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skip | 10 Apr 19:44

Synergy and Gnome typing monitor?


At work I use Synegy with the Solaris Java Desktop System (essentially
Gnome-something, maybe 2.6.1?) on a pair of machines.  Synergy works well,
allowing me to type and mouse on either machines' displays using a single
keyboard and mouse.  I recently enabled Gnome's typing monitor (version
2.6.1 - seems kind of old?).  Synergy doesn't pass the necessary events back
and forth to allow both typing monitors to activate.  Consequently, when the
typing monitor locks my screen it only locks my primary display (the one
with the synergy server's keyboard and mouse).  The secondary display (the
"client" in synergy's nomenclature) remains unlocked.

Is this a known issue?  Is there a fix or workaround?  Is it maybe fixed in
a later version?  I asked on the Synergy discussion forum on SourceForge but
received no response.  I was hoping someone here could shed a little light
on the topic.

Thanks,

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Richard Hult | 15 Apr 20:11

Re: Synergy and Gnome typing monitor?

skip <at> pobox.com wrote:
> At work I use Synegy with the Solaris Java Desktop System (essentially
> Gnome-something, maybe 2.6.1?) on a pair of machines.  Synergy works well,
> allowing me to type and mouse on either machines' displays using a single
> keyboard and mouse.  I recently enabled Gnome's typing monitor (version
> 2.6.1 - seems kind of old?).  Synergy doesn't pass the necessary events back
> and forth to allow both typing monitors to activate.  Consequently, when the
> typing monitor locks my screen it only locks my primary display (the one
> with the synergy server's keyboard and mouse).  The secondary display (the
> "client" in synergy's nomenclature) remains unlocked.
> 
> Is this a known issue?  Is there a fix or workaround?  Is it maybe fixed in
> a later version?  I asked on the Synergy discussion forum on SourceForge but
> received no response.  I was hoping someone here could shed a little light
> on the topic.

Sorry, I don't know how synergy works. The typing monitor uses the X 
screensaver extension to detect "idleness", so as long as that part 
works, the typing monitor should work.

/Richard

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skip | 15 Apr 23:09

Re: Synergy and Gnome typing monitor?


    >> I recently enabled Gnome's typing monitor (version 2.6.1 - seems kind
    >> of old?).  Synergy doesn't pass the necessary events back and forth
    >> to allow both typing monitors to activate.

    Richard> Sorry, I don't know how synergy works. The typing monitor uses
    Richard> the X screensaver extension to detect "idleness", so as long as
    Richard> that part works, the typing monitor should work.

Thanks for the feedback.  That may give me (or the Synergy developer) enough
to go on.

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