From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 05:30:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71EDC37B404 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:30:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragoncrest.jasnetworks.net (dragoncrest.jasnetworks.net [65.194.254.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6B443FA3 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:29:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dragoncrest@voyager.net) Received: from dating.voyager.net (works.jasnetworks.net [192.168.0.2]) h2Q7Wocn083372 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 07:32:50 GMT (envelope-from dragoncrest@voyager.net) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20030326072738.01d33380@pop.voyager.net> X-Sender: dragoncrest@pop.voyager.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 07:33:39 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Dragoncrest Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Subject: Looking for a rather interesting program X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:30:01 -0000 Friend of mine has a rather interesting setup on his machine that I would like to have on mine. Apparently what it is, he has a program that allows the mouse and keyboard to automatically switch between two computers. So as soon as the mouse moves off the screen on one, it jumps on the screen on another one. The computer who has the mouse on its screen gets access to the keyboard. This program is supposedly able to control up to 4 machines via a network using one mouse and one keyboard and even possibly one monitor for all four of them with an optional setting. There's supposed to be programs that allow you to do this (both for linux/bsd and for windows should you happen to have a windows box in that mix) and I'd love to set those up on my machine, but I don't know what they would be and my friend is gone to another country for several months so I can't ask him. :( Anybody know what this setup is? I know it's not VNC. That much is obvious. It has something to do with the desktops in xwindows...I think. Not totally sure though. Any info is more than welcome. Thanks.