Difference between revisions of "User:Kinetic"

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Control any Media Director with another machines keyboard and mouse using an application called Synergy.

Setting Up

On a Linux machine on the LMCE network:

1. Install Synergy

apt-get install synergy

2. Create a configuration file

nano synergy_md.conf

3. Type the following in synergy_md.conf:

section:screens
hostPCname:
moonxx:
end
section:links
hostPCname:
up = moonxx
moonxx:
down = hostPCname
end

On a Media Director

1. Install synergy

apt-get install synergy

Making the connection

On a Linux machine on the LMCE network

synergys -c synergy_md.conf

On a Media Director

synergyc <ip address of the Linux host>

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 Control any Media Director with another machines keyboard and mouse using an application called [http://synergy-foss.org Synergy].
-Setting Up
+'''Setting Up'''
+----
-'''From a Linux machine on the LMCE network:'''
+'''On a Linux machine on the LMCE network:'''
-#Install Synergy
+. Install Synergy
   apt-get install synergy
-#Create a configuration file
+. Create a configuration file
   nano synergy_md.conf
-#Type the following in synergy_md.conf:
+. Type the following in synergy_md.conf:
   section:screens
   hostPCname:
@@ Line 26: / Line 27: @@
 '''On a Media Director'''
-#Install synergy
+. Install synergy
   apt-get install synergy
+----
+'''Making the connection'''
+'''On a Linux machine on the LMCE network'''
+ synergys -c synergy_md.conf
+'''On a Media Director'''
+ synergyc <ip address of the Linux host>