keyboard and mouse sharing with synergy
So I don't have a dedicated keyboard for my mythtv and I hate to connect one for those little maintenance operations, one solution is to use http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/. Heres how I set it up on my dell mini9 and mythtv server;
install synergy on both systems:
sudo apt-get install synergy
edit the host file and ensure both computers can find each other:
sudo vim /etc/hosts
on the laptop something like this:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx myth
and on the mythtv server something like this:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx mini9
create a synergy configuration file on the laptop:
sudo vim /etc/synergy.config
section: screens
mini9:
myth:
end
section: links
mini9:
right = myth
myth:
left = mini9
end
start the server on the laptop (-f keeps the server in the foreground for logging/testing purposes):
synergys -f
now start the client end on the mythtv system (also in foreground mode):
synergyc -f mini9
make sure the 2 systems can communicate and that the mouse pointer can move from one system to the other. Set the synergy client to start when the mythtv user logs in:
go to system -> preferences -> sessions in X and add a new command to run on login:
synergyc mini9
restart the mythtv server and make sure everything starts up correctly, now when you need to access your mythtv system using a mouse and keyboard you can do so from the comfort of your couch my starting the "synergys" server on your laptop.
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