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 = Overview =
-[http://synergy-foss.org/ Synergy] is a brilliant piece of software that doesn't require much effort to get going, Though after that it required me some more time to get it to function just how I want it to = faultless autostart.
+[http://synergy-foss.org/ Synergy] is a brilliant piece of software that doesn't require much effort to get going, Though  faultless autostart did require some configuration.
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 ==So What Does Synergy Do?==
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 I can now use my favourite keyboard & mouse to operate two computers (synergy will do plenty more computers if you have them) one at a time of course...
-The two machines are set up to load synergy when they boot, & it doesn't matter what order the server or the client is booted in, when they are both up, synergy automatically does its stuff, using next to no system resources.
+With two machines set to load synergy when they boot it doesn't matter what order the server or the client is booted in.
+Synergy uses next to no system resources and even shares the clipboard as well!
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-==The Three B's - BS, Blurb & Bug:==
+==Bug Awareness==
-Years ago I paid a lot of money for a really good quality four machine handling KVM switch box. It worked very well via keyboard command until the day it failed. :(  In those days when I was fixing computers, that KVM was far superior to synergy because it was hardware that was system independent & worked on anything that had a working BIOS.
-For my needs today, the synergy system shits all over a KVM, though there are varying limitations which are dictated by the display manager / OS you are using.
-Running Openbox, I can't make use of synergy until OB has loaded. On some Linux display managers you can use it before hand & I'm sure that OS/X & the various Windows all have their strengths & weaknesses in this regard. In the end this doesn't really matter to me as I spend very little time outside of OB anyway. So for my current computer usage synergy is all but gob smacking perfect.
-All but? Yes, just one tiny bug that effects a few of us. For some users when moving the mouse from one computer screen to another you get a one or (far more rare) a two second black screen.
-I got the one second one when moving from the client to the server. For most this is fixed by issuing the command  '''xset -dpms'''. This works for me so I issue it in ''~/.xinitrc'' so the problem never appears.
-This problem has been around for about a year, & someone has written a patch for it inside of the last month, so I'll hang back & wait for the next release which I expect to have killed this bug, in the mean time I no longer know it exists.
-I'm sure that this bug no longer exists, don't be put off by it.
+Running Openbox, I can't make use of synergy until OB has loaded. But some Linux display managers you can use it before hand.
+While it should already be fixed, there is an old bug that can produce 1-2 second black screens. For most this is fixed by issuing the command
+ xset -dpms
+If necessary, the command can be placed in ''~/.xinitrc'' so the problem never appears.
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-==The Synergys Server:==
+==The Synergy Server:==
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 This '''synergyc.conf''' file suits my uses perfectly, I found it on the Arch wiki, & it needed no functional modification. I put it in /home/handy as a <.dot> file i.e. ~/.synergy.conf .
-OK, that is the server taken care of above, now its time for;-
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+==The Synergy Client(s):==
-==The Synergy Client(s):==
+Install synergy
-Install synergy.
+ sudo pacman -S synergy
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 .168.1.6     leftpc.localdomain               leftpc          ## the iMac client
 .168.1.3     rightpc.localdomain             rightpc         ## the HP server [/code]
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-====Synergy shares the clipboard too!!!====
-''(By the way, due to synergy I could just use the keyboard shortcuts to copy the above from the Terminal on the client & then move my mouse over to the server where I'm typing this & then use the keyboard to paste it! '''Synergy shares the clipboard too!!!''' Which is brilliant.)''
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   synergyc -d ERROR rightpc
-No need for the xset -dpms bug fix on this machine thankfully (It extremely likely that this bug is now long dead).
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 ==Conclusion:==
-The server is where the hardest work is, beyond that it comes down to getting your auto-start sorted so that it just works no matter which machine(s) come on in what order. For me the above works in that regard perfectly, (once Openbox has loaded).
+The server is where the hardest work is, beyond that it comes down to getting your auto-start sorted so that it just works no matter which machine(s) come on in what order. For me the above works in that regard perfectly once Openbox has loaded.
-I hope the above makes the info that is already on the net just a little easier to optimise for your usage.
-I'm SO happy to at last not be swapping the ***king keyboards & mouses all the time, it drives me ***king nuts.
-=Support=
-Create a page on the Manjaro forum if you need to pursue this further.
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