Synergy is Free and Open Source Software that lets you easily share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers, where each computer has its own display. No special hardware is required, all you need is a local area network. Synergy is supported on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
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Synergy config dual monitors separately
In Synergy, is it possible to set up your config so that you have one server and one client, both with dual monitors, but the client machine has its monitors such that one is on the left of the ...
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Using Synergy between two clients with different resolutions
I have two fedora systems (running synergy 1.3.7) each with two displays. The synergy server has two displays arranged horizontally and the client has two displays arranged vertically.
When I go ...
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Switch off the monitor when mouse reaches the edge of the screen
I have two computers at home (Windows XP and Windows 7), but one monitor for both of them. They are connected to this monitor using different interfaces: DVI and VGA.
I'm also using one keyboard ...
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Synergy 'Shift' key not working on the Mac
I have Synergy server on a Windows 7 box, and a Mac client connected to it. Most keys work fine, except for the Shift key on the right side. The left Shift key works just fine but not the one on the ...
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Synergy locks up Windows 7 when Visual Studio is debugging
I use Synergy (running as administrator) to go through two x64 Windows 7 machines (with all flavors of Visual studio from 2003 to 2010 professional) and an MacOS 10.6 desktop and most of the time it ...
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Right click and click and drag not working in Photoshop
Right click and click and drag not working in Photoshop CS5 and only photoshop. Running windows 7 64bit.
Would synergy affect this?
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Remove Synergy completely from computer
I found synergy too complicated for me and uninstalled it. Now I have a Icon in the taskbar and cannot remove it .I cannot edit the registry either, does not allow me Can anyone help
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Windows running Synergy 1.4.2 does not startup minimized
I recently updated my synergy software to version 1.4.2 on my Windows 7 machine and am unable to find the option to force the program to start in my tray. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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Synergy taking longer than specified to switch screens
My setup is as follows.
Synergy Server 1.4.8 on Windows 7 x64
Synergy Client 1.4.8 on OSX 10.6
Server Setting: Switch after waiting 10ms
So, usually this stuff all works well. Also, moving from ...
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How can I get the Command, Option, and Control keys to work properly using QuickSynergy and two Mac OS X Lion machines?
I have two Macs, a MacBook Pro (server) and a Mac Mini (client). Is there a trick in getting the Command, Option, and Control key presses to get passed through to the client machine? It doesn't seem ...
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Can two users both control a third machine simultaneously using Synergy?
I've been a Synergy user for some time now, as I use a PC on the left side of my Mac.
My girlfriend and I both have our desks on each side of the other, and we'd like to know if it were possible for ...
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Command+Tab not working on MacOSX Client with Synergy
I have an Ubuntu 11.10 laptop paired with an Apple Wireless Keyboard. I'm using the answer on this question to swap the Command and Option keys so that they are mapped like a regular keyboard. This ...
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Synergy server will not connect on setup
Trying to get past the server set up part getting following response:
Unable to install uninstall service: Error code 1
I get a popup box with the following text:
2011-04-13T14:06:02 FATAL: Init ...
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Synergy Connection refused (Also telnet)
I recently switched distros to fedora (was looking for the most recent version of eclipse being supported, something I wasn't getting from Debian), and in trying to get synergy set up again, I've been ...
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Synergy Hotkeys: Funneling them to one box
I'm working with Synergy (GUI), and I'm trying to create volume keys that change the volume of one computer regardless of which screen is currently active. I have two screens, let's call them A and B. ...
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screen “xxx.xxx.x.xx” shape changed
I'm trying to setup synergy with Windows 7 (server, which is 192.168.1.51) and OpenSuse (client, which is 192.168.1.50). I've even tried a complete uninstall and reinstallation, but get the same error ...
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Synergy mouse/keyboard freezes on SUSE 11.1
I am running Synergy 1.3.1 client on a SUSE 11.1 machine and the server on a Win7 machine.
Every once in a while (~once every few minutes), the client-side mouse and keyboard will freeze for several ...
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Can't find synergy config file on Windows
I connected everything just fine; both my Windows 7 64bit (server) and Windows 7 32 bit (client) are connected perfectly.
However, I can't tell Synergy which screen is where because I can't find this ...
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How to make a linux desktop and mac notebook share keyboard/mouse?
I explored synergy and installed the server and installed synergykm on mac. but my mac synergykm always fails to connect to the linux synergy server. Any pointers/workarounds/other tool ...
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Synergy server not recieving connections
Im using synergy with 2 windows computers (both win7 64bit), the servers debug messages state that it doesnt recieve any connections, the client connects to the server (right ip and port) and ...
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change --name in Windows ./synergy.exe call
I've changed the name of my Win7 machine since installing synergy yet the command being run in the background still does --name oldName. I've tried removing and reinstalling synergy with no luck. ...
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Why isn't my synergy KVM working properly?
I have installed synergy v1.4.5 on my laptop and desktop. Both computers are running Ubuntu 11.10. Although the logs indicate synergy is connected and able communicate over my LAN, moving the mouse ...
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Unable to copy from Linux server to Mac client after 1.4.5 install
I installed version Synergy 1.4.5 on my Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) client, as part of a test to solve a much more complicated Synergy problem.
I now find:
* I can copy on the Mac and paste into Linux
* I can ...
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Is it possible to set up a screen loop in synergy 1.4?
In synergy 1.3 i was able to set up my screens such that the following was true:
|-> [Windows machine] <-> [Mac machine] <-|
|-----------------------------------------|
Thereby making ...
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Terminating/closing synergy
I managed to set synergy (ubuntu box as server and mac as client - it doesn't work the other way around). Currently I'm running:
synergys -f
synergyc -f SERVERNAME
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Synergy: weirdness when moving the mouse from one desktop to the next
I have two desktop pc's, set up as follows:
Left: Ubuntu 11.10, 2 screens, vertically oriented. Synergy server (version 1.3.6, installed from the official repos), starts at login.
Right: Windows XP, ...
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Synergy between Windows XP/7 and Linux Mint 12RC fails
Synergy icon shows the two computers are connected, but mouse is not shared. (linux server, windows client).
Anybody has a workaround ?
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Synergy: How to screen positioning configuration while it is running?
I am using Synergy between two Macbooks (10.6 & 10.7). Installed using Homebrew, version 1.3.6p2.
I will sit in various places in relation to the secondary laptop, so sometimes I want the other ...
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Reversing scroll direction across Synergy connection
I am running synergys on an XFCE desktop, with the scroll direction reversed (to provide "natural" scrolling, as I prefer these days). I am running synergyc on a Mac laptop running Snow Leopard (as we ...
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where is the latest Synergy for Mac OS X? [closed]
I use SynergyKM on my Mac OS X 10.5.7 MacBook Pro to share my keyboard with my Windows XP desktop.
On the Mac its recently stopped working. Here's the log:
7/29/09 2:23:39 PM Synergyd[328] *** ...
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Synergy 1.4.5: How do I get rid of the cursor (“Hourglass”-equivalent in Win7) in the middle of inactive client screens?
I'm having an annoying problem with Synergy 1.4.5 (the beta release): When I have a video player (Media Player Classic) active on my client (Win7 Pro x86), and I move my mouse to the server (Win7 Pro ...
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Spacebar not working (Ubuntu server / MAC client)
I am having the following problem.
When I press spacebar on the server, the client receives this sequence META+SHIFT+Z.
Thus, I can't input any space in the client.
Server is an Ubuntu 11.10, client ...
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Getting Windows 7 to be server and MacBook Pro Lion to be client
When using any version of Synergy on both my MacBook Pro that has Lion 64-bit installed and my Windows 7 64-bit machine, I can't get it to work.
I want Windows 7 to be the main host (the server) and ...
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Key for controlling synergy on Mac
My mac has Control/Alt(Option)/Command, and with synergy, each key maps Control/LWindows/Meta(Alt). I want to change the mapping to Control/Meta(Alt)/LWindows.
Alt(Option) is key key name is written ...
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Synergy 1.4.5 Require hotkey to switch screen
I've moved today from synergy 1.3.8 to 1.4.5 because of issue #36, but I'm missing a feature, on version 1.3.8 I could set it up so that it would not switch screen unless Ctrl key was pressed. Using ...
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How do I disable the clipboard sharing feature in Synergy?
I don't want to share my clipboard between 3 computers I'm sharing with synergy. How do I disable that?
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QuickSynergy OSX server Linux client
How can I configure QuickSynergy so that my Mac can share it's keyboard and mouse with my linux computer?
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Start Synergy in Crunchbang at Login Screen
I'm using Crunchbang Linux with Openbox and I would like to have Synergy (http://synergy-foss.org/) autostart at the login screen.
I tried following: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Synergy ...
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Synergy doesn't seem to work on OS X Lion?
I have been using synergy with my old mac mini running snow leopard perfectly for a while now. Today I bought a new Mac-mini with Os X Lion.
Synergy doesn't seem to work. The old version will ...
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Stop flicker in Ubuntu when mouse travels back using synergy/Make xset -dpms permanent
After upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04, now when my mouse travels back from my windows synergy client to the ubuntu synergy server, my Ubuntu monitor blacks out for a second or 2.
I know that xset -dpms ...
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Synergy reports connected but mouse doesn't hop between screens
I'm using synergy between two windows computers (Windows 7 32-bit, acting as the server part, and Windows XP 32-bit, as a client).
I'm running the server part as admin, as suggested in some posts ...
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How to change the layout of a Synergy keyboard on Linux?
I am using Synergy-plus-1.3.4 on Gentoo Linux kernel 2.6.36-tuxonice-r3.
I am using SHIFT+CAPS to change the keyboard layout on BOTH server and client boxes. It works perfectly if I change the ...
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Synergy 1.4.2 - Windows 7 64-bit client with OS X server - no keyboard on Windows
I have Synergy 1.4.2 configured as a Windows 7 64-bit client and an OS X server.
The keyboard doesn't work on Windows.
It works fine if I change the configuration to the server on Windows and the ...
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Synergy Between Windows Vista and 7 fails.
My Synergy line up is a Windows 7 Home Premium PC (wired to wireless router) to the left of my Windows Vista Home Premium HP Notebook (wireless to wireless router)
On my Vista notebook the client ...
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Synergy, I am missing mouse cursor on client machine
I have installed Synergy Server on my laptop, and the Client side of things on my Virtual Desktop Session, both running a Win XP environment. I am able to connect no problem. When I move mouse to ...
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How do I cycle between my monitors in Synergy?
I have two computers (Windows XP) running Synergy and it works great!
However, I'd like to be able to circle around, as I have 4 monitors in a row. When getting to the last screen on the right, I'd ...
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How to get UAC to co-operate with synergy2
How do I get UAC to behave so that I can control the dimmed desktop and programs running under UAC grants with synergy client? (The kb and mouse are connected to a Linux machine, windows is running ...
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Is it possible to share mouse and keyboard over WAN?
At my office I'm using two computers, which is connected to two different LANs. I'm looking for an application to share the mouse and keyboard from one of the computers with the other one.
I know of ...
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Synergy connected fine but mouse doesn't move with two Windows 7 machines
I configured Synergy correctly enough for it to connect just fine between two machines. So both log outputs say connected to each other. Then I move my mouse and it doesn't magically jump to the ...
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Synergy Client Mouse Speed (Slow)
I'm using synergy+ with Windows XP as a server and a CentOS client. The mouse speed on the client (Linux) seems really slow. Is there a way to have the mouse speed from the server persist to the ...
