Unanswered Questions
626 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Can we have a canonical question for Ubuntu on Snapdragon processors?
There are multiple questions for Ubuntu on Snapdragon. I found Can you install Ubuntu on a Snapdragon PC? and Ubuntu on snapdragon laptop.
They are not duplicates of Will my device work with Ubuntu? (...
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Questions I've asked since 2021 are not shown
I've asked numerous questions here on AskUbuntu, usually several per year, but my summary still doesn't show any questions since 2021? I just posted a question a few days ago but can't find it so I ...
Thomas WardMod
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Why was my question closed? Please reopen
I posted this question How to map several folders to different drive?
It got closed as a duplicate of Move home folder to second drive, but the duplicate is certainly not the same. The dup is about ...
Thomas WardMod
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Erroneous Prompt on Down-vote
When I attempt to downvote a an answer on AskUbuntu, I get the message: "You need at least 125 reputation to cast a vote..." (screen capture below). This is in error. I have 121 reputation ...
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Can we delete the [x11-unix] tag?
The x11-unix tag seems to have been accidentally created by the user who asked this question org.gnu.emacs - bwrap: Can't mount tmpfs on /newroot/tmp/.X11-unix: No such file or directory.
I don't ...
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Opera: logging in using Google does not offer a reset password
Fresh 24.04. Firefox asks for mail and then there is a message sent to my phone that lets me log in. So no need for a password. (FF 24.04 version does not let me download anything so time to review my ...
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About a post in AskUbuntu that received a downvote
Yesterday I posted in Ask Ubuntu a question about dnsmasq, and it was a large post with all important details, what I have tried already, the error messages, and it became really long - more than I ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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Why can't I login into Ask Ubuntu with launchpad anymore?
I do have an Ubuntu Launchpad account (still works, e.g. for reporting bugs, etc.) and I used to use it to login into Ask Ubuntu as well.
For some months now, I can't login into Ask Ubuntu anymore. ...
Thomas WardMod
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Do we have a canonical question about custom resolutions with Wayland?
I just saw yet another question about why xrandr isn't working to add a custom resolution after updating the OS, and I think we should have a canonical question about this.
Do we have a comprehensive ...
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Reminder: Don't close old questions as EOL if the release was supported when the question was posted
TL;DR: Don't cast EOL close votes on old questions if the release in question was supported at the time of posting.
Yes, this is a blatant dupe. Actually, it's also a dupe of this.
But... it seems a ...
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Can't connect to askubuntu with Ubuntu SSO
I could not log on my original account throught SSO on askubuntu.
I've tryed on Firefox, Chromium (fresh install with the purpose of this test, no extension).
How to reproduce:
New private window: ...
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I'm going on a general moderation strike due to the new AI-content policy forced upon us by SE
Note: This post is not on behalf of the moderators of Ask Ubuntu, although they are welcome to strike as well. I'm also not a diamond moderator.
Tl;dr I'm going on strike. Read the letter and ...
ZannaMod
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Can we reopen this question about how to install Ubuntu on a 32 bit mac with 64 bit processor?
I found this question about installing Ubuntu on a 32-bit Mac.
It seems that this Mac has a 64 bit processor, and Ubuntu should support it.
Since this question broadly falls in the range of "How ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) is now released and is no longer off-topic
Ubuntu 23.04 (a.k.a. Lunar Lobster) is now released. As of today (April 20th, 2023), posts about it are no longer off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. As usual, posts still must meet the normal requirements for ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Clear unread inbox messages
I could not find the right area to post this, but I could use some help.
I try to answer all my inbox messages, but it is now impossible.
Is there a way to mark them all as read with just a few clicks?...
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Ubuntu 22.10 has been released, and posts about it are no longer (generally) off-topic
As of Thu Oct 20 19:13:20 UTC, 2022, Ubuntu 22.10 has been released and posts about it are no longer off-topic purely for being about 22.10 (of course, posts still should meet all the other criteria ...
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I signed in with a less used email and do not have the rep to comment, but there is no log out of ask ubuntu button!
I want to log in using another id, as I have too little rep with this one. There is no ask ubuntu / StackExchange logout button.
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I think my question got mistakenly marked as a duplicate, help?
In order to help explain the difference between Ubuntu, its flavors, unofficial remixes, and unofficial derivatives, I created a self answered question called "Ubuntu, Ubuntu Flavors, Ubuntu ...
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What is happening with the daycounter?
I went to my account and clicked responses yesterday and it states that I made some responses and got an answer to my Responses. See screenshot:
My day counter however states that I have not visited ...
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End of Life Notice: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) reached End of Life on July 14, 2022
This will be enforced starting from July 14, 2022 and onwards.
This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that will be reaching, or have reached, the end of their life cycle. These releases are ...
Thomas WardMod
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Let's talk about the Ubuntu Code of Conduct in Ask Ubuntu!
First things first, we all know that Ask Ubuntu is independent and does not follow orders from Canonical (related: Is Ask Ubuntu sponsored by Canonical?).
But, the imposition of Ubuntu Code of Conduct ...
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Would it be useful to allow Meta duplicates after a certain amount of time?
Regarding the main Ask Ubuntu site, there are two Meta questions here that I found that mention "time" and "duplicates":
Primarily: Would it be useful to allow duplicates after x ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 is released and posts about it are no longer off-topic
Now that 22.04 is released, questions pertaining to it are no longer off-topic (due to the version) as of Thu Apr 21 17:09:48 UTC 2022; however, they may still be closed for other reasons. New 22.04 ...
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problem with registering visiting days
I always log in to this site after my father is done. However he has more consecutive days than me. I have only 2. When/how does the site register a visit?
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Why does Ask Ubuntu subject users to tracking?
Ask Ubuntu quotes Alphabet's misleading ad blurb about ajax.googleapis.com, as if Ask Ubuntu doesn't know that ajax.googleapis.com is an open door to tracking. ajax.googleapis.com passes user data ...
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Question marked as "already answered", but the answer linked to does not answer my question
XUbuntu 20.04 Network Device disconnecting every few minutes
The linked-to solution does not solve the problem. How can it be said that it has already been answered? Perhaps someone else with a ...
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2022 Community Moderator Election
The 2022 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
ZannaMod
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why I cannot post my question?
Today I try asking the question 'How to send a mail with two or three copies from Thunderbird?'; I have completed details 'I was used to click Enter after address for the copy; it resulted in showing ...
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Checking version of Ubuntu before posting a question
At least 10 per cent of the questions asked on AskUbuntu are for an unsupported version of Ubuntu or Linux or even another OS. It would be nice to have an automatic check in AskUbuntu that will force ...
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incorrect (4) consecutive days count while I visit this page every day
I visit the AskUbuntu-page every day and browse trough the questions. I open questions and mostly browse till page 4. I don't really understand how my counter shows only 4 days. Please can anyone tell ...
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Can the [charset] and [character-set] tags be made synonyms?
The charset tag and the character-set refer to the same thing. One is simply the abbreviation. I don't see any reason for them to be seperate. Can they be made synonyms, please?
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End of Life Notice: Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) reached End of Life on January 20, 2022
This will be enforced starting from January 20, 2022 and onwards.
This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that will be reaching, or have reached, the end of their standard support period. ...
Thomas WardMod
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Should invalid answers be deleted?
I found this answer, which is about a discontinued Chrome extension. Should such answers be deleted, since they don't help anyone anymore?
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
ZannaMod
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Should [edits] and [editing] be tag synonyms on meta?
I think the edits and editing should be the same (on Meta). I guess there is a small difference (one being the action and one being the edit itself). But the tags are used interchangeably, so I think ...
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ACTIVITY screen in my profile needs work
As usual, change provokes more change... the new ACTIVITY screen needs some tweaking...
BADGES shows up twice...
And REPUTATION should be moved up IN PLACE of the first BADGES image...
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All my ANSWERS have disappeared from my Activity screen
Happened just a few minutes ago...
Where did they go?
Thomas WardMod
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Please consider not leaving feedback as Community♦
Thanks for reviewing. I really appreciate it.
Recently review got reformatted quite a lot. Personally, I don't like many of the changes. I guess I'm an old stick-in-the-mud. But about one feature in ...
ZannaMod
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Bug: Moderator not getting the mod tag but being tagged as a bot in mod actions for comments
This happened on this post's deleted comment - visible to moderators and staff as it's a deleted comment:
This is a post done by a reviewer and masked by the Community bot.
Mitch is an actual diamond ...
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Recommend Deletion option in Late Answers review queue does nothing - please flag posts that should be deleted
Just a quick PSA here - thanks to BeastOfCaerbannog I've realised that the new Recommend Deletion option in the Late Answers queue completes the review and gives you the option to leave the canned ...
ZannaMod
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BUG : Unanswered questions?
Hello Today I was browsing through all the questions...
I was seeing and almost all the questions were answered. So I selected the "unanswered category" of questions.
By default, sort by ...
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Out of context comments from the community bot
This question is quite clearly written, and has not been edited so far.
There was a comment from the Community Bot (which I flagged):
Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional ...
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Is Total Reputation Calculated Differently to a Time-based Reputation?
As the title suggests, I am curious to know whether the "total reputation" for an account is calculated differently from the different time-based reputations. While looking at the Year 2021 ...
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This [amazon] should die with honor!
Yes, I found this question. But I think it is worth revisiting. Turns out I wasn't supposed to ask multiple questions in one. Oops. This post is about the amazon tag, and ones for the microsoft tag ...
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Title of page does not reflect suggested edits
The title of the page (the text on the tab) should reflect the post with the proposed edits, not the original version. E.g., this question should display Snap store isn't installing as the title of ...
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Inconsistent date in close description
I am talking about this question: Software Updater is saying "You stopped the check for updates". What should I do?
The question was asked 11 months ago and the question was closed 12 ...
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