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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XWindow: How to find my window PID… (command line arguments/working directory)?

Summary: To find the PID of a running UNIX/XWindow process: $ xprop _NET_WM_PID If that fails: $ ps -ww -fp <PID> $ pwdx <PID> Detailed explanation: So How can you find the PID (not Window ID!) of a running UNIX/XWindow process? Method 1 (simple): $ xprop _NET_WM_PID … and then click on window of interest […]

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