Does anyone know of any existing tools/programs that allow a single keyboard and mouse to be switched between multiple machines ?
For example, if I move the mouse off the left edge of host1's screen I would like it to appear at the right edge of host2's screen.
I've already been looking at evdev and that seems like a good starting point.
Sometimes 4 keyboards and mice get in the way ! And please don't reply with "buy a KVM" because that would be a kludge !
Peter
On 11-Mar-06 Peter Onion wrote:
Does anyone know of any existing tools/programs that allow a single keyboard and mouse to be switched between multiple machines ?
For example, if I move the mouse off the left edge of host1's screen I would like it to appear at the right edge of host2's screen.
I've already been looking at evdev and that seems like a good starting point.
Sometimes 4 keyboards and mice get in the way ! And please don't reply with "buy a KVM" because that would be a kludge !
Well, there's always X! I run (variously) 2 or 3 or 4 machines, and multiple users on each, with one keybord, one mouse -- and indeed only 1 screen. Just switch between the various "desktops" or "workspaces" (never quite sure what they should be called).
Mind you, that doesn't offer the advantage of multiple screens which could be very useful when you need to see a lot of different sorts of information at once.
Best wihses, Ted.
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Does anyone know of any existing tools/programs that allow a single keyboard and mouse to be switched between multiple machines ?
For example, if I move the mouse off the left edge of host1's screen I would like it to appear at the right edge of host2's screen.
x2x and x2vnc are the first things that come to mind - x2x is a relatively established piece of kit, and I have had success with both, in mixed environments (x2x will talk to any x-windows screen and x2vnc will talk to any VNC server so you can have windoze in the mix).
http://x2x.dottedmag.net/ http://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html http://fredrik.hubbe.net/win2vnc.html (just incase your kb/mouse are in a Micro$oft box)
HTH,
Jim
I've already been looking at evdev and that seems like a good starting point.
Sometimes 4 keyboards and mice get in the way ! And please don't reply with "buy a KVM" because that would be a kludge !
Peter
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On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 11:07:40AM +0000, Peter Onion wrote:
Does anyone know of any existing tools/programs that allow a single keyboard and mouse to be switched between multiple machines ?
For example, if I move the mouse off the left edge of host1's screen I would like it to appear at the right edge of host2's screen.
Try http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ it should do exactly what you want. It also supports different OS, so you can use it with Unix/Linux, MS Windows and Mac OS X.
Thanks Adam
Adam Bower wrote:
Try http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ it should do exactly what you want. It also supports different OS, so you can use it with Unix/Linux, MS Windows and Mac OS X.
Seconding that recommendation. I use it between xp/gentoo/osx in front of me, and it's wonderful. On the Mac I use a gui for it, SynergyKM, and that is very nice too.
-- Martijn
On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 11:31 +0000, Adam Bower wrote:
Try http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ it should do exactly what you want. It also supports different OS, so you can use it with Unix/Linux, MS Windows and Mac OS X.
Thanks Adam, this is just what I wanted... I'm using it NOW between by two SuSE 10 boxes. I'll try it on the gentoo boxes next!
Peter
Thanks Adam
On 3/11/06, Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 11:07:40AM +0000, Peter Onion wrote:
Does anyone know of any existing tools/programs that allow a single keyboard and mouse to be switched between multiple machines ?
For example, if I move the mouse off the left edge of host1's screen I would like it to appear at the right edge of host2's screen.
Try http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ it should do exactly what you want. It also supports different OS, so you can use it with Unix/Linux, MS Windows and Mac OS X.
I use synergy as well. It can be a bit flakey, especially if the master is under heavy load. Otherwise, it's brilliant. It doesn't stop you using the real mouse and keyboard too, if that's what you want.
Tim.
On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 12:50 +0000, Tim Green wrote:
I use synergy as well. It can be a bit flakey, especially if the master is under heavy load. Otherwise, it's brilliant. It doesn't stop you using the real mouse and keyboard too, if that's what you want.
I found that out the hard way! I got very confused a few moments ago when it all seemed to stop working until I realised I was using the mouse attached to a client !
I'm going to use synergy for now, but I want to try and develop something where the clients use zeroconf/avahi to locate the server and the server has a panel-app to manage the screen layout as clients appear.
Peter
On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 11:31 +0000, Adam Bower wrote:
Try http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ it should do exactly what you want. It also supports different OS, so you can use it with Unix/Linux, MS Windows and Mac OS X.
I just discovered a problem.. I'm going to press the "AT" key --> Ω Do you see an "omega" there ?
Hmmm Seems to be a known bug on the synergy forums, but an upgrade to the "experimental" 1.2.8 hasn't solved it :(
Peter
On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 11:07 +0000, Peter Onion wrote:
Does anyone know of any existing tools/programs that allow a single keyboard and mouse to be switched between multiple machines ?
I had a similar problem in my home office, my test environment was taking up most of the room and all of the available desk space.
However I attacked the problem from the other end...Now I use VMware to build virtual networks of whatever I want to test. Doing this I have replaced 4 heat generating noisy machines and hubs, switches network cables etc with one quick machine.
There are tools available to convert physical machines to virtual ones (including one that will do it even when the physical machine is running) So I can if needed pretty much replicate a customers environment to test an upgrade path or something.
The best bit is that I can now have as many machines as I want (Although naturally there is a limit to how many I can have booted at a time...I find that anything more than 3 gets very uncomfortable on even a fast Uni-processor box..and of course you have to have enough memory to provide guesta+guestb+guestc plus some left for the host OS)
On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 12:25 +0000, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
However I attacked the problem from the other end...Now I use VMware to build virtual networks of whatever I want to test. Doing this I have replaced 4 heat generating noisy machines and hubs, switches network cables etc with one quick machine.
Not an option for me. I sometimes need lots of screen space and since I'm running several openGL applications that need hardware 3d accelerated X servers, I believe VMware would be a non-starter.
Peter
On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 12:47 +0000, Peter Onion wrote:
Not an option for me. I sometimes need lots of screen space and since I'm running several openGL applications that need hardware 3d accelerated X servers, I believe VMware would be a non-starter.
Ahh yes that would be a bit of a problem !!
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