Tag Archives: Desktop

Reset your Ubuntu Desktop to its default settings

Posted on April 18, 2019 by SoCRaT

dconf reset -f / Sources: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/how-to-reset-ubuntu-desktop-to-default

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How to globally change a Gnome/Unity schema setting for your desktop

Posted on January 16, 2018 by SoCRaT

Simply do the following: Edit the attribute you need to change in a specific schema inside /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/[your_schema_name], e.g. sudo vi /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.canonical.canonical.indicator.session.gschema.xml Change the value you need, in my case I wanted to disable the user-show-menu key, so I changed it from … Continue reading →

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How to stop mysql from starting up automatically in Ubuntu Desktop

Posted on November 15, 2011 by SoCRaT

MySQL uses a different mechanism other than apache2, so you can simply comment the three lines inside “/etc/init/mysql.conf” Change this: start on (net-device-up and local-filesystems and runlevel [2345]) stop on runlevel [016] to this: #start on (net-device-up # and local-filesystems … Continue reading →

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How to stop apache2 from automatically starting in Ubuntu Desktop

Posted on November 15, 2011 by SoCRaT

sudo update-rc.d apache2 remove

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