How to autostart synergy on ubunutu 14.04?

Question

I am using synergy to share mouse and keyboard. I would like it to start automatically and have used the tutorial for this here.

I am new to ubuntu and cannot find this menu:

System Menu > Preferences > Startup Applications

So I tried the before logging in steps:

But I cannot find the file /etc/gdm/Init/Default

I have been able to find /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ but there isn't anything of use there.

In /etc there is only /etc/gdb

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

You are making your life too difficult.

All I had to do:

Startup Application Preferences

Edit Startup Program

To auto start the client place this in the command box:

synergyc [<host name or ip address>]

For server:

synergys

However this will not autostart synergy prior to login.

system Menu > Preferences > Startup Applications

This is Ubuntu prior to Unity so VERY old.

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