Directions for removing advertising from Dash don't work.

[Eugene Rodriguez]

Directions call for changing settings in "security & ... " tab/windo of System Settings. No such tab/window exists.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 14.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Nov 13 17:34:25 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-10 (34 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Doug Smythies (dsmythies)]

Are you referring to the page called "Why are there shopping links in the dash?" If not, please give us the exact page your are referring to.

See the attached screen shot. Are you saying you do not have what is shown there?

[Eugene Rodriguez (mesrod)]

Doug,

Yes, that is the section I am referring to:
"Turn off online search results
If you don't want to receive online search suggestions, you can disable this feature.
Click the icon at the far right of the menu bar and select System Settings.
Open Security & Privacy and select the Search tab.
Switch off Include online search results.
Log out and log back in for the change to take effect."

And, Yes, I do not have a Security and Privacy item in my System Settings.

Gene
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SYSTEM change, not CLIMATE change!

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Doug Smythies <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 1392541] Re: Directions for removing advertising from Dash don't work.
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:42:25 -0000

Are you referring to the page called "Why are there shopping links in
the dash?" If not, please give us the exact page your are referring to.

See the attached screen shot. Are you saying you do not have what is
shown there?

** Attachment added: "example screenshot"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1392541/+attachment/4260256/+files/sec_example.png

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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Then there is something wrong with your system, not with the docs. Can you please open a terminal window, run the command

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

and let us know if you notice a change?

[Eugene Rodriguez (mesrod)]

No change noted. Response:
"ubuntu-desktop is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded."

Should I remove ubuntu-desktop first (didn't do because not sure if this would cause problems)?

Gene
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SYSTEM change, not CLIMATE change!

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 1392541] Re: Directions for removing advertising from Dash don't work.
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 03:02:59 -0000

Then there is something wrong with your system, not with the docs. Can
you please open a terminal window, run the command

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

and let us know if you notice a change?

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[Doug Smythies (dsmythies)]

Perhaps try this:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop

I did on my 14.04 VM just now without any issues.

[Doug Smythies (dsmythies)]

If that doesn't work try this:

sudo apt-get install unity-control-center

and if that doesn't work, we will consider converting this bug report to a question, to get more eyes on it.

[Eugene Rodriguez (mesrod)]

Doug,
I tried the reinstall, but there is still no "Security and ..." in the System Settings.
Gene
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SYSTEM change, not CLIMATE change!

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Doug Smythies <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 1392541] Re: Directions for removing advertising from Dash don't work.
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 04:40:17 -0000

Perhaps try this:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop

I did on my 14.04 VM just now without any issues.

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[Eugene Rodriguez (mesrod)]

The reply to
sudo apt-get install unity-control-center
is:
"unity-control-center is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded."
Gene
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SYSTEM change, not CLIMATE change!

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Doug Smythies <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 1392541] Re: Directions for removing advertising from Dash don't work.
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 05:10:35 -0000

If that doesn't work try this:

sudo apt-get install unity-control-center

and if that doesn't work, we will consider converting this bug report to
a question, to get more eyes on it.

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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Hi again Eugene,

You need help with fixing your system. I would suggest that you post your problem to http://askubuntu.com/

Closing this bug.