not know how/where to report it? For example, one can see black screen and is unsure whether he/she should report it against xorg, ...
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Can't access chat, says I'm not logged in
Was I banned or something? I don't see anything but that I need to login first.
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Is there a public API for StackExchange?
I was thinking it would be nice to have an appindicator for StackExchange that would change color for a few seconds when an answer or question is voted up or down, etc. It would display your ...
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IE7 and Site Rendering
In some cases, there is a rendering issue with user pages or non-Question pages, where the left boundary of the page shows up as extremely far off the left edge of the window, and there is no way to ...
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How can I see the diff for an edit I have made before it is approved?
When I edit someone's question, I have to wait for the edit to be approved before the link that says when the question was edited and links to the changes appears if I want to see the changes I have ...
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Cannot offer bounty
It's been more than five days since I posted this question, yet I cannot see the option to offer bounty. I think someone also requested the question be closed (there's 1 mentioned in parenthesis ...
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What implications does 'move this discussion to chat' has?
I'm trying to help waterloo2005 with a kernel related question, at first it looked like a simple permission mistake, It seems I was wrong...
Right now, there's 8 comments of both me and waterloo ...
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Missing tags, will someone with a reputation >= 300 create tags for pyRenamer and Krename
In question regarding batch rename, the tags pyRenamer and Krename don't exists (and should). I don't have the need rep of 300+ to create them. Will someone here - with the capacity to create tags do ...
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@Tag keeps vanishing
I posted a reply to Russ in this thread:
How to recover deleted files?
When I did so, I began it with "@Russ, " to tag him. When I posted the comment though, the tag vanished. I tried several ...
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Can a user offer a bounty that is worth more than their own reputation?
The user who asked this question has offered the bounty worth 500 but their own reputation is just 314. Is it possible to offer a bounty worth more than one's own reputation?
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Merge my accounts
Sorry guys, but I completly forgot that I already had created this account (using facebook) and I created a new one (using lauchpad), if there is some way to merge the accounts I would enjoy it, but ...
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How can I change chat sound notifications?
The current notification sound is a little bit annoying. I thought the sound is the browser default sound but it is not. I heard a different sound the same browser in different chat rooms.
How can ...
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No option found to start a bounty [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why I can't initiate a bounty
I have started a question which is quite old now and i din get any clear solution to that question still. So i thought to start a bounty for ...
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Unable to login using launchpad openID, text input box fails to appear.
Should be in META, but I can't post there without logging in:I am unable to login using the Launchpad OpenID. When I click the launchpad button the page stays the same. (It has links to recover my ...
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How do I interpret this "Your question does not meet our quality standards" error?
Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:
It does not meet our quality standards.
Thats the message I'm getting while trying to post a question. I've seen it a couple times before, usually ...
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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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What do I need for being able to migrate questions to other Stackexchange sites?
I've registered an account on Unix.SE but the website does not appear in the website selection for Close as Offtopic.
I doubt if it's a reputation issue, on http://Stackoverflow.com/ (8595 reputation)...
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Ask Ubuntu and file attachments
I need to attach a log file to a question I'm going to ask on Ask Ubuntu. Is this allowed by the site rules and if yes, how to do it?
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How can I get "Hot Question" widget of askubuntu ?
Hii There ..
when i visit omgubuntu.co.uk and i find a hot question widget in the rightside of that website, how can i get the script or anything else, so i can add the widget in our web ?
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Boolean searching with tags and answered status?
Is there a way to do a boolean search with tags and answered or unanswered status? For example, I found myself wanting to search for something like this: ([networking] and not [wireless])and(...
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Cross-Posting questions that are on-topic on multiple Stack Exchange sites
If I have a question that is on-topic on, say, both Linux & Unix and Ask Ubuntu, may I post it on both sites? And if so, do I need to do anything special?
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Where can I find my suggested edits page?
I'm curious about which of my submitted edits get accepted and denied.
Is there a way I can find a page with a complete list of all my edits? Both those that were accepted and those where were ...
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What happens when all ten moderator flags get used up?
What happens when all ten moderator flags get used up? Does a moderator look if I am flagging the right posts and then refill them so that I can continue to flag posts for moderator attention? Or do I ...
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Why I can't initiate a bounty
I want to initiate a bounty for one of my question Link here and as per FAQ the question should be atleast 2 days old. Now the question is more than 2 days old and I still cannot initiate a bounty. ...
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Pls help cookie account forgotten after reinstall of ubuntu
After reinstalling ubuntu it forgot the cookies of my unregistered account https://askubuntu.com/users/18267/amith?tab=accounts .I'd like to restore this account
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Understanding apt.ubuntu.com and its use in askubuntu
I have noticed in a number of answers to questions where the use of the apt.ubuntu.com (I think this is what I recall) is employed to assist with the installation of some Ubuntu package that may not ...
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Bounty on another question
Am trying to give a bounty in this question Limiting internet bandwidth for already started applications but somehow the option does not appeared. I tested on Firefox 4 and Chrome 12/13. It appears in ...
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Reopening of a closed question?
Hi. Recently a question of mine was closed due to being an exact duplicate of this one. While I always skim-through the questions with similar titles, I hadn't thought to search under "microblogging" ...
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Why can't I change check marks and up/down arrows?
I am new to Ask Ubuntu. I asked a question and got a prompt and useful answer. I wanted to thank the responder and click his up arrow, but discovered I had to be registered to do it, and that it ...
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Why was my answer deleted
I don't know if y'all can see the deleted item:
Keyboard command/shortcut to resize window
But I can.
No comment left to indicate why. So I'm wondering what line I crossed...
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Why was this tag deleted and added in the same revision?
After editing a question's tags, its revisions page indicates that the r tag was both removed and added by me. Why wasn't it just left untouched?
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How can I link to a specific revision?
Sometimes I want to refer readers to a specific revision of a question. Can I accomplish this with a single link?
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What am i supposed to do with a question of mine if it's no longer valid?
I asked this question some time ago . After today's reinstallation of ubuntu I no longer face this problem. What am i supposed to do with the question now?
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What should we do when a question would make a perfect wiki, but...
What should we do when a question would make a perfect wiki, but the author has a criteria too strict for one? Please forgive me if this question sounds stupid, I'm not quite sure how the community ...
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How is reputation shared between Meta and Ask Ubuntu?
I have been floating around on Meta occasionally, but most of the time is spent on Ask Ubuntu. When I receive upvotes or accepts on Meta, it says that I gain reputation, but it does not seem to affect ...
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How do I add images to posts?
How do I add images to a question, answer or comment. When I press Images on the top panel it says something like "Images are exactly like links..." and suggests adding the link to the image. But what ...
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Part of description on "Tags" page is invisible
On "Tags" page, longer descriptions are clipped and the text that exceeds is invisible, so it can't be accessed.
It often occurs with my Firefox minimum font size to 16 (Options > Content > Fonts &...
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Please merge my accounts fossfreedom and user16600
I've seemed to have created two accounts - I dont use https://askubuntu.com/users/16600/user16600 but I do use my openID account launchpad.net/~fossfreedom
Please can these be merged - or just delete ...
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Is a user not allowed to give the bounty to himself?
I put a bounty on a question of mine and later found a solution to that problem.
I was given 0 points for the answer (obviously) but i was also not given the bounty points back when i clicked for it. ...
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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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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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Is editing too much, an annoyance? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to “over edit”?
I'm kind of a perfectionist of sorts when it comes to my writing. I often go back, and edit my posts days later if I notice ...
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Unanswered questions, what do we do?
Hi. I'm still very new to Askubuntu, and have a question about unanswered questions.
When one goes unanswered for a certain amount of time, what are our options to get the question noticed again?
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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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How can I pass a question on to another user?
I created a question on behalf of a non-AU user. Now they've signed up for AU. Can I make them the owner of the question, and if so, how? If not, what's the closest alternative?
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Are hardware recommendations considered off topic?
Fairly straightforward question, I don't want to clutter up the main site if it is.
Edit: More specifically, hardware recommendations as it applies to driver support and the like in Ubuntu. ...
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Correcting people's questions.
Is there anything wrong with me going through Ask Ubuntu and correcting spelling and grammar in questions? I want to help but I don't want to be the annoying guy that fills up the edit queue.
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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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