CirclingMinds

With the help of Synergy one can manange multiple computers/screens by using just one keyboard and mouse. So i found out after several painful months of using two sets of keyboard and mouse to switch between my Macbook and Ubuntu Desktop. I shall talk about the steps I took to get synergy to work on my Macbook and Ubuntu desktop. I chose to use my Macbook as the server and Ubuntu as the client.

Hostname of my Macbook(Server): isis
Hostname of my Ubuntu Desktop(Client) : venus
Please replace the hostnames in the following example with your correct names.

Step 1.
Download and install the source code from http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
unzip the file install it on both computers.

./configure
make
sudo make install

Step 2 ( Configure Mac OS X server)
create a file called synergy.conf with the following content

section:  screens
# name the screens
isis:
venus:
end

section:  links
# telling synergy direction of the screens
# my macbook is on the left and Ubuntu is on the right
isis:
right = venus
venus:
left = isis
end

to start the synergy server

synergys -f --config syngery.conf

Step 3: ( starting Ubuntu Client)
Make sure you have installed synergy.Then run the following command.

synergyc -f isis
(syngergyc -f hostname-of-synergy-server)

You can also use the ip address of the synergy server.

For more information visit: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/faq.html