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Ubuntu 13.10 Quick Tip: How to Disable Apport Error Reporting

Last updated: September 30, 2013

Ubuntu error reporting

If something goes wrong in Ubuntu Unity, you usually get the error dialog which says ‘Sorry, Ubuntu 13.10 has experienced an internet error’

This helps Ubuntu gather information about issues and create a fix for them. If it annoys you, this tutorial will show you how to easily turn it off.

To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to edit the config file:

sudo gedit /etc/default/apport

Change the value to 0 to disable (1 to enable) this feature.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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    6 responses to Ubuntu 13.10 Quick Tip: How to Disable Apport Error Reporting

    1. Steve October 18, 2013 at 3:31 pm

      Thats better …. thank you!

    2. Robbert November 4, 2013 at 2:49 pm

      Simple.. Yet SOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo helpful :)

      Tnx!

    3. Mark November 11, 2013 at 10:46 pm

      Oneliner to do the same:
      sudo sed -i ‘s/enabled=1/enabled=0/g’ /etc/default/apport

    4. cristian July 18, 2014 at 7:00 am

      change your profile and write language not tongue :)

    5. binu October 27, 2014 at 11:49 am

      just migrated to ubuntu 14.0 from win xp. Brilliant OS… with very good support. was bit irritated with the “report problem” pop up but now it sorted. this command line works

      sudo gedit /etc/default/apport

      a million thanks

    6. Gary December 19, 2014 at 3:47 pm

      thanks

      ubuntu 14.04