usbmuxd crashes when iPhone is plugged in or unplugged

(source: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2382108, solution provided by clapac) 1. Create a new udev rule file: cd /etc/udev/rules.d/ sudo vim 100-iphone-usbmuxd.rules ( * the file name is formed by PRIORITY-whatever.rules, you can use 99-mynewrules.rules, for example) 2. Insert the following lines into the created rules file: ENV{DEVTYPE}==”usb_device”, ACTION==”add”, SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”05ac”, ATTR{idProduct}==”129[0-9abcef]”, RUN+=”/usr/sbin/usbmuxd -u -U usbmux”ENV{DEVTYPE}==”usb_device”, ACTION==”add”, SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”05ac”, […]

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Firefox ignores Thunar as default File Manager

Symptom: – Your default File Manager is e.g. Thunar but Firefox uses Nautilus when saving files which is driving you bananas. Solution (for XFCE): 1. Firstly make sure that your default Applilcation for that particular mime type (in this case it is the ‘inode/directory’ mime type) is actually setup properly. Open the “Preferred Applications” applet […]

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Setting up drupal 7 with MariaDB on Fedora

1. Edit file /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf and add these 3 lines to the [mysqld] section: innodb_large_prefix=true innodb_file_format=barracuda innodb_file_per_table=true This will enable usage of Multi-byte (in particular – 4-byte) UTF-8 support in Drupal 7. 2. mysqli: If you have problems with mysqli/mysql change the mysqli to mysql (or vice versa – whatever works for you) in /sites/default/settings.php. Alternatively […]

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Setting up multi web site developer testbeds/sandboxes on localhost

Scenario —————————————————————— You are maintaining several web-sites (site1.com, site2.org, etc…). Having just one web-site at localhost with all files (DocumentRoot) at /var/www/html is not an option for you. You need to be able to test all of them and to access them in a convenient way. Solution Setup apache with Virtual Hosts, give your sites […]

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