Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:49:06 -0400 From: Jonathan Stewart <jonathan@kc8onw.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Effective method of 'connecting' two X servers ... Message-ID: <46A4DC02.9000104@kc8onw.net> In-Reply-To: <20070723105639.56lck0ckgg4cs8gg@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <7AE9A2282460B106CFDED571@fserv.hub.org> <20070723105639.56lck0ckgg4cs8gg@webmail.leidinger.net>
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Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> (from Mon, 23 Jul 2007 > 02:36:25 -0300): >> 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. I'll second Synergy. I've used it between BSD and Windows and there is a port for Mac as well. It's a tiny bit confusing to set up at first but for me it works flawlessly once you get it set up right. Jonathanhome | help
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