[ubuntu-za] How to stop the error send

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Mon 15 Oct 2012 13:14:14 SAST, Wikus wrote:
> Afternoon everyone ,
>
> Last night I had a program crash and in my multi tasking confusion I
> accidentally clicked on the
> "send error report" option. It started sending and flooded my inet
> connection so badly that I couldn't
> use internet until it was done.
>
> My question is , once a report is being send , how can I stop it ?
> I look in the processes but couldn't find anything that would help me
> cancel the sending.
>
> Thanx
>
> - Wikus
>
Hi Wikus,

Three ways:
1. Disable Networking through the network applet
2. Restart / stop/start the service 'whoopsie'
3. Restart / stop/start the service 'apport'

None of the above have been tested by me, just ideas. Hopefully number 
one will suffice :)
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All the best,

Bruce

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