User:Maffblaster/Drafts/Synergy

Resources

Synergy is open source, cross platform software used to manage multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse. Although the website says prompts support though purchasing "Basic" and "Pro" versions, the same functionality can be replicated through a little elbow grease.

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for x11-misc/synergy Lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers

`gui`	Enable support for a graphical user interface
`test`	Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)

Data provided by the Gentoo Package Database · Last update: 2023-05-25 19:49 More information about USE flags

Emerge

root #emerge --ask x11-misc/synergy

Configuration

Files

/etc/synergy.conf - Global (system wide) configuration file.
~/.synergy - Local (per user) configuration directory.

Service

Encryption

The Synergy wiki upsteam provides details for enabling encryption between the client/server connection(s).

In short, copy the bundled encryption plugin to the Synergy user's home directory:

user $

mkdir -p ~/.synergy/plugins

user $

cp /usr/lib64/synergy/plugins/libns.so ~/.synergy/plugins

Next, generate the certificate:

Usage

There are a few executable files that are merged after the compilation:

/usr/bin/syntool
/usr/bin/synergyc
/usr/bin/synergys
/usr/bin/qsynergy

Invocation

Troubleshooting

Issue 1

Removal

Unmerge

root #emerge --ask --depclean x11-misc/synergy

External resources

https://github.com/symless/synergy/wiki - Upstream's project wiki.