Getting rid of 'balloons'

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:46:05 -0500
"Cybe R. Wizard" <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:36:51 -0400
> Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com>
> > wrote:
> > > hi,
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 21.04.2010, 00:23 +1000 schrieb Basil Chupin:
> > > ...
> > >> In Kubuntu (it uses KDE) you can do it but not in Ubuntu (which
> > >> uses Gnome as you would know). There is no facility to turn off
> > >> the balloons
> > >> - at least I cannot find it in any of the options in the Control
> > >> Centre :-( .
> > >>
> > > hit alt+f2, run gconf-editor, navigate
> > > to /apps/panel/global/tooltips_enabled .... uncheck the box ...
> > > does that suffice ?
> > 
> > That does it.
> > 
> Tom, are you running Lucid?  I surely hope so as I am getting tired of
> these tooltips.  Tell me, "yes," and I upgrade tonight!
> 
> BTW,.. no, that's another thread.
> 
> Cybe

The upgrade to 10.04 and one (or more) of the suggested solutions,
'Worked For Me!"
Thanks to Tom and everyone else who suggested a fix.
No more tooltips!  Yay!

Cybe R. Wizard
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