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bioShark
Asked: 2012-07-07 10:29:41 +0800 CST

Stop Ubuntuone from autostart

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I want to stop ubuntuone from autostart.

I have already tried the suggestions from this answer but it didn't help me. My current status is that I have deleted the ubuntuone-launch.desktop file from /etc/xdg/autostart but the service still start's at log-in.

Any suggestions before purging it?

ubuntu-one

6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Install Boot Up Manager

    sudo apt-get install bum

    and disable the service from Boot Up Manager.

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  2. Ubuntu One starts automatically while there is a folder called "Ubuntu One" in your $HOME, thus delete that folder if you want to prevent Ubuntu One from autostart.

    Then if you want, you can also restore the factory settings by deleting the following hidden folders from your $HOME

    .local/share/ubuntuone/
.config/ubuntuone/

    Please note that you don't have to delete /etc/xdg/autostart/ubuntuone-launch.desktop file, in fact if you do so you might be into trouble when you want to use Ubuntu One again, however you can rebuilt it with:

    sudo gedit /etc/xdg/autostart/ubuntuone-launch.desktop

    by pasting the following and saving changes:

    [Desktop Entry]
Name=Ubuntu One
Exec=/bin/sh -c '[ -d "$HOME/Ubuntu One" ] && ubuntuone-launch'
Type=Application
X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=30
Icon=ubuntuone
Comment= 
NoDisplay=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=ubuntuone-client
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  3. Maybe you include a simple script in your custom start up applications:

    #!/bin/sh
u1sdtool -q

    And the daemon should quit as soon as you log in.

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  4. Try to open the Ubuntu One dashboard, go under "Settings" tab and uncheck the "Connect automatically when computer starts". This way you can simply enable it after boot manually.

    Hope it helps

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  5. I simply uninstalled UbuntuOne... Easy peasey.

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  6. Type in terminal 

    cd /etc/xdg/autostart/
sudo sed --in-place 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' *.desktop

    Reboot , select the Startup applications from the Top right Corner Menu, there in list you will see Ubuntu One as option , Just Un-Check it to disable it Auto-restarting from next time.

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