Sorry, it is not mentioned in the section of Log Settings Page but at the begin of the chapter 7.1 Configuration Settings in the User Interface. You can remove loggers from Repository/System Properties/GlobalPropertiesList.
- check your JVM startup parameters sudo service tomcat7 status # to find out your pid sudo jmap -J-d64 -heap pid # -J-d64 for a 64-bit System, to print info about heap memory
- try to understand environment variables in ubuntu
- take a look at the differences between JAVA_OPTS and CATALINA_OPTS - decide how to change the JAVA_OPTS(there are some ways) I do it in /etc/default/tomcat7, e.g.: