Jun
03
2009

Remove Update Manager pop-up in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Ubuntu 9.04 indeed was the fastest version of Ubuntu I had in my laptop. Before, boot time gradually increased as each version is released. But Jaunty Jackalope broke the trend, it was faster than it’s predecessor Intrepid Ibex.

Update Manager

But the release had a very noticeable annoyance, the Update Manager pops up a couple of times if you don’t have an updated system. It was unlike before when Update Manager only issues a notification on the notification area.

Fortunately, there’s a quick fix for that. Just go to your terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) or press Alt-F2 and paste this:

gconftool -s --type bool /apps/update-notifier/auto_launch false

That quick fix just fixes the annoyance, no side-effects or whatsoever!

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4 Responses to “Remove Update Manager pop-up in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope” (join them?)

 
Anthony "Ony" Abao
June 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm

that update manager is a pure annoyance.

thanks for the tips.


 
Zack
June 11, 2009 at 9:46 am

Thank you so much. I love Ubuntu, and this is honestly the first feature I’ve actively despised. THanks for letting me know how to fix it.


 
Benj
June 30, 2009 at 5:42 pm

Thanks Kuya!!!

hehehehe naiinis na talaga ako dun.. kahit liveCD na lang meron pa….

hehehe huhuhu…. just lost the jetflash 2gb with ubuntu liveCd in it and my persistent mode…..

hahay….


 
Mikko
June 30, 2009 at 8:53 pm

Waaaaaaaaa. Nakakaasar talaga yun, ayan may solution na.. Hehehe..


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