From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 03:25:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EF3E16A41A for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:25:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1440813C458 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:25:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CC58B4680B; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:25:21 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03802-08; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:25:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from fserv.hub.org (blk-89-241-126.eastlink.ca [24.89.241.126]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBD88B46808; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:25:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (unknown [192.168.1.3]) by fserv.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C7B68D4B8; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:25:19 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:25:11 -0300 From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Alexander Leidinger Message-ID: <20D1F843A3FE37628262BB38@fserv.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20070723105639.56lck0ckgg4cs8gg@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <7AE9A2282460B106CFDED571@fserv.hub.org> <20070723105639.56lck0ckgg4cs8gg@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Effective method of 'connecting' two X servers ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:25:22 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Using Synergy, works like a charm, thanks ... will most likely pull in my Windows laptop as a third yet, so that I don't have to get/use flash under Unix :) - --On Monday, July 23, 2007 10:56:39 +0200 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting "Marc G. Fournier" (from Mon, 23 Jul 2007 > 02:36:25 -0300): > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> Since it appears I'm going to have to wait for proper nVidia driver >> support for >> amd64, I'm goign to attach my second monitor to my other machine, and start X >> on it ... but, what is the cleanest method of connecting the two so >> that I can >> use keyboard/mouse from my main screen on the second one? >> >> I used to have a Windows box as second screen (laptop), and used x2vnc to go >> from screen-to-screen, allowing me to cut-n-paste, etc ... so I'd like to do >> something like that, except from FreeBSD-to-FreeBSD, getting the >> laptop out of >> the mix :) > > At work I use synergy to connect a Solaris and a Windows box. AFAIK it's > available in the ports too. This way you could even use the 2 screens + your > laptop... > > The setup is straight forward, and it recovers from connection losses. > > Bye, > Alexander. > > -- > If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it. > -- Edward A. Murphy Jr. > > http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 > http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGpXEf4QvfyHIvDvMRApA/AJ9QtKDExqR1frQF9Pl8pxukcvR+EQCfd+tc BPtVTnnOekB8Eq1qsVjJP1M= =MJTa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----