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Peachy
Asked: 2012-07-04 02:04:04 +0800 CST

How to hide mounted partitions and devices from Unity Launcher via Command Line?

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I've checked and read similar questions, but most of the answers requires installing either dconf-tools, CCSM or MyUnity.

In Ubuntu 12.04, is there a way to hide mounted partitions or devices from the Unity Launcher without the need to install the aforementioned tools? Is this possible via terminal or command line?

12.04

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  1. Best Answer

    From terminal:

    • Hide mounted partition or devices:

        gconftool --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/devices_option  --type=int 0

    • Show mounted partition or devices:

        gconftool --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/devices_option  --type=int 1
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  2. You can install Myunity, wherein select the option from the Show Devices Menu from Launcher Menu Tab as here.

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  3. You might want to change the mount point. I noticed that it tends to only show devices mounted to /media.

    In my case, I wanted to hide the internal drives that are mounted while showing my USB drives.

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