On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 at 7:27pm, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2006-08-27, Jim Tittsler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 26, 2006, at 18:09, Gary Johnson wrote: > > > > > Pretty well. The monitors have dual inputs, so I can switch them > > > easily between the two PCs. I don't have a way to switch a keyboard > > > and mouse, though, so I have to shuffle the two keyboards and mice > > > around when I want to use one machine or the other. That, plus not > > > being able to copy-and-paste between the two [...] > > > > Have you tried Synergy? It allows you to share mouse/keyboard (and > > even clipboards) between machines. You will still have to hit the > > video selection buttons if you want to have both monitors on a single > > machine at once, but it solves the keyboard/mouse problem.. > > http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ > > I've been waiting for a little free time to try this and finally > found some. This is fantastic! It was really easy to install, too. > The mouse and keyboard switch smoothly between the Linux and Windows > boxes. I don't have copy-and-paste working yet, and once the > Windows (client) machine is locked, Ctrl-Alt-Del from the Linux > server's keyboard doesn't work, but I'll try working these out > tomorrow. > > Thank you so much for suggesting this. > > Regards, > Gary
Thanks to this thread, I found good use for this software. I have been using it for past 3 days now and it works great. With the combination of hotkeys, I am able quickly switch between the screens. In the absence of this software, I would have used MS remote desktop, or KVM switch, but it is not the best use of the screens. Regarding the problem with Ctrl-Alt-Del not working on windows machine, I find that Ctrl-Alt-Break works instead, but I have the server also on windows, so YMMV. -- Thanks, Hari __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
