Anyone done synergy on two macs? If so help would be truly appreciated.

[Holmeser]

Exactly what it says in the subject, want to install synergy but am finding it very hard.
PM me or comment with advice please!
- Holmeser

[Zymurgy]

Operating system? I got it going pretty quick, but I haven't delved too deep into its functionality.

[Holmeser]

Hi, thanks for the reply i'm using mac leopard Os 10.5.7. I just can't get it running !

[Zymurgy]

ok.. I am running that same system. What errors are you getting? The biggest hangup I had was that I had to get the conf file written. Basically you make a text file in the synergy directory called synergy.conf.

   
	section: screens
   	Computer1.local:
   	Computer2.local:
	end
	section: links
    	Computer1.local:
       	left = Computer2.local
   	Computer2.local:
       	right =  Computer1.local
	end

ok.. section. screens is where I designated my 2 computers. I used their Bonjour names (which is usually your Computer Name plus .local) Found in your System preferences under Sharing. section.links is where you designate which machines is to the left, right, top, bottom of a screen. You must tell whats going on for each screen. There are more options than this for the conf file but you can find them on the Synergy website.

This Conf file is placed in your Server's Synergy File. the Server is the machine your keyboard and mouse are hooked into.

Then you start the server. Open the terminal and run the following command:

*pathtoyoursynergyfolder*/synergy/synergys -f --config ./synergy.conf

the *pathtoyoursynergyfolder* is where synergy is located on your hard drive. it will look like /Users/Username/Desktop if its on your desktop.
synergys starts the server. There are steps you can do to turn on Synergy at startup but thats a discussion for another day. Once you start the Server you need to start the client/s.


On your client machine/s open terminal and run the following command:

*pathtoyoursynergyfolder*/synergy/synergyc -f  Computer1.local

You should now be connected to synergy. If you come across any errors with this then one problem might be permissions on the files in the synergy folder. Run the following to modify the permissions of the Synergy Folder:

sudo chmod -R 755 pathtoyoursynergyfolder/synergy

if that continues to give you fits then post what the error is and I will try to replicate it.