From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 11:09:53 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 6447C16A417; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:09:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@kc8onw.net) Received: from ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 203E313C483; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:09:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@kc8onw.net) Received: from mail.kc8onw.net (cpe-72-230-89-31.twcny.res.rr.com [72.230.89.31]) by ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l6NGmsRc005479; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:48:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.70.3.254] (unknown [10.70.3.254]) by mail.kc8onw.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CFE428416; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:48:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46A4DC02.9000104@kc8onw.net> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:49:06 -0400 From: Jonathan Stewart User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7AE9A2282460B106CFDED571@fserv.hub.org> <20070723105639.56lck0ckgg4cs8gg@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20070723105639.56lck0ckgg4cs8gg@webmail.leidinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, "Marc G. Fournier" 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 11:09:53 -0000 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting "Marc G. Fournier" (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. Jonathan