Sharing Wireless Keyboard Between OS X and Linux

So I just got an Apple wireless keyboard for use with my Mac mini which dual-boots OS X and Linux. While it works in both, I have to re-pair it each time I switch OSes because essentially to the keyboard it's like two different computers. And while Ive read some people have been able to get the keyboard to work between multiple computers, I don't seem to be having much luck...

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Can't establish wireless connection between the printer and computer.

I recently upgraded my wireless to an Apple AirPort Time Capsule. I'm able to set up the printer via USB cable. And I'm able to set up the printer on the network via the Airport WPA utility. However I cannot establish a wireless connection between the computer and the printer. When I go to the printers window in my system prefereces, there is no wireless printer available to add in the "available printers" menu. Only the USB version printer is listed and of course when I disconnect the USB cable it shows as offline.I've tried all the fixes on HP's support pages. I've tried reinstalling the printer on both the router and the computer numerous times. The only thing I haven't done is reinstall the printer using the "Install Wizard" software that is supposed to come with the printer - (mine never came with it in the first place and of course HP doesn't have it available for download). And when I reset the printer to factory settings, then connect it to the computer via the USB, there is no installation software that pops up. Cant even find the **bleep** thing in "Finder". (I'm assuming that it should show up as some sort of external device.) I've checked to make sure both computer and printer are on the same network. (sometimes my computer will grab a connection with the next nearest network.) I've checked all the settings for the printer via the HTML configuration utility. I've even updated my Macbook software and restarted it multiple times. Note: the printer actually worked for a bit when I first switched routers, but the printer's wireless function went offline several times and then quit altogether. Really frustrated that I bought another HP product thinking this time things would be different. HP is no help unless you want to pay $$ for a phone call. I'm about ready to take this thing out in the desert to use for target practice and never buy another HP product ever again.

Hi , I saw your post regarding the problems you are having with your LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer not showing on your Macintosh computer. I may have found some resources for you.
I have a few questions for you, so I can offer some additional assistance:Before you upgraded to the Apple AirPort Time Capsule, was the printer working wirelessly without any issues?
When you say; 'I reset the printer to factory settings', how where you trying to do this?
I found some instructions from this post: How do I reset my Laserjet p1102w to its defaults, copied here for you:
To restore the printer back to factory settings, turn the printer off, hold down the wireless button and the cancel button (x button) then turn the printer back on and don't release the two buttons until the printer stops making noise. (When they say turn the printer off, I think they mean unplug the power cable.)
"I've checked to make sure both computer and printer are on the same network." Do you know if you are able to access the printers Embedded Web Server (EWS)?To access the EWS - Make sure that the Ready light () is on and that the printer is idle and silent.Press and hold the Cancel button (), and release it when the Ready light () begins blinking.The configuration page prints.Type the IP address or host name of the product in the address field of a supported Web browser, and then press Enter on your keyboardLet me know if this page loads
To answer a few more items you have listed:... When I go to the printers window in my system preferences, there is no wireless printer available to add in the "available printers" menu.This could be an issue with your print system, I recommend resetting the printing system and then Repair Disk Permissions - after that try to add the printer again.
... the "Install Wizard" software that is supposed to come with the printer - (mine never came with it in the first place and of course HP doesn't have it available for download)HP provides their software/drivers to Apple to be released through your Apple software updates. You can review this document on how to Install a Mac Printer Driver Using Apple Software Update. Which leads into your next point...
... there is no installation software that pops upWhen you connect the USB cable your mac may still recognize the printer software as being already installed - check for apple updatesOn the Mac, click the Apple menu (), and then click Software Update, or click About this Mac, and then click Software Update. A list of available updates displays.
... Not seeing the printer in "Finder" From what I understand most printers will not show in Finder unless you install a memory card into a supported port on certain printer models, only then will it read it like an external device. A few more things you can check are that the new settings in the Apple AirPort Time Capsule are setup to allow the printer to communicate. There are several of these settings listed in this document; Tips and Workarounds for Common Wireless Network Printer Issues. HP regularly releases firmware updates that may also correct the problem you are experiencing. You can click on this link to Getting Printer Updates for HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer. I did find 2 more documents that may offer some additional information as well;HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer - Connecting the Printer After Changing Your Wireless NetworkAn 'Unable to Find Printer' Error Displays for the HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer Please let me know if any of these steps resolved your issue, or the details of what happened. I look forward to hearing from you, hopefully with good news! Thanks,

I have a wireless keyboard for my ipad and it says to charge it connect it to my pc. can i charge it by connecting it to my ipad?

I have a wireless keyboard for my ipad and it says to charge it connect it to my pc. can i charge it by connecting it to my ipad?

No. The iPad's port won't put out enough power. You could probably plug your keyboard into your iPad charger and charge it that way, but it won't charge off the iPad.

What are the differences between HP-UX and linux?

Hi,
Could u please send me the differences between HP-UX and LINUX.
Thanks.

This is a forum about Oracle SQL and PL/SQL.
It is not about Unix or Linux.
Your question is inappropriate here and demonstrates inability to do any research on your own.
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Move encrypted filesystem between OS X and linux?

I would like, if possible, to copy and use an encrypted filesystem between OS X and linux. I haven't found a way to do this, and would appreciate any assistance (that is, I want to create something like an encrypted sparseimage that can also be copied to, and read and mounted on, a linux system). If I build an ext2 filesystem in a sparseimage, is there any way I can get linux to understand and mount it (presumably this requires linux somehow recognising the sparseimage as a partition)? Or alternatively, is there any way to mount an encrypted linux filesystem on OS X? Cross-mounting isn't a solution to my problem; I really need to be able to put a secure filesystem in a file on a USB drive or CD or..., and then read it on a mac or linux system when I plug it in. Even the simple answer "no, it can't be done" would be a great help in saving my time... I'd like to avoid solutions that involve creating a clear copy of the encrypted system in file space (e.g. tar/gzip/encrypt/delete -> copy encrypted decrypt/gunzip/untar) if at all possible. Mechanisms that decrypt on access are much preferable.
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When I try to connect my bluetooth keyboard to my ipad, the dialog box pops up and says: "Make sure 'Apple Wireless Keyboard' is turned on and in range." But the keyboard is turned on and is right in front of the ipad. Any thoughts?

When I try to cnnect my bluetooth keyboard to my ipad, the dialogue box pops up and says: "Make sure 'Apple Wireless Keyboard' is turned on and in range." The thing is, the keyboard is on and is sitting in front of the ipad. I have used it before, but not for many months. I changed the batteries today just in case. The green light on the keyboard comes on and continues blinking. What am I missing?

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Sharing a wireless keyboard between two users

My wife and I each have a MacBook Pro running Leopard, and we occasionally share a workspace that includes an Apple Wireless Keyboard. The problem is that it can only be paired to one of our computers at a time. We haven't been able to figure out a simple solution. Right now, the only thing that works is: if she has been using the keyboard and I try to connect, I need to turn off bluetooth on her computer, then I need to turn the keyboard's power/discovery switch off and then on again. It will then pair with my machine. She then needs to repeat this process if she wishes to use the keyboard. Is there an easier way?

Hi!
Permissions are cold-as-ice computer logic -- even though they may sometimes feel more like magic
More details will be needed to solve this; have you re-issued the same commands? exactly what commands?
I use this procedure for checking shared permissions problems:
1. user#1 creates a new file in shared directory
(e.g. use TextEdit, file contents can be anything -- I use "hello world")
2. user#2 edits same file
(e.g. add some text, should be no problems opening/saving)
3. user#1 edits same file
(e.g. add some text, should be no problems opening/saving)
(Of course the above only tests read/write -- ACLs would need more checks, but it is a good place to start!)
--fimac

Wireless keyboard doesn't pair and blinks instead

I have a wireless keyboard (about a year old) which suddenly stopped working today. When I try to pair it as a device, it shows up in the list of available keyboards, but when I enter the key, nothing happens. Instead, the keyboard blinks twice in short periods of time after switching it on. I didn't find anything about such a problem, so any pointers? And yes, I tried exchanging the batteries with some fresh ones. Buying a new one or contacting the Apple support, what's the better option here?
Cheers, Mathias

Hello,
this sound to be pretty much the same problem as to me
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1624216#1624216
an others:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=321808
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=293328
As far as I can see mostly Keyboards between Oct and Dec 2004 are involved. I would appreciate if Apple could have a careful look on this issue and take resp. actions as e.g. an extented repair or replacement program!
Best regards Stefan

Help! Making a Wireless Network between a PC and Mac and more.

I am trying to make a network between my powerbook and my fiance's pc, so we can share printers. I have an Airport Express and I bought her a Netgear Wireless PCI card. The PCI card is installed and has located the Aiport network. How do I get it to see the printer attached? Is Bonjour necessary? I'm downloading it via the Mac and then transferring the file by Zip because for some reason it wasn't downloading properly on the PC.
Also of note, we use dial-up to connect to the net so this network is again just to share the printers we have, and maybe files.
Printer sharing: I have my HP deskjet connected via a 4-port hub to my Airport. My computer recognizes the HP but when I connected the Lexmark 2250 it couldn't see it at all. Why is that? What can I do to fix it? I have the latest Lexmark Drivers.
How do I get my Mac to see the PC for file transferring, etc? I've been searching through apple's site for information and nothing is really helping me. I am gonna explode.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
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Ok I got the PC to see my HP 940c wirelessly using Bonjour. However, I still can't get the Lexmark 2250 to show up on either the mac or pc wirelessly when connected to the hub? Is using a 4-port hub connected to the Airport express just not going to cut it for making a multiple printer hub?
I'd really like to do this plus make an network between the two computers.

My wireless keyboard has come unpaired and I can't log in to my iMac to pair it...help!!

Help...my wireless keyboard has some how come unpaired with my iMac...and since the keyboard does not work I can not log in to repair it. Anyone know how to fix this??

You can access your Mac from your iPhone or iPad through a remote desktop client like Splashtop or LogMeIn if you already have something like this installed. Are you sure that your keyboard is 'discoverable'? (Hold button until light comes on and then goes off. Release button, then depress agin. The light will come on, hold for for about 3 seconds then let go. The light on the keyboard should be blinking in a 3 flash succession.) If it doesn't connect to the Mac after this, you'll need to get/borrow/buy a USB Keyboard (It's always good to have one of these handy anyway when you have a wireless accessory setup as your main way of connecting with your Mac).
Once you do get in to your system, be sure and go to System Preferences>Bluetooth and make sure that the 'Discoverable' box is checked. Also, go on to the Advanced pane and make sure that the box that says "Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup if no trackpad or mouse is detected" is Checked.
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Wireless Keyboard (original apple KB) and current bluetooth pairing

I have an Apple original wireless keyboard and when I try and pair it with a MacBook Pro with Bluetooth software update 2.3.3-f8 the MBP can see the keyboard but can not pair with it. I know the Keyboard is old but is there a way to get it to work with my current MBP running OS 10.6.4. For what its worth, the wireless mouse of the same vintage does work.

Yes you can have multiple Bluetooth devices connected simultaneously. I believe you have have up to 7 BT devices at one time.
Also you may find http://www.apple.com/support/bluetooth/ helpful.
Roger

ASCII-EBCDIC convertion between z/Os and Linux

Hi experts, we are migrating our landscape to z/Os (DB+ASCS) and Linux (PAS). We have our GLOBALHOST on z/Os but we are experimenting some problems when we try to install our application servers because the conversion between platforms.
In the planning guide we can see that there is a way to mount NFS file systems exported from z/Os, that make this convertion in an automatic way, but the commands mentioned on the guide are for UNIX and not for Linux.
Does any of you have this kind of installtion that could help us to set this parameters ok?
Or does any of you face this problems before?
Regards
gustavo

First, yes, we have z/OS systems programmers and DBAs with specific knowledge of DB2 z/OS. One of the reasons we initially went with the Z platform when we implemented SAP was that our legacy systems ran there for many years and our company had a lot of Z knowledge and experience. zSeries was one of our "core competencies".
I also need to give you a little more information about our Z setup. We actually had 2 z9 CECs in a sysplex, one in our primary data center and another close by in our DR site and connected by fiber. This allowed us to run SAP as HA on the Z platform. For highly used systems like production ERP we actually ran our DB2 instances active/active. This is one of the few advantages of the Z platform unavailable on other platforms (except Oracle RAC, which is also expensive but can at least be implemented on commodity hardware). Another advantage is that the SAP support personnel for DB2 z/OS are extremely knowledgeable and respond to issues very quickly.
We also chose the Z platform because of the touted "near-continuous availability" which sounded very good. Let me assure you, however, that although SAP has been making great strides with things like the enhancement pack installer, at present you will never have zero downtime running SAP on any platform. Specifically you will still have planned downtime for SAP kernel updates and support packs or enhancement packs, period. The "near-continuous availability" in this context refers to zero unplanned downtime. In my experience this is not the case either. We had several instances of unplanned downtime, the most recent had to do with issues when the CECs got to 100% CPU utilization for a brief period of time and could not free some asinine small memory area that caused the entire sysplex to pause all LPARs until it was dealt with(yes, this could be dealt with using system automation but our Z folks would prefer to deal with these manually since each situation can be different). We worked with IBM on a PMR for several months, but our eventual "workaround" was much better. We stopped running our DB2 instances as active/active and never had the problem again. We chose this "workaround" because we knew we were abandoning the platform and any of the test fixes from IBM required a rolling update of z/OS in all LPARs (10 total at the time), which is a major hassle, especially when you do it several times applying several different fixes until the problem is finally solved.
We also experienced some issues with DB2 z/OS itself. In one case, some data in a table in production got corrupted (yikes!!) SAP support helped us correct the data based on our QA system and IBM delivered a PTF (or maybe it was a ++APAR) to correct the problem. We also had several instances of strange poor performance in ERP or BI that were solved with a PTF or by using some special RUNSTATS output by some IBM DB2 tool our DBAs ran when we gave them the "bad" query. Every time we updated DB2 z/OS with an RSU felt like a craps shoot. Sometimes there were no issues revealed during testing, other times major issues were uncovered. This made us very hesitant when it came to patching DB2 and also made us stay well behind currently available maintenance so we could let other organizations identify problems.
Back to the topic of downtime related to DB2 z/OS itself, we know another company which runs SAP on Z that takes several hours of downtime each week (early Sunday morning I think) to REORG some large BLOB tables(if you're not in the monthly conference call for SAP on DB2 z/OS organizations, I suggest you join in). The need for RUNSTATS and REORGs to be dealt with explicitly (typically once a day for RUNSTATs and once a week for REORGs, at least for us) is a major negative of the platform, in my opinion. It is amazing what "proper" RUNSTATS can do to a previously poor performing query(hours reduced to seconds!). Also, due to the way REORGs are handled in DB2 z/OS, you'll need a lot of extra disk space for the image copies which get created. In our experience you need enough temp disk to hold the shadow copy of the largest table being REORGd and the image copies of the largest tables that are REORGd in the same time period. I recall that the image copies can be migrated to tape or virtual tape to free the image copy space back up using a periodic job, but it was a huge amount of trial and error to properly size this temp disk space, especially when the tables requiring a REORG are not the same week-to-week. We heard that with DB2 z/OS v10 that RUNSTATS and REORGs will be dealt with automatically by DB2, but I do not know if it has even been certified for SAP yet(based on recent posts in this forum it would appear not). Even when it is, I would not recommend going to it immediately(we made this mistake when DB2 z/OS v9 was certified and suffered for months getting bugs with SAP and DB2 interoperability fixed). Also, due to the way that REORGs work on BLOB tables, there will be a period of table unavailability. The caused us some issues/headaches. There are some extra REORG parameters you can set, but these issues are still always a possibility and I think that is why the company mentioned previously just took the weekly downtime to finish the REORGs on their large BLOB tables. They are very smart folks that are very experienced with zSeries and they engaged IBM experts for assistance to try and perform the REORGs online and yet they still take the downtime to perform the BLOB REORGs offline. In contrast, these periodic database tasks do not require our Basis team to do anything with SQLServer and do not cause our end-users grief when a table is unavailable.
Our reasons for moving platforms (which, let me assure you was a major undertaking and was considered long and hard) were based on 3 things:
1. Complexity
2. Performance
3. Cost
When I speak of complexity, let me give you some data... There was a time when ~50% of all of the OSS messages the Basis team opened with SAP were in the BC-DB-DB2 category. In contrast, I think we've opened 1 or 2 OSS messages in the BC-DB-MSS category ever. Many of the OSS messages for DB2 z/OS resulted in a fix from either SAP or from IBM. We've had seveal instances of applying a PTF, ++APAR, or RSU to z/OS and/or DB2 which fixed serious "unable to perform a job function" problems with SAP. We've yet to have to apply a single update to Windows or SQLServer to fix an issue with SAP.
To summarize... Comparing our previous and current SAP platforms, the performance was slower, the cost higher, and the complexity much higher. I have no doubt (especially with the newer Z10 and zEnterprise 196) that we could certainly have built a zSeries SAP solution which performed on par with what we have now, but.... I could not even fathom a guess as to the cost. I suspect this is why you don't see any data for the standard SAP SD benchmark on zSeries.
I suspect you're already committed to the platform since deploying a Z machine, even in a lab/sandbox environment isn't as easy as going down to your local computer dealer and buying a $500 test server to install on, but... If you wanted to run SAP on DB2 I would suggest looking at DB2 LUW on either X86_64 Linux or on IBM's pSeries platform.
Brian

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I have the same problem. Did you use the USB keyboard and works? Did you log in again?
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I don't know if the keyboard issue is related but here is my problem:
1. I have used Vine Server with .NET VNC viewer for years and iTeleport for close to a year to remote to my iMac. Vine Server stopped working after I upgraded to Lion so I bought Apple Remote Desktop 3.5 and installed it.
2. I can connect once, but after I disconnect, I can no longer connect using iTeleport; instead, it tries for a long time then gives a timeout error. After I restart the Mac then I can reconnect, but only if I restart from the login screen or the Apple menu; if I use either "sudo reboot", or "sudo shutdown -r now", then I still cannot reconnect. I cannot test this behavior using .NET VNC viewer because it is a 30 minute drive away.
3. When I try to connect using .NET VNC, I get an error that the server is not a VNC server; however, I have never managed to attempt to connect at a time when I could connect using iTeleport.
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Right now, I would be happy if there were a special restart command that I could execute over ssh that does the same thing as clicking the restart button on the Mac. Does anybody have an Idea how I can get this working again? Driving home to reboot every time I need to remote in is not an option.

Thanks for the quick reply Skydiver! So...I really should buy a second wireless keyboard so that I don't have to go through the hassle of re-pairing the keyboard when i switch devices, yes? Yes, I believe I've answered my own question as I now sit here with my MBP attempting to pair it to the keyboard. Oy. Taking forever. I don't mind buying a second -- for $69, it seems to be the most efficient thing to do. Now I just need to figure out a way to designate which wireless keyboard goes with which device. Time to buy a little sticker! Thanks again.

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