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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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  • Done, sorry about that. Jan 2, 2012 at 23:54
  • Have you tried using the IP addresses in the config file for hostname and clientname?
    – Kendor
    Jan 3, 2012 at 0:47
  • @Kendor Yes I have. Really weird. Jan 3, 2012 at 1:56

2 Answers 2

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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.

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  • Evidently, there was a DNS issue, but this conf fixed it and things are working GREAT now. Thanks! I had to run synergyc IPADDRESS Jan 3, 2012 at 17:42
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To me, in Ubuntu, running synergyc [Server-IP-address] works.

It invokes synergy client daemon with the argument of IP address of the server. When I get problem with synergy on my Ubuntu (client), I just kill the daemon and re-run by this command.

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    Can you explain what this command does? Apr 27, 2019 at 19:26
  • Its invokes synergy client daemon with the argument of IP address of server. When I got problem with synergy on my ubuntu(client), I just kill the daemon and re-run by this command Apr 28, 2019 at 8:45
  • Add that information to your answer so people know more about it. I asked this because your answer is considerably short, and posting commands without explaining them is looked down upon (security reasons, etc). Apr 29, 2019 at 5:55
  • Its a good advice, will notice for the next time! Apr 29, 2019 at 6:24

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