Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 01:20:28 +1100 From: John Vender <jvender@ihug.com.au> To: Dragoncrest <dragoncrest@voyager.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for a rather interesting program Message-ID: <18463184-5F96-11D7-B4F7-00039369D83A@ihug.com.au> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030326072738.01d33380@pop.voyager.net>
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On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 11:33 PM, Dragoncrest wrote: > 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. X2VNC maybe? Cheers...John
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