Questions tagged [synergy]
Synergy is 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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Is there a way to share mouse/keyboard over WAN?
I'm trying to share my mouse and keyboard between my laptop and PC. The issue is both are connected to university WiFi (Glide) and I'm pretty sure LAN security is tight. I've tried various software: ...
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Synergy Not Switching monitors correctly using dual monitors on host and client
I have recently created a 2x2 monitor setup where the top 2 monitors are my work MacOs laptop, and the bottom 2 monitors are my personal Windows10 desktop. I've set up to share keyboard and mouse ...
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Synergy can't connect with new router
I have been using Synergy (from Symless) for 1.5 years now. I moved to a new place (so new router; a ZTE ZXHN F618 - ZTE PON ONT) and I cant make it work.
I read that this router's WLAN and LAN is on ...
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F5 no longer refreshes browser, but opens browser history in all browsers
Weird issue crept up a few days ago. All of the sudden, when I hit F5 to refresh a page, it opens the browser history on all browsers. Testing it out, I found that F9 now refreshes my browser page. ...
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Getting this error when running Synergy: "Connection was refused" (macOS server with a Windows 10 client)
I hope this is an easy problem: I would like to use Synergy to share my OSX keyboard and mouse with my Windows 10 "Nearly Headless NUC" (I know some of you will get the pun!). But the Windows 10 ...
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Synergy: ssl certificate doesn't exist?
I have installed Synergy v1.8.8 on my Ubuntu. It works fine as a server until the next reboot. Once I restart the machine, it shows the following errors:
[2020-02-14T11:58:08] ERROR: ssl certificate ...
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Routing to another subnet
My Network...
INTERNET
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| Cable Router Gateway |
| 4-ports+WiFi |---- Wireless Devices
| DHCP server 10.0.0.1 |
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Sending UTF-8 keycodes instead of UTF-16 in Windows 10
To my understanding, Windows 10 sends the keypress to the programs in UTF-16 since a while back. While I like the idea it poses a huge problem for me as I have software (Barrier) that doesn’t support ...
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Writing diacritics: Synergy and WinCompose don't go together well
I figured the easiest way for me to write diacritics was a US keyboard and the compose key. It works natively on Linux and I installed WinCompose on my Windows 10 machine to make my writing experience ...
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In Synergy, how to place a clinet screen in the middle of two server screens?
In synergy, how to configure a PC server with two screens and a Mac client with one screen in a way that places the Mac screen (the client) in the middle of the two PC screens (the server) ?
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Are programs like Symless Synergy and ShareMouse secure?
I have a real need for this type of program, but I am wondering if it is secure when sending commands between the 2 systems? Symless Synergy charges $10 extra ($39 for Pro, instead of $29 for standard)...
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Sharemouse: Disable wifi / disable automatic client configuration
G'day,
Is it possible to disable the use of wifi networks/automatic client configs in sharemouse v4.0.46?
Sharemouse will automatically configure to wifi (which is laggy) rather then ethernet (...
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Using two PCs/Monitors with one set of input devices while gaming
I am usually gaming on my PC and wanted to use a second device while being ingame. I have a Surface Pro for this, which I can either use as a normal device, or as a second monitor via miracast. I have ...
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How could I access my windows PC's Git Bash from Linux Terminal
I am trying to achieve something a bit odd. I currently have a dual monitor setup , with my laptop beside, linked with synergy. I want to connect to my windows PC from my Linux mint laptop and Control ...
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Synergy restrict hotkey to one computer
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Ubuntu 16.04x64
Synergy 1.8.8
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Synergy 1.8.8
I would like to have the media keys on my keyboard sent to the server regardless of what screen I am on.
On the client, I ...
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