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.

Vista immediately rebooting at startup

Reason: USB-Stick plugged in
Solution: Boot without it

Cygwin Emacs

Problem: Using Cygwin under Windows Vista with emacs inside and C-x C-c is not working, because it is somehow mapped to C-x C-g

Reason: Unknown

Solution: Add 'export CYGWIN=binmode ntsec tty' to .bashrc in the home directory.

See: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_frm/thread/a180845843d43295?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fas_q%3D%27C-x%2520C-g%27%26safe%3Dimages%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26as_ugroup%3D*emacs*%26lr%3D%26as_scoring%3Dd%26hl%3Den