Cifs mounting in Linux Kernel

If an error 22 is returned by mounting with a DNS name, mount.cifs might be missing which does the dns resolution, which can under Debian be installed by the smbfs package. Also note that smbfs is deprecated and cifs should be used as filesystem driver.

Reboot after EDD probing message of Kernel

Could NOT fix that with an update-initramfs or the creation of a new initramfs. However, the recompilation and reinstallation of the make-kpkg debain package of the kernel made it work for unknown reasons.

OpenLDAP Problems

I was trying to add an existing backend db to a new OpenLDAP installation, basically by creating a new .LDIF file with the config base on the example at the end of http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/slapdconf2.html

However when adding it with:

ldapadd -c -f configMyDb.ldif -x -D "cn=admin,cn=config" -W

I got:

ldap_add: Invalid syntax (21)
additional info: olcSuffix: value #0 invalid per syntax

Reason being:
olcSuffix: "dc=example,dc=com"
instead of
olcSuffix: dc=example,dc=com

(Removing the quotes..)

DVD Drive problems

My Pioneer DVD Drive was not visible in Windows Vista on a P965 chipset Asus board with a JMB363 Controller for the IDE connection. It worked perfectly under Linux. However changing the JMB BIOS setting from IDE to AHCI did the trick.

HP Deskjet F380 Problems

Situation: HP F380 attached locally via USB to a Debian Etch machine with HPLIP for printing

Problem: Printing does not start due to "Device communication error" 5012 OR it prints an empty page!

Solution: Add the current user to the group lp with adduser USER lp

Idea taken from: Error 5012

Windows Activation (sucks ass)

Setup: Windows XP SP2 fresh install
Problem: During Internet activation: Windows activation cannot be completed at this time.
Solution: Download and seperately install Windows XP SP 3

Tele2 Complete (Student) bandwidth problem

Problem: Internet from Tele2 with Complete Student product and a vood Router working in a setup bridged mode. Somehow bandwidth seems capped at 20-30 KBps.

Reason: They seem to have changed the lines for VOIP and Internet

Solution: At the router switch to the other channel (pppoe2 instead of pppoe1) for bridged PPPoE.