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richq
Asked: 2010-08-08 04:28:06 +0800 CST

Stopping desktopcouch and gwibber-service?

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powertop shows desktopcouch and gwibber-service are not-inconsiderable power-users. I don't use gwibber or Ubuntu One, so can I safely kill these processes? If so, how could I stop them starting up, especially if my laptop is on battery power?

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    If you don't use them, you could uninstall them both. DesktopCouch isn't used for much yet. I just checked my database, and it's only really used for Gwibber and Evolution's contacts (and an experimental build of Caffeine).

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  2. Open the System menu, go to Preferences and select Startup Applications. You can scroll through the list and deselect the two "Ubuntu One" entries. You might also want to turn off the Bluetooth service if you don't use that.

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  3. To disable gwibber-service, instead of removing the package you could just disable the autostart service:

    echo "Hidden=true" | sudo tee -a /etc/xdg/autostart/gwibber.desktop

    source: http://geekvigarista.com/os/linux/ubuntu-linux/removendo-o-gwibber-e-desabilitando-o-gwibber-service-no-ubuntu

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  4. I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on an x86-64 laptop and disabled Ubuntu One already from the "Startup applications". Yet I still have desktop couch processes running:

    
1886 ?        S      0:00 /bin/sh -e /usr/bin/couchdb -n -a \"/etc/couchdb/default.ini\" -a \"/etc/xdg/desktop-couch/compulsory-auth.ini\" -a \"/home/wirawan/.config/desktop-co
 1914 ?        S      0:00  \_ /bin/sh -e /usr/bin/couchdb -n -a \"/etc/couchdb/default.ini\" -a \"/etc/xdg/desktop-couch/compulsory-auth.ini\" -a \"/home/wirawan/.config/deskto
 1915 ?        Sl     6:38      \_ /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.7.4/bin/beam.smp -Bd -K true -- -root /usr/lib/erlang -progname erl -- -home /home/wirawan -- -noshell -noinput -smp au
 1937 ?        Ss     0:01          \_ heart -pid 1915 -ht 11
 1790 ?        S      7:20 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service
 1976 ?        SN     8:00  \_ /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service

    Anyone having idea to disable this completely without uninstalling desktop couch stuff?

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