If you haven’t yet seen part one, please refer to http://learnwithharv.com/blog/synergy-setup-part-1/ before continuing.
In step one, we installed synergy, decided which would be the server/client, and either came up with a common naming scheme, or wrote down the names of our computers for easy identification. Phew!
Okay, now we’re going to dive into Synergy – how to set it up, and how it works. Let’s start on the server.
First we want to set up the screens. A ’screen’ tells Synergy where other screens that we want to use, are located. I am on my laptop – Eagle2. The screens I need to tell Synergy about, are my screen, and my desktops screen. If you have more computers, each of those computers needs its screen to be added to the list. The screenshots demonstrate how to add screens. Note that you must add your own screen, not just screens not attached to the computer you’re working on. You should end up with something like what you see on the bottom.
Adding a Screen
Added all screens!
Wonderful. Now we have both our server and client screens added to Synergy, we need to also create links. A link tells Synergy how to tie together two screens. Consider: every screen has four sides. How does synergy know where the two (physical) screens are located in relation to each other? They could be stacked vertically, one could be on the right or left of the other.. this is where links come in.
To set up a link, you simply select the red highlighted dropdown boxes. I want to set it up so that my laptop (Eagle2) is on the left, and my desktop monitor is on the right, and I can move my cursor from my laptop, to the right, and eventually instead of the cursor stopping at the edge of my screen, it moves onto my desktop (Eagle1).
From that, we can make a link. Consider what I just said;
Eagle2 is on the left of Eagle1.
Eagle2’s right edge should link to Eagle1’s left edge.
Eagle1 is on the right of Eagle2.
So, the link would be “0 to 100% of the right of Eagle2 goes to 0 to 100% of Eagle1.”
Then you need to set up another link, so that the mouse can come back after moving onto that side.
The second link would be “0 to 100% of the left of Eagle1 goes to 0 to 100% of Eagle2.”
Note that, when adding a new link, you need to finish the link you’ve just made, and then click on “Add new link.” I found this counter-intuitive. Also, after setting up the second link, you must then click the “+” button to add that link.
Once the links are set up, it should look like so:
Links are set up
Phew! Okay, the server is setup. In part 3 we’ll set up the client and try it out. Onward! (Click here to go to part 3)
Originally posted 2009-08-08 09:00:28.
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