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00:21
dupe, 1 vote missing!
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Q: User account password removed but terminal still asking for password

SadiI'm new to Ubuntu. I recently installed 11.10 and removed the user account password. However, now when I try to do anything in terminal, it always ask for password even though I don't have a password set. I cannot perform any "sudo" commands without entering a password. I've try to press ENTER wi...

@jrg what tag are you flagging right now?
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Freeze
easy dupe, 4x, 1 missing!
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Q: Java location in Ubuntu using which Java

david99worldI've installed Java in Ubuntu and generally it seems to be ok, but now I'm trying to upgrade to OpenJDk 7 and finding problems. When I do which java I get the following... epic@ubuntu:~/git/game-of-life$ which java /usr/bin/java epic@ubuntu:~/git/game-of-life$ cd usr/bin/java bash: cd: usr/bin/...

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Done
Im out of votes, starting with flagging abandoned
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00:31
@BrunoPereira where?
Im going after them all
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Drop them in here, i can do the comments.
after you curate them.
Its all done, dont worry
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oh. ok
00:53
ok I'm done
all 51 spent
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not done yet
still have like, 10
50 more to go!
to 76%
I SEE PAGES OF CLOSED QUESTIONS! :)
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and i'm out of flags
so um, guys.
what we do now? :P
go for abandoned ones!
mark them down, comment, check later, flag
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01:02
my todo.txt file is getting too big for that. :P
lies! you dont use .txt files!
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um, i do.
I am out of flags and votes
I haven't closed anything in 20 mins
I think we'll hit 76% - just takes a while for the site to catch up
01:09
33 more questions!
Im still sending abandoned flags also, around 20 to finish
hah, 2 new marshall badges though
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Q: Compiz crashes using Ubuntu Classic and Unity

user15533After having upgraded to Natty I got some serious issues with Compiz: Using a filter for the Decoration-Plugin like I did before upgrading without any problems, leads Compiz to crash. This is how my filter look like: (title=terminalOnDesktop) instead of the standard value any. That must be a bu...

there's a bug
who has flags?
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Q: Installation of Ubuntu 11.10 crashes

lpdbwthe installation of Ubuntu 11.10 crashed before being completed. The issue seems to be known and there was also a bug description displayed. I gathered from this bug discription that the problem is not yet solved (I downloaded the iso yesterday). Am I right? I then tried to download Version 10....

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voted and commented
closed
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ok, i have no problems with continuing onwards with my voting spree then
01:13
Dang! We've been pushed back
API: Y U PLAYIN GAMES WITH MY HEART
NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOO
ok here's some more
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Q: Acer Aspire One sometimes freezes on startup

SteveI have an Acer Aspire One with a dual core AMD 1GHZ processor and 2GB of ram. I have Ubuntu 11.10 installed (full install, not wubi). I had this problem when I was using wubi, and I thought a full install would fix it but most of the time when I boot up ubuntu, after about 15 seconds on the desk...

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Q: Mouse cursor freezes randomly with Intel GMA 950

HarryI'm using Ubuntu 10.10 its installed using Wubi, dual boot with Windows. It's fresh install. Randomly mouse cursor freezes and can't click anything on the screen. I can move mouse but can't click. "It causes when select a text something" So I'm using keyboard to to reboot system. Then it bac...

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Q: My Kubuntu 11.04 always freeze

fly_high_hahahaI used to dual-boot Windows Vista and Kubuntu. Sometimes it freezes (and sometimes it become worst??). Could this be related to corruption on my hard disk? Recently I formatted it again and reinstalled Kubuntu deleting my windows partition so that I was no longer dual booting, this did not solve...

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Q: Screen stays black after closing and reopening the lid

ScottWhen I close the lid or leave the computer on for a bit the screen goes black and freezes that way. I have tried changing both screen and power settings as well as changing workspaces. Nothing seems to unfreeze or wake-up the computer. I just installed 11.10 from 11.04, never had this problem w...

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Q: Freezing at login on a Toshiba Satellite C655D

TamUbuntu always freezes at the login screen. I had the opportunity to login only twice since installed. I'm using a Toshiba Satellite C655D, with an AMD E-240 1.5 GHz 64x processor and Ubuntu 11.10 amd64. I am a newbie to Ubuntu so I don't know what to do. Clarification: I'm not able to choose ...

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Q: Plugging in external hard drive freezes desktop?

quangtruong1985I have a Western Digital WD Element 500GB external HDD (NTFS formatted). When I plug it in, the system freeze but my mouse still can move (but can not be used). Sometimes it can be mounted but when I try to copy data to it, the system crashed again. I tried to start Ubuntu with the external HDD ...

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Q: Distribution upgrade froze my system

LolwhitesJust tried to upgrade to 11.04 with Update Manager. Near the end of the "Installing the upgrades" phase, my computer froze completely; the mouse isn't working and the keyboard is flashing. I don't dare restart in case I break the system completely, but do I have any alternative?

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Q: Ubuntu 11.04 randomly freezes for over one minute

CallahanI am living with this issue for a long time now. The freezes did not occur before updating to 11.04. Since the update the following happens: All running applications do not respond for about 11-2 minutes. Meanwhile I can move the mouse and switch tasks with Alt+Tab but clicks or other inputs hav...

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Q: Going back after suspend leads to freezing

OleksaAfter upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 with the kernel 3.0 I found that periodically after going back after suspending my laptop freezes and 2 lids ScrollLock and NumLock are blinking. I have to reboot it manually. My laptop is VPCS11M9R with NVIDIA, I use nvidia-285 drivers. This is very annoying thing ...

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Q: System freeze, on exit from screensaver (Unity-2D, older Intel GPU)

david6I am testing Ubuntu 11.10 & Unity2D on an older PC. Intel P4 2.8GHz, 1GB RAM, 40GB. Description: PC does NOT return control after automatic timeout to screen-saver -- remains at blank screen, and is non-recoverable (requires power-off). Is this a known issue? Can it be resolved? Specific...

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Q: Ubuntu 10.10 freezes on normal boot

AshuI cant start ubuntu by normal boot, ubuntu runs fine in recovery mode.In normal boot after i enter my pass, my whole system freezes(keyboard mouse, power button etc) and i am not able to do anything.... sometimes it freezes at the login screen. i have an intel dual core processor 3.40 ghz 2 gb ra...

and that's it, that's the entire freeze tag
its says 33 again, @MarcoCeppi stop playing with it!
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Q: Login screen problem, boots into text mode instead of GDM

fly_high_hahahaI cannot enter to the normal Login interface. If I do it will enter into tty1 mode. I just can enter using recovery mode. How can I solve this problem? This happened 3 month before and after I just updating the Ubuntu. It was just a normal update. I'm using Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 and I t...

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Q: My 1440x900 resolution is not recognized

MaiscedoToday I decided to install Ubuntu 11.10, and it did not recognize my resolution - 1440x900. This has already happened in other versions of Ubuntu. However, in 11.10 I cannot get this resolved. Can anyone help me? My PC: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Proview 19'' 1440x900 Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric...

@BrunoPereira I'm not touching it - it's the API
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01:19
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Q: Problems with D-link Dir 600 and my AR9285 wireless card

Horacio RomoSince yesterday, when I upgraded Ubuntu to 11.10, I've had a very slow wifi connection. My route is a D-Link Dir 600. With Ubuntu Natty all worked fine. In fact on the same netbook, I have Linux mint 11 in another partition, and it works fine today. So I think is a problem between this router a...

(it was a joke)
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You know we're all deathly serious in here
Accept rate is really serious business
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Mention accept rate and I'll be as serious as I need to be - and no more.
Because tbh, to some extent, its just a number - but at the same time, we need to try and keep it as large as we can. :)
@MarcoCeppi I was mentioning your comment on the API @jrg shush
01:24
18 questions left.
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Q: "Failed to retrieve share list from server" error when browsing a share with Nautilus

jldupontA bit before upgrading from 10.04 to 11.10, my Ubuntu desktop stopped allowing me to access my Windows share directories. I figured I'd upgrade to 11.10 and the problem would get fixed but no. Whenever I click on a Windows network domain using Nautilus, the message: " Unable to mount locatio...

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Q: computer won't shutdown because of power management

user25119I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and when I run "sudo shutdown 0", the computer doesn't shutdown. It gets stuck on "Disabling Power Management". Any idea of what's happening? Thanks in advance. Also, this seems to happen more when using battery instead of AC.

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Q: how to avoid manually updating grub

nariknahomI have dual boot system with Ubuntu 11.10 (installed first) and Fedora 16. I have actually two problems. how to avoid manually running update-grub after a Fedora kernel update? after running update-grub, the kernel parameters passed by fedora are missing the grub conf file in ubuntu. Please ...

2
Q: Is there a configuration utility for an Intel embedded graphics card?

JosepI would like to change some settings of my Intel G41 embedded graphics card using an application, like I can do in windows or with Nvidia or AMD in Linux. Is there something like that for Intel in Ubuntu-Linux?

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Q: Turn off GNOME Shell notifications while user is available

iostreamI'm currently using GNOME Shell. Is there away to turn off the notifications while having my status as available? I personally feel that the message notification is kinda annoying, and, if I turn it off, my status is automatically set to busy.

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Q: How do I disable mnemonics in GTK3?

KristiyanIn Natty Narwhal I used to do some nifty tricks with .gtkrc-2.0 to disable mnemonics (underlined menus) but now it's impossible. I assume in Oneiric Ocelot it will be something different because it uses GTK3. How can I get rid of the mnemonics in Oneiric Ocelot?

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Q: Network connection problems on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server?

kkpI am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a Dell PowerEdge T410 and using a wired network connection. Whenever system becomes idle, it looses network connection. I needed to either logout or restart the machine in order to make network connections work. However, I have another Dell server running 10.04 L...

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Q: Graphics show up as unknown on a Dell Inspiron 1564

AsadI have a Dell Inspiron 1564 i3 330M. I dual boot it with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Prior to installing Oneiric, I had the 32 bit version of Natty installed. Everything used to work fine. However, with the release of Oneiric, I decided to install the 64-bit version, but so far, my experience has been ...

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Q: Ubuntu server terminal?

JanbroI installed ubuntu server on my windows 7 computer and can't reboot windows 7. I want know if I accidently formatted my hard drive or if I accidently replaced my OS. How do I download ubuntu from the ubuntu server terminal? alejandro@JandroMunoz: ~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Us...

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Q: HDMI & Display Port stopped work on 11.10

dizzyAfter upgraded two laptops to 11.10, HDMI and Display ports stopped to work. Symptoms on each (btw. it used to work with 11.04 on both): laptop Dell Inspiron 1525 (HDMI, Intel GMX 3100): after HDMI cable is plugged in, screen is corrupted (no panel, no icons), system is unresponsive, TV set r...

Just 8 more
I can smell it!
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I've got another 20 tabs open i think
mind if i go through them all? :P
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Q: Crashing as a result of turning off the wireless lan interface on a Dell E6410?

Cu7l4ssLately (this past few days after an update) my laptop started acting strange. The meaning by acting strange is that: Ubuntu just crashes whenever I fiddle with the wlan. The internet has become ridiculously slow. Using speedtest.net points out that when I'm using Ubuntu the download speed gr...

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Q: Boot from USB freezes

NatriumI am a total beginner to both Linux and Ubuntu. I have a netbook, an Acer Aspire One D255 with Windows 7. I want to boot from USB (no cd-drive on netbook) to first try Ubuntu and perhaps install it if it works fine. I created a bootable USB (as shown on the Ubuntu website) , with Ubuntu Netboo...

01:31
8 more lousy questions!
We have no unanswered questions from 2010 anymore!
there's 9 in the queue
this is easy
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A: Display problem in Cube

jrgAs per a comment: Well, I fixed the display. It no longer has the "rough" edge when the launcher hides and the rough edge is no longer displayed in the cube. I was looking through the CompizConfig Settings Manager and trying to read what each option does. There is no explanation given for ...

after we hit 76 I'm going to work
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needs a upvote (its CW)
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Q: Ubuntu Stability problems

Nickthis is my second version of Ubuntu, 11.04 worked really well for me, and I was really excited about 11.10... until I installed it. I started by using the upgrade button in the upgrade app, but found that the new version was unstable - Firefox would crash every few minutes, I would be logged ou...

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Q: Bad quality in Cheese Webcam Booth Software

sanjayasanjuubuntuI installed Cheese Webcam Booth from Software Center to 11.10, Cheese worked beautiful in 11.04 but in .10 the image is so bad (ive put a pic of it), i like the functionalities of it and dont want to use any other webcam softwares, Is there a way to fix it?

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Q: Drivers Unresponsive, Only Ubuntu 8.04 can install

Nate DoggI tried to install through boot through disk, but the windows set-up says there's no hard drive. The new Ubuntu CDs I’ve made do not work. I can't update anything on old Ubuntu. This is all due to my computer turning off during a recent version upgrade of Ubuntu. Kernel error? idk. Going through ...

spams the room anyway
01:34
its saying 2!
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Says 2!!
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Q: How can I fix flash from crashing in google chrome?

AlvarThis is not a duplicate of this question. I'm using google chrome stable and flash is crashing once every startup. I've tried the answers given in the chromium question but they don't work on chrome. Info Google Chrome 11.0.696.71 (stable) Shockwave Flash 10.3 d162 ubuntu 11.04 64-bits Chr...

bug report
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Q: Kernel panic at boot with BusyBox and init error messages

Sarah KingHow do I reboot my computer? A friend of mine started my computer over from scratch, then installed Ubuntu on my computer. But, when my computer ran out of power and I charged it, the computer turned on with this message: BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash) Enter h...

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Q: How can I fix crashing Flash on Chromium?

dv3500eaIf I try to watch any flash video, I get a notification bubble telling me that the Shockwave Flash plugin has crashed. When run from the terminal, I get this error whenever flash crashes: [xxxx:xxxx:xxxxxxxxxx:FATAL:base/process_util_linux.cc(594)] Out of memory. where the 'x's are seemingl...

also a bug report.
TWO MORE
01:35
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Q: Google chrome extension install failure

lovingubuntu10.04i want to install GoogleChrome extension yet whenever i click install it says Extension Install Failure. Invalid value for 'permissions[0]'. What causes that? thank you.

Boom done, waiting for refresh
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Q: Odd problem of editing a text in Chrome

SoftTimurIt is a very odd problem... I used ubuntu 11.04 and just upgraded to 11.10. In both systems, very often when I try to write some text in a web page of Chrome, it allows me to write several letters, then I am stuck --- I could not write anymore. To overcome this, I have to switch to another appli...

bug report
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Q: Chrome is logging out of sites every time it shuts down

steevcSince upgrading to 11.10 (only a couple of weeks back) I find that Chrome logs me out of Google and some other sites every time it shuts down. Is this a bug or is there a new setting that affects this?

another boog
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Q: Cannot install apps from the Google Web Store to Google Chrome beta

FloI've downloaded Google Chrome Beta from Google's website and installed it on my laptop running Ubuntu 11.04. Today I've read about the new Google Mail Offline App and tried to install it. But when I visit the Google Mail Offline App site to install it following message is shown to me. Heads...

Hey look, another boog report.
@MarcoCeppi @JorgeCastro @jrg Its done!!!
@JorgeCastro @jrg WE DID IT
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Q: Will Nvidia Optimus be supported in 12.04?

dany'cause i'm the owner of a acer timeline with a geforce / cuda / optimus GC, and i want use it with linux...

01:39
348 to 77% ;)
easy duplicate
AWWW YEAH
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AAWWWW YEAHHHHH
party?
I'm out
I am all out of everything and its 2:40am, I'm out, gn ppl
party by writing code
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01:40
@MarcoCeppi thanks for every. single. question you have closed.
163 in the last 2 hours
AWWW YEAH
that's some serious team work right there folks
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Q: Why does Chromium crash within seconds of starting?

matt burnsWhen I start Chromium the program just disappears shortly after the tabs have loaded. I have a fresh install of ubuntu 11.10 that I installed it using the wubi installer. Chromium worked fine when I first installed it. Things I can remember doing before it stopped: I installed 200+ ubuntu upda...

another bug!
*
^ this is insane!
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yeah.
Im really off, gn ;)
 
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11:15
dupe:
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Q: Authorisation code

CLaireWhen trying to download updates eg flash or adobe comes up authorization code, tried my password but will not accept it. Person who set up Ubuntu no loger around for any help. any ideas?? tried reinstallin but same problem.

11:26
Grrrrrrrrr!
 
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16:02
@JorgeCastro do you use any editor scripts from stack applets?
 
1 hour later…
17:14
editor scripts?
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17:58
@BrunoPereira other than the pro forma comments + rlemon's wonderful flagging thing, i use a few others
18:32
wait
what flagging thing
@jrg what flagging thing?
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gist: abandoned user script, 2012-01-24 16:15:37Z
// ==UserScript==
// @name          LookAtMeINeedFlags
// @author        rlemon, jamesgifford
// @version       0.2
// @namespace     rlemon.com
// @description   Flag SE Questions as Duplicates / Abandoned
// @include       http://*stackoverflow.com/*
// @include       http://*superuser.com/*
// @include       http://*serverfault.com/*
// @include       http://*askubuntu.com/*
// @include       http://*stackapps.com/*
// @include       http://*.stackexchange.com/*
// @include       http://answers.onstartups.com/*
// ==/UserScript==
function EmbedCodeOnPage(kode) {
    var elm = document.createElement('script');
    elm.textContent = kode;
    document.head.appendChild(elm);
}

function EmbedFunctionOnPageAndExecute(fn) {
    EmbedCodeOnPage("(" + fn.toString() + ")()");
}

EmbedFunctionOnPageAndExecute(function () {
    var clickHandler = function () {
            $('.action-subform.mod-attention-subform textarea').val($(this).text());
            $('.action-subform.mod-attention-subform input[name=prefilled]').trigger('click');
        };
    $(document).on('ajaxComplete', function () {
        var new_option_links = [$('<a>', {
            'text': 'I\'m a Duplicate!',
            'click': clickHandler
        }), $('<a>', {
            'text': 'I\'m Abandoned!',
            'click': clickHandler
        })],
            subform = $('.action-subform.mod-attention-subform ul');
        $.each(new_option_links, function (i, val) {
            var li = $('<li>');
            li.append(val);
            subform.append(li);
        });
    });
});
that awesome thing
so i click the "I'm a duplicate!" or the "I'm a bug!" link, and it autofills it for me
18:55
WHAT.
Mother of God.
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Q: Editing tips and tricks

Jorge CastroIn the beginning there weren't that many high rep users who could edit questions. As that number grows I thought I would add some tips/tricks that I use for those of you striving to earn a badge improve the quality of the site.

add it here perhaps?
or in the Q+A thread?
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Q: How can we refocus on being a Q+A, not a support forum or bug tracker?

Jorge CastroAfter doing some investigation on issues brought up doing these questions I've found something that I'm embarrassed that we have let get out of control, see these questions for some background. What are Ask Ubuntu's current problems, if any, as of early 2012? Do we need a linked report to c...

can you add it there?
oh I see, you still need to add the comment though
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19:14
@JorgeCastro but its still awesome.
back
We'r going to do our dance tonight again?
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I was going to wait until tomorrow night
because then we can churn through two sessions of close votes/flags with minimum stress on marco
:P
unless you think my reasoning is flawed, in which case we'll just go with tonight. makes no different to me
@jrg I know about the scripts and the comments things, dont worry. Was wondering if @JorgeCastro used any special tool himself
@jrg tomorrow is a no no for me :S
I'll do my thing alone as always :(
jrg
jrg
Ok, then lets do it tonight
 
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20:49
0
Q: Natty 32 giving me "an error occurred: error: Broken Count > 0"

Alex PoulosHere's basically what I did to try and fix it: alex@griever:~$ sudo apt-get install -f [sudo] password for alex: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libq...

dupe de dupe
21:11
Okay, I fervently disagree with closing fully-developed questions as too localized just because they're old. Is there any existing consensus over this?
21:43
surely we have questions from 2010 that we should be targetting instead of things from november?
@JorgeCastro nop, I closed them all ;)
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pretty sure bruno got them all
I agree with @JacobJohanEdwards, this situations should be avoided. November??? Wayyyyy to early
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November, user hasn't visited since then?
Dont close anything less than 6 months old as abandoned, its probably still a valid question. From questions from 2010 I got some replies explaining that the question was not abandoned but they agree that it should be closed because of lack of activity.
"Abandoned" has a big height, means "really no way of getting this back to life"
dont flag things from Nov as abandoned!
make it a consensus of 6 months plz. Im writing an answer trying to get a consensus, will post it here.
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21:51
Then please clarify on meta, since otherwise other people are going to continue to close on 3-4 month old questions where the user hasn't visited since then
I have to say this again: We have no more unanswered questions from 2010! :)
This is the oldest unaswered question we have on the site!
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Q: Problem using Scirra Construct with Wine

user9065Please see the video. When I try to use Construct's sprite editor, Why does the black screen appear? I can not choose another color, only black. How to fix this problem with Wine?

@BrunoPereira OHRLY?
I didn't know that!
hah
that's a bug!
;) thank Marco and his butter fingers closing all that crap as soon as flagged.
@JorgeCastro yeah, I am waiting for more flags and votes to keep going
22:46
0
A: What to do with abandoned questions?

Bruno PereiraClose them as Too Localized This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. If there is a...

23:12
Give votes and flags, nao!
@BrunoPereira Sorry too busy arguing AU politics to do anything that productive
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sounds important!
jrg has been automatically appointed as owner of this room. (What does this mean?)
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23:46
what the....
slacker!
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OH. its because marc gravell isn't around
@BrunoPereira you shall welcome your new room overlord. end silliness
Who has 2 thumbs and doesn't give a dam? Bruno Pereira
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:D
steals ownership powers
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23:58
Nice try

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