How to disable the autostart options for some removable media?

Is there any way to selectively disable the autostart options permanently and in advance for selective types of removable media (like Flash and external HD's) I plug in now, OR ever plug in in the future? (but to still be active for a CD or DVD, ...

Message posted on the June 25th, 2012 - 5:57 PM ET

How to get rid of the IM/TB envelope notification in Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity

Hi, I'm currently using 12.04 on a few computers. It puzzles me that they removed most running programs from the Start up program manager. I did find out how to get them back so I could disable the ones I do not use (sudo sed -i ...

Message posted on the May 19th, 2012 - 6:08 PM ET

Wheezy: how to disable SSH gnome-keyring by editing desktop configuration file

Hello List: I have just migrated from Squeeze to Wheezy. It appeared that gnome-keyring agent interferes with my ssh-agent set-up: I want to disable gnome-keyring agent for ssh. At the end of the README.Debian for gnome-keyring, it is suggested to ...

Message posted on the August 1st, 2011 - 7:50 AM ET

disable Messenger

I managed to turn off autostart for Messenger so it doesn't load each time I turn on my laptop. How do I get it to stop loading each time I go to Hotmail to check my mail?

Message posted on the December 22nd, 2009 - 2:34 PM ET

Bug#697751: pu: package gdm3/2.30.5-6squeeze5

Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu Hi, as already discussed, I'd like to propose a stable upload for gdm3 in order to avoid a security risk when doing upgrades. Theoretically, ...

Message posted on the January 9th, 2013 - 6:00 AM ET

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