{"id":3997,"date":"2014-09-26T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2014-09-26T13:00:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T13:00:43","slug":"disable-apport-error-reporting-ubuntu-14-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/09\/disable-apport-error-reporting-ubuntu-14-10\/","title":{"rendered":"[Quick Tip] Disable Apport Error Reporting in Ubuntu 14.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ubuntu-error-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ubuntu-error-logo.png\" alt=\"Turn off error reporting\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ubuntu-error-logo.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ubuntu-error-logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to turn off the Apport error reporting system in Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn.<\/p>\n<p>Apport is a system which gathers potentially useful information about the crash and the OS environment. If any process in the system crashes, a dialog pops up and asks user to send error report to help fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/error-report-dialog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/error-report-dialog.png\" alt=\"Error Report Dialog\" width=\"543\" height=\"221\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/error-report-dialog.png 543w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/error-report-dialog-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reporting bugs is important, it helps improving system stability, but if you&#8217;re constantly getting crash report popups, you may want to disable it.<\/p>\n<p>To get started, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, paste the command below and run to edit the config file:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo gedit \/etc\/default\/apport<\/pre>\n<p>You can use <b>gksudo<\/b> to replace <b>sudo<\/b>, but install <b>gksu<\/b> first from Ubuntu Software Center.<\/p>\n<p>When the file opens, change the value of &#8216;enable&#8217; from &#8216;1&#8217; to &#8216;0&#8217; and save it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/turn-off-error-reporting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/turn-off-error-reporting.png\" alt=\"Turn off error reporting\" width=\"580\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/turn-off-error-reporting.png 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/turn-off-error-reporting-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, stop the Apport process so you don&#8217;t have to restart your computer:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo service apport stop<\/pre>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to turn off the Apport error reporting system in Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn. Apport is a system which gathers potentially useful information about the crash and the OS environment. 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