Questions tagged [synergy]
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How to force release of a keyboard modifiers
Sometimes, when I use synergy between my machines when one is using full-screen VirtualBox guest I get stuck with some weird key modifiers turned on. If they exist on my keyboard (like Shift_L) I can just tap it and their status is reset and I can…
Adam Ryczkowski
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How can I use Synergy when connected through different routers?
I use synergy to control my laptop from my desktop when I have my laptop docked at my workstation. Currently, I need to keep my laptop wired to the same router that my desktop is connected to in order to use synergy. However, I will also take my…
David Oneill
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Unique synergy monitor setup
If anyone doesn't know about synergy, it's basically a KVM switch over the lan, but you don't have to switch anything. It allows you to move your mouse from one machine to the other like if you had dual monitors.
My question is: is it possible to…
Falmarri
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Reading GPG passphrase from the physical keyboard in OpenBSD
I'm using Synergy to control an OpenBSD desktop from a Linux computer (think of it like a VNC client/server). That is to say what I type on the keyboard goes through a network connection before it reaches the remote terminal.
How do I make sure that…
lorenzog
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Use a keyboard shortcut to switch between synergy-"ized" monitors/windows
Is it possible to map a command to my keyboard so that I can switch between my various windows?
I checked on the synergy website but was not able to find very much about the subject. I'm trying to be able to essentially alt+tab and cycle through all…
Mark D
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Synergy isn't working anymore after lock screen (LightDM)
I'm trying to get Synergy, which is a keyboard and mouse sharing tool, to autostart on a second desktop. I'm using the distro BunsenLabs which is based on Debian Jessie on both desktops, and so I have LightDM as displaymanager and Openbox as…
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Synergy: Connection failed to connect to server: incompatible client 1.3
I have installed synergy 1.5 on a RHEL6 server (panther) and Xubuntu 13.10 (wolf). My synergy.conf file is
section: options
screenSaverSync = true
end
section: screens
panther:
wolf:
end
section: links
panther:
right = wolf
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Synergy One-to-Many Keymapping
Overview
I'm trying to map both Ctrl and Alt on Ubuntu
to Cmd on MacOS.
Progress
So far, I have only been able to map Ctrl or Alt,
but not both.
Attempted Strategies
In my .synergy.conf on the host (Ubuntu), I have tried the following:
Valid…
Matt Goodrich
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Set mouse focus on current screen's active window
I was using Synergy from Symless. It shares the mouse and keyboard between computers. So it is similar to having secondary or third screen attached to your computer.
The Scenario is: having a laptop and a PC.
On laptop screen, I do some typing with…
Tantan
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Wrong keyboard-layout using Synergy and i3
I have a setup where my keyboard-layout won't work in i3 using Synergy (Swedish). When I switch from i3 to Mate there's no problem with the keyboard (still using Synergy).
Synergy server Windows 10 64bit. Swedish language
Synergy client
Ubuntu…
Eric Hermansson
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How to install synergy on RHEL5?
I'm trying to build from source using CMake as recommended (http://synergy-foss.org/pm/projects/synergy/wiki/Compiling)
[d3p299@we16410 synergy-1.3.7-Source]$ ./hm.py build
Running setup...
Error: Generator not specified, use -g arg (use `hm…
awynne
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Why is my Compose key not being passed to Synergy?
The key that I assign to the compose key (right Alt) is not passed to the remote computer by Synergy.
I don't know if it's a problem with Synergy or with X, but my guess is that the compose key is 'eaten' by X before Synergy can get it.
How can I…
bonob
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Mouse disappears while using Barrier (client PopOs)
I'm running Pop-os 22.04 LTS on my laptop and Windows 11 on my computer and I've been trying to set up mouse and keyboard share with Barrier (my Windows PC as a server and my POP OS laptop as a Client). The connection works fine, but the mouse…
Jahidus Selim Badhon
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MacOS keyboard layout not working on linux trough barrier(synergy)
my issue is rather complicated, so I do not expect to find a solution, but maybe someone has had the same issue before me.
My workspace is composed of 2 computers, a mac and a PC running Linux Manjaro.
To avoid having 2 keyboards, I use the one from…
Pa Dalton
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Synergy Virtual Mouse Cursor
I am using Synergy version 1.4.6 (Debian - Client) and 1.4.5 (Windows - Host).
Keyboard and mouse are attached to the host system. I want to use the client without any mouse or keyboard connected. However as soon as I unplug the client's mouse and…
ChrisB
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