Synergy

[PendragonUK]

I have been messing about and wanted to show you my latest little project.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_6bX_JOm5g

Synergy

[kizito]

Cool. How does that work?

[Texstar]

Cool. How does that work?

Magic

Wonder if it will work with 2 computers and - one keyboard, one mouse and one monitor.

[PendragonUK]

Synergy is an open source project and it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. The most common use would be someone with a laptop and desktop computer. Come home from work/collage with you laptop and then work on it using the keyboard and mouse of the desktop computer. It requires software running on each machine and a network connection. It would be useful to anyone working in a mixed environment. Or hobbyists like myself to much about with. Many gamers will run a second computer along side their gaming rig for server admin and the like.

It really is like running a dual monitor setup, I have somethings running on one screen and others running on the other screen. It's working well so far I just need to do some work on the Linuxbox. I have not yet figured out how to have it correctly configured automatically on boot up so at the mo I need to have the keyboard and mouse connected. I need to do some more reading. I'm not sure where today has gone it feels like only a few hours since I got up... I'll look at it tomorrow.

[kizito]

Wonder if it will work with 2 computers and - one keyboard, one mouse and one monitor.

Now there's an idea. Move cursor to the edge of the screen and enter the other computer.

[izto]

Im at work, using Synergy to control 4 computers running XP, with 2 monitors each (that's 8 monitors) with a keyboard and a mouse. It runs flowlessly once you set it up right.

[old_guy]

Just tried it with 2 PCLinuxOS machines.

1. In synaptic on both machines installed "quicksynergy" (it added "synergy")
2. Run Quicksynergy on host machine (the one with the mouse and keyboard you want to use)
3. On the Host machine only. Enter the name of the client machine (the one without keyboard or mouse) in one of the directional boxes (In the client machine type "hostname" in a terminal if you don't know this)
4. Run Quicksynergy on client machine.
5. On the client machine only. Type the IP address of the Host machine in the Use tab. (To find your Host machine IP address type ifconfig in a terminal on the host machine -it should read something like: inet addr: 192.168.1.5)
6. Click the Execute button on the Host machine
7. Click the Execute button on the client machine
8. Move the mouse to the edge of the Host screen- it should now appear on the client screen

Now using the "host" keyboard and mouse on both machines.

Earl

[gseaman]

Interesting! +

Galen

[PendragonUK]

Unfortunately a bad fan on the graphics card has killed the project for the time being. I'll have to save my penny's for a new card, money is tight, blew it all on the Winbox for gaming...

[zebedeeboss]

Just wanted to say thank you to all contributors to this topic, got Synergy working in no time at all.