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sudarsan_avs | # 11 | 2011-12-22, 21:27 | Report

I am trying to connect N900 with Win 7 Laptop using Laptop as server by I am unable to start the server using the above config file... Please check the error message logged

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synergys.exe: no configuration available

cannot read configuration "D:/Program Files/Synergy/synergy.sgc": read error: line 1: invalid character 0xffffffff

I can start with default configuration, without the config file but my client unable to connect

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/usr/bin # synergyc 192.168.1.66
synergy: %z%s Client on %s %s

Pls Help, thanks in advance...

AapoRantalainen | # 12 | 2011-12-25, 10:03 | Report

Originally Posted by Zas View Post

I've only gotten the N900 receive input; but when I run the N900 as the server nothing appears on the N9 when I type.

You must get focus switched from N900 to N9. Can you do that? (i.e. move mouse cursor over screen edge. It is not possible with absolute touch screen)

szopin | # 13 | 2012-03-03, 10:56 | Report

Could anyone owning N9 and N900 try using Synergy to get N900 keyboard to input in N9 terminal? If this would work over N9-N900 ad-hoc network it would be very useful (n950 hwk apps would be a go for example)

EDIT: As screen switching is not going to work based on the above posts, maybe hotkey would?

keystroke(control+right) = switchInDirection(right)

should work if N9 was linked to the right.

Last edited by szopin; 2012-03-03 at 11:08.

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AapoRantalainen | # 14 | 2012-03-05, 09:28 | Report

Originally Posted by szopin View Post

EDIT: As screen switching is not going to work based on the above posts, maybe hotkey would?

keystroke(control+right) = switchInDirection(right)

Great, thanks for this.
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Using N900's keyboard for device without keyboard (e.g. N9):
N900 is acting as synergy-server
On n900, create file /etc/synergy.conf:

Code:

    section: screens
    client-n9:
    server-n900:
    end

    section: links
    client-n9:
            right = server-n900

    server-n900:
            left = client-n9
    end

    section: options
    screenSaverSync = false
    keystroke(control+q) = switchInDirection(left)
    keystroke(control+w) = switchInDirection(right)
    end

This is working example file, it uses CTRL+q and CTRL+w for switching between devices. If you (and your devices and network) are fluent with ip-addresses and hostnames, you can use them instead of server-n900 and client-n9.

On n900 start server with command (installed from extras-devel)

Code:

synergys -f --name server-n900

-f means foreground, so you will see what is happening. If you make shortcut-icon, drop -f. This also explicitly uses same name than configure uses.

Then on N9 start client (downloaded from this thread)

Code:

synergyc -f --name client-n9 SERVER-IP-ADDRESS

IP-address (or working hostname) is needed.

CTRL+q will change focus to the N9. Then touchscreen of N9 works as expect, but touchscreen of N900 sends something to the N9 (=it can't be used for controlling any of the devices).

I don't have N9, so I made video with two N900's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjoYttTJICk

Keep in mind that synergy is using lot's of battery!

Last edited by AapoRantalainen; 2012-05-02 at 08:16. Reason: typo

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szopin | # 15 | 2012-03-06, 23:15 | Report

Awesome! Thanks Aapo, this makes N9 more likely to be bought (once the prices settle down a bit) f* Nokia for not releasing N950. It is now available in two-piece edition thanks to You, one major roadblock averted. Also N900 has supposedly better kbd than N950

If there is build-essentials and similar lib collection for Harmattan... Yay! (build-essentials afaik is a go, libs will follow or can be handmade, so far so good). With flash/inception and this... it is a good day for smartphones indeed

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Pinatz | # 16 | 2012-05-01, 19:37 | Report

Did somebody already get the mouse cursor appear on the phone? For me it is invisible and the only advice I found was recompiling the kernel. But this is not an option.
Somebody mentioned that he connects a mouse through usb-hostmode and this activates a cursor.
Any way to get this working without connecting anything? Maybe it is a shell script or kind of.

fr33dom | # 17 | 2013-05-20, 15:49 | Report

never found the cursor either.

About your question regarding usb mouse, well i tried hooking up my microsoft usb mouse and keyboard, but it was not recognized and no cursor appeared neither.

keepin an eye out for the cursor issue.

szopin | # 18 | 2013-05-20, 17:34 | Report

Funny this thread got resurrected, should be trivial to compile this for Jolla and use Jolla+N900 for hwkb (not the best solution as this uses wifi, so rather huge battery drain, but until BT solution is out there, should work)

AapoRantalainen | # 19 | 2013-05-20, 18:40 | Report

Originally Posted by Pinatz View Post

Did somebody already get the mouse cursor appear on the phone? For me it is invisible and the only advice I found was recompiling the kernel. But this is not an option.

Originally Posted by fr33dom View Post

never found the cursor either.

Can you explain what you are trying to do? This thread is a mess and contains several topics. What devices (phones/PCs) are involved? Which one is server and which one is client? Where is external mouse connected?

At least N900 can show mouse cursor. E.g hack from: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42485 or package http://maemo.org/packages/view/extmou/

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freemangordon | # 20 | 2013-05-20, 19:15 | Report

Originally Posted by AapoRantalainen View Post

Can you explain what you are trying to do? This thread is a mess and contains several topics. What devices (phones/PCs) are involved? Which one is server and which one is client? Where is external mouse connected?

At least N900 can show mouse cursor. E.g hack from: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42485 or package http://maemo.org/packages/view/extmou/

extmou does way more than just showing cursor, it pulls as a dependency a fixed evdev driver which supports mice.

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