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How do I get synergy to work?

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1338 / 2 Years ago, tue, april 19, 2022, 5:24:28

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 blocked. What am I doing wrong?

work-macbook, host computer:

[Share]

Left=work-laptop



[Use]

Hostname=

ClientName=



[Settings]

SynergyPath=/usr/bin

work-laptop, slave computer:

[Use]

Hostname=work-macbook

ClientName=work-macbook



[Settings]

SynergyPath=/usr/bin

Pinging work-macbook from work-laptop works, and pinging work-laptop from work-macbook works. Things are basically working with host-names to IP addresses on my network, so that doesn't seem like the issue:

Pings:

work-macbook $ ping work-laptop

64 bytes from work-laptop (192.168.1.2)



work-laptop $ ping work-macbook

64 bytes from work-macbook (192.168.1.49)

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answered 2 Years ago olltea · Accepted Answer

Have you tried setting up your config file on the host as shown in the synergy docs?

Name the text file ".synergy.conf" in your host home folder.

Something like this:

section: screens

    work-macbook:

    work-laptop:

end



section: links

    work-macbook:

        left =      work-laptop

    work-laptop:

        right =     work-macbook

end

Then run "synergys" on the host and I believe it's "synergyc -a [address]" on the client.
You can run synergyc with the -f option to make it run in the foreground, that might tell you something about why it's not working.