1. Choose an MP3 file and trim it to 30 seconds or less - I use Audacity (download link) to do it
2. Import that MP3 into iTunes
3. Goto iTunes -> Preferences (for Mac) or Edit -> Preferences (for PC)
4. Navigate to Advanced -> Importing tab and set the “Import Using:” to AAC
5. Find the trimmed MP3 file inside iTunes, right click and choose “Convert Selection to AAC”
6. Right click the AAC version of the file and choose “Get Info”
7. Note the path to the file as indicated by the “Where” section under the “Summary” tab
8. Navigate to the location of the file and copy it to desktop
9. Change the extension of the copied file to “.m4r”
10. Open the files in iTunes and it should be automatically inserted under Ringtones category, which then can be transferred to iPhone

NOTE: I have tried to use “SoundConverter” and set the file type to be m4a. This actually doesn’t work. When I did it that way, the file will be uploaded but won’t be able to be played. It might have something to do with the file size generated by “SoundConverter” being too large.

SMS Notification is slightly more complicated than the Ringtones counterpart. SMS notification actually can’t be added, only modified. I also recommend shorter file for SMS notification. Here are the steps I take:

1. Trim MP3 files using Audacity (usually SMS notification should be shorter, roughly 3-4 seconds should be good)
2. Import the MP3 file to iTunes
3. Change the iTunes import to AIFF (Follow the ringtones guide to change importing mode in iTunes)
4. Find the AIFF file and copy to desktop
5. Change the extension to “.caf”
6. SFTP to the iPhone using Cyberduck (Mac) or WinSCP (Windows) or any other SFTP software
7. Navigate to the following directory: “/System/Library/Audio/UISounds”
8. Change one of the “sms-received<x>.caf” file to “sms-received_<x>.caf” where <x> is an integer from 1 to 6 that is least preferrable
   For example: Rename “sms-received6.caf” to “sms-received_6.caf” to replace the Electronic with custom sound
   File name mapping to notification name:
   sms-received1.caf -> Tri-tone
   sms-received2.caf -> Chime.caf
   sms-received3.caf -> Glass
   sms-received4.caf -> Horn
   sms-received5.caf -> Bell
   sms-received6.caf -> Electronic
9. Upload the file on the desktop using the old name of that was changed
   For example: if “sms-received_6.caf” is changed to “sms-received_6.caf”, upload the file using the name “sms-received6.caf”
10. Choose in iPhone the replaced tone
    For example: if you replaced sms-received6.caf, then you should choose Electronic

UPDATE: Ringtone should be set to 30 seconds. Another way to trim the music is to use iTunes’ ’start time’ & ’stop time’ field. This field is accessible by right clicking the song then choosing Get Info -> Options. After performing that, you export the file as AAC then rename it.

UPDATE: As one commenter mentioned, the SMS Notification hack only works on jailbroken iPhone

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Symbol not found: __ZN3KJS11Interpreter4markEv
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.framework/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaScriptCore.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore

The probable cause:
All fingers seems to point to the Safari and Security update. This happens mostly on Tiger system, but it happens on a brand new Macbook on the way being updated to the latest version after opening the box.

Resolution:
This error is solved by replacing the Webkit.framework and JavaScriptCore.framework; however there are not that many walkthrough on how to replace the frameworks. Here’s a guide on how to replace the framework:

1. Download Pacifist
2. Download Leopard 10.5.4 Combo Update or Tiger 10.4.11 (Intel) Combo Update or Tiger 10.4.11 (PPC) Combo Update
   NOTE: This method has only been tested and confirmed on the Leopard version. The tiger version is only an educated guess
3. Open pacifist (trial version is okay) and use it to open the package (the .pkg file that is available after mounting the 10.5.4 combo update)
4. Navigate to find the System/Library/Framework both in the Pacifist and Finder
5. Drag and drop the Webkit.framework and JavaScriptCore.framework from the Pacifist to the Finder (admin password will be asked, confirm file replacement as needed)
6. Restart your computer

MECHANISMS="pam"

in /etc/default/saslauthd to

MECHANISMS="shadow"

Problem: postfix/smtpd[16619]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Password verification failed
Solution: Change /etc/init.d/saslauthd line from

PIDFILE=$RUN_DIR/saslauthd.pid

to

PIDFILE="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/${NAME}/saslauthd.pid"

and set ownership to group sasl then put ther user postfix in group sasl

“The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed”

Instead of deleting his profile and recreating it as proposed by most people, I just try to rejoin it to the domain. It works! Step by Step instruction is available after the jump.

I’m not very familiar with Vista’s layout, so it may be a little bit longer than what needs to be done.

1. Click on the Start and right click on Computers
2. Go to Advance System Settings (on the bottom left)
3. Go to the Computer Name tab
4. Click on Network ID
5. Re-join to Domain (it will ask you if you want to use the profile for the same computer and say yes)
6. Restart the computer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-log-sql-mysql libapache2-mod-log-sql libapache2-mod-log-sql-ssl

Create DB & User
Run the following commands in MySQL:

CREATE DATABASE apachelogs;
GRANT INSERT,CREATE ON apachelogs.* 
  TO apachelogger@localhost 
  IDENTIFIED BY 'insert_passwd_here';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Add Entry to apache2.conf
Add the following entry to apache2.conf before the VirtualHost settings (commonly before

Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

):

LogSQLLoginInfo mysql://apachelogger:insert_passwd_here@localhost/apachelogs
LogSQLCreateTables on
LogSQLDBParam socketfile /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
LogSQLTransferLogFormat AabfHhmRSsTUuvI

Modify Each Virtual Host
For each virtual host that you want to log to SQL, add the following line:

LogSQLTransferLogTable this_site_com

where access_log is replaced by any table name; to differentiate many different virtual host, you can use the name of each virtual host here by replacing each dot (’.') with underscore (’_')

1. Open a ‘Command Prompt’ window by going to Start -> Run then type ‘cmd’ then press enter
2. Type

   ntsd -c qd taskmgr

   in the command prompt

After that, a new ‘Task Manager’ will popup and you should be able to modify the settings.

Enabling Multimedia System Selector

1. Goto System -> Preferences -> Main Menu
2. Browse to System -> Preferences section
3. Check the box where it says “Multimedia System Selector”

Changing the Multimedia System Video Output

1. Goto System -> Preferences -> Multimedia System Selector
2. Goto Video Tab
3. Change the Default Output Plugin to “X Window System (No Xv)”
4. Click OK & Restart Movie Player

Changing the VLC Setting

1. Goto Settings -> Preferences -> Video -> Output Modules
2. Check the box that says “Advanced options” at the lower right corner
3. Change the Video output module to “X11 video output”
4. Click Save

UPDATE:
Changing the Xine Setting

1. Right Click -> Settings -> Setup (or Alt+S)
2. Change “Configuration experience level” to “Expert”
3. Goto Video and change “Video driver to use” to “xshm”
4. Click Apply, Close then restart Xine

Install the packages by running the command:

sudo apt-get install dvdrip subtitleripper ksubtitleripper gocr mplayer libdvdread3 debhelper fakeroot rar unrar libxine1 xine-ui

After the package is installed, run the following:

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh

NOTE: You don’t have to do this second part if you have already followed my previous guide on enabling DVD playback on Ubuntu.

1. sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

2. sudo apt-get install libproc-dev libdumbnet-dev

Download Open VM tools and Copy the VMWare Tools

1. Click on Install VMWare Tools
2. Force mount the tools virtual CDROM by running

   mount /dev/cdrom

3. Make a folder in home directory and run as root using

   sudo -s

4. Assuming you created the folder ‘~/vmtools’

5. cd ~/vmtools

6. cp /cdrom/VMwareTools-1.0.5-80187.tar.gz .

7. wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/\
   open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-2008.04.14-87182.tar.gz

8. tar -xzvf open-vm-tools-2008.04.14-87182.tar.gz

9. tar -xzvf VMwareTools-1.0.5-80187.tar.gz

10. cd open-vm-tools-2008.04.14-87182/

11. ./configure --without-x && make

12. cd modules/linux

13. for i in *; do mv ${i} ${i}-only; tar -cf ${i}.tar ${i}-only; done

14. cd ../../..

15. mv -f open-vm-tools-2008.04.14-87182/modules/linux/*.tar vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/

16. cd vmware-tools-distrib/

17. ./vmware-install.pl

    (If you didn’t run as root, you need to add sudo in front of the command)

Restart
Issue the command

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