Synergy on OS2008 - Kbd/Mouse sharing with desktop
 

Hi,

found that synergy seems to be missing from OS2008 repos. The older version does run but I am missing cursor display and keyboard input (maemo-gtk-im-switch).

For those wondering what synergy is, it allows you to use one desktop mouse and keyboard to control several computers (linux or windows). By moving the cursor off the screen, you switch your input to another networked computer.

This is not like VNC or remote desktop. Each machine still needs its own monitor/display. What it does is allow you to use one keyboard+mouse to controll all machines around you.

So here's the thread on getting this working in OS2008. Please post questions/tips/experiences here.

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Did the older version support visible mouse cursor on os < 2008?

I built for chinook and got it working but it was very large executables, no mouse cursor, and slightly awkward setup of screen zones... would be nicer incentive if mouse cursor could feedback when entering maemo zone.

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would love to see this working properly on OS2008
I use synergy alot between my laptop and the computer I watch TV on. Having the cursor go to the tablet on the right would be lovely ;)

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Here you have guys, it is built from ubuntu sources and confirmed to work on N810 with the latest firmware. Should work ok with previous firmwares as well.

EDIT:

To get mouse cursor to work, edit the file /home/user/.icons/default/index.theme and comment out the Inherits=xcursor-transparent like this:
[Icon Theme]
#Inherits=xcursor-transparent

WARNING!!!!

It seems that this tweak will destroy all status bar applet settings, ie. osso-statusbar-cpu at first, but reboot twice to get them back.

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Hehe, thanks, having currsor on screen looks good.

Btw, how to start synergy on n800?

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You have to start up synergyc/synergys via xterm.

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Thanks but I tried synergys and it said no configuration available.. Do I make my own config? If so, I shall read up on the help :)

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Fear no more of configuration hassle my friend, first install my synergy package above and then this:

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Its quicksynergy that enables you to run the server and client with a nice gui.

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Ooh, thanks :)

I just looked in the console output and it seems to be running. Now to connect a client...

Thanks again!

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hmm, i think i would rather go for a server on the pc and the client on the tablet, but thats me...

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Hi,

Somebody knows why I can't do click to Applications icon? I can do it with any object in the screen but app icon I can't

Taguapire.

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Happens on my N810 as well, I have no idea why is this happening.

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I have succesfully manage to "synergize" both my N800 and Macbook (had the idea of doing it after receiving my OTG USB Dongle and saying to myself, "Hey, this is cool. If only I could do this wirelessly through my laptop" and after some second the "OH WAIT" moment just come through :P)

I'm still experiencing some issues, though. Besides the already mentioned bug about clicking on the Application menu, the Icon cursor seems to work fine when starting the N800, but after loading a second application, it dissapears on most parts, only appearing -sometimes- on some sections of the GUI.

I'm almost sure it's just because the lack of proper support of the mouse on the device (after all, there was not supposed to be a mouse in there :P) but still think I should ask if I was doing something wrong or is maybe a proper solution.

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http://maemo.org/community/wiki/how_...800_from_a_pc/

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Hello,

I tried to install the first packet to run it on my N800 and I get "Incompatible application" (which I translate from french). Do you have any idea what it could be, or what I should provide to you so that you could help me?
Thanks

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TTT, anyone know the solution to this? Same problem with both synergy and quicksynergy debs posted in this thread. Running the latest version of Diablo.

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I compiled it today and it works fine, but no mouse support in standard Diablo. If someone knows how to get it working (didn't have time to search for it and experiment, I'll upload it (probably not suitable for extras or extras-devel yet though).

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interesting, using this one could turn the N8x0 into the nexus of a synergy setup, right?

kinda like a very expensive kvm switch ;)

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Yeah, but without the switching :)

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I'm also looking for a solution.

@ Bundyo
Just in case you have not made your mouse cursor visible: You can do this by changing "xcursor-transparent" to "xcursor" (or maybe just anything else) in the file /usr/share/user-icons/default/index.theme . And then restarting X of course.

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Yeah, works. However i compiled Synergy clean from Debian, and it turns out it is not very usable - Hildon Desktop is not registering some clicks, so mine is no go. I'm back to the other thing i was doing, so no further tests from me :)

EDIT: I was thinking of a more friendly version of qsynergy, which can enable the cursor on synergy start and disable it on stop (with X restart), dunno how to restore hildon desktop properly though.

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As written earlier in this thread,

Do you have a .deb package or something you can upload? Would be great.

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http://maemobox.org/bundyo/synergy_1.3.1-2_armel.deb

I would prefer to have pressure info though... :)

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I'm trying to restart X with a shell script, but I find killing random processes will not help. Once achieved, it should be easy to write a script to go in Synergy mode and back again.

Thanks for the package!

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X can be restarted, no problem, restoring HildonDesktop is... :)

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I've been loving this for a while, but I've got a really annoying problem: I can enable a visible cursor by commenting out the Inherits:transparent-cursor line, but a few minutes after rebooting, the cursor disappears again. This also happens when I install and enable an entirely different cursor theme, and even when I *replace* the files in the transparent theme with those of a non transparent theme.

THe weird thing is that in the main browser area of microb, the cursor is still visible, but in the toolbar area and in every other program, it's invisible.

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Same problem here... anyone got a solution please?
Cheers

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I see some keyboard related issues.
Enter key from PC's shared keyboard is treated like thumb onscreen keyboard - I have to use keypad's enter instead.
Keymap - don't know what could I do to get my regional chars typed with alt modifier.

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Does Synergy work now on OS2008 latest version.
Is there a "one button" install anywhere. I've never had the time to understand "red pill" modes, etc. Finally, does anything need to be installed on the PC?

Would VNC connection do everything that Synergy does? I have VNC working already.

microfab

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Kinda. Requires some X hacks and doesn't work for long.
No.
Yes.

No.

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A patch was uploaded here that removes pressure sensitivity from the menu icon of hildon-desktop (and a hint on removing it for the applets). I've applied the patch, haven't tested x11vnc but I can still press my menu button and move around my applets fine even though pressure sensitivity is disabled for those things.

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Did anybody install synergy on n900?

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I have managed to run synergy on the n900 (but I can't find the thread which I followed now), albeit with some bugs
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Sahron