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Synergy is a program that allows multiple computers and different operating systems to share a mouse and keyboard over the network.

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Start synergy on boot?

I use synergy. I would like to synergy to start as soon as I turn on my computer. How do I do that? To start synergy, the command is: synergys --config ~/.synergy.conf
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Start Synergy (or any application) BEFORE logging in Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS

Using Ubuntu 16.04.2 (Xenial) on Intel x64:{Both Processor and Ubuntu install} This question has been answered a million times, but none of the solutions work. So I don't want to duplicate a question, but it hasn't been answered. When I fire up a…
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How to get Synergy to Autostart at login on Ubuntu 16.04

I am trying to get Synergy to autostart at boot on ubuntu 16.04 with no luck. I have seen plenty of ways to do it with 14.4 using lightdm or gnome but how does one go about it in 16.04 using Unity desktop environment. Any help with this would be…
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Wrong keyboard layout on client PC when using synergy

I just installed ubuntu 11.10 in my new computer, the old one (still main computer) is ubuntu 10.04. Both PCs use "Spanish LAm" keyboard layout, the only difference is that the new PC keyboard has some multimedia keys but the configs are the same…
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How can I prevent an app from leaving full screen mode when I move the cursor to another display?

When I have dual displays set up, or when I am using Synergy to use one keyboard and mouse across two computers/screens, I can't seem to retain F11 full screen mode for the top application when I mouse out of that screen. This applies to both the…
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How do I send Alt+Ctrl+F1 through Synergy?

I use Synergy to control both of my desktops from the same keyboard and mouse. Is there a way to send Alt+Ctrl+F1 (or related combinations) to the client desktop using Synergy? I tried using the suggestion below, but got: $ chvt 1 Couldn't get a…
David Oneill
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Use synergy on Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04

I want to share my desktop mouse and keyboard with my laptop using synergy. Until yesterday, both ran Ubuntu 14.04 and synergy 1.4, and everything worked fine. Yesterday, I upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 16.04, and apparently this one ships with…
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keybinding issues with xmodmap across synergy

I've got two systems I use across Synergy. On the main one I have a normal keyboard that I swap caps lock and ctrl for. So I do: xmodmap -e 'keycode 66 = Control_L' xmodmap -e 'clear lock' xmodmap -e 'add Control = Control_L' Where keycode 66 is my…
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Can I answer Capture Input Dialog permanently

Synergy now supports Wayland, at least experimentally. I am running Ubuntu 24.10 with the default Gnome desktop environment & Wayland. I installed Synergy 3.2.1, and all works beautifully, auto discovery and everything. The only slight annoyance is…
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Change the Synergy notification icon?

I use Synergy to sync mouse and keyboard between desktops. My question is, how do I change the Synergy indicator icons in Unity? For reference, I am using the Faenza icon theme, and this is what my indicator bar looks like in Unity: current unity…
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How do I get synergy to work?

I've never actually been able to get Synergy working, even when using QuickSynergy. Even using this guide gives me nothing; my mouse won't leave the edge of my screen. I've even disabled both computers' ufw firewalls to make sure ports aren't being…
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How to tunnel Synergy over SSH?

Pretty straight forward. How do i tunnel Synergy over ssh? I need to connect client to server over a ssh tunnel to have a more secure connection.
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Ubuntu Gnome : Move the mouse with Synergy

I've got 2 laptops, one with Windows and the other with Ubuntu Gnome. I'd like to use my Windows as the master. First, on windows, Synergy switch on Linux when my mouse is 300px next the edge of my screen. Not a problem, I mapped the 'next/previous…
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run script on startup

Currently I am looking for a solution to run a script upon start up, not login, start up. I have been researching this specifically for Synergy, but with the new version of Ubuntu (15.10) the documentation I have been following is different as…
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Monitors won't sleep (power management) if synergy or synergyc? is running

Similar question to Monitor won't enter power save mode , however I only experience the problem under synergy. Screensaver settings work, but the monitors never go to sleep. When synergy is not running, monitors go to sleep at the interval set in…
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