rthorntn Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Hi, I downloaded and installed the beta on a Win 10 "HDMI stick" and MacOS 10.12.5 (later I will install on Debian and a Win 10 PC). I would like to buy a LG 43UD79 monitor with 4 HDMI inputs for quad split screen. So only the HDMI stick has a keyboard and mouse connected, it will always be the server and I won't really be using it for anything else. Can I set it up so that the HDMI stick is always the server and I can switch my mouse and keyboard to a particular computer using keyboard shortcuts, ideally I would like to have no display on the HDMI stick? Will this work? Thanks. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Suarez Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Hi @rthorntn. I'm sorry but Synergy doesn't handle a headless (monitor-less) server. If you don't have a monitor connected to your server, it won't detect a screen of any resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthorntn Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Paul Suarez said: Hi @rthorntn. I'm sorry but Synergy doesn't handle a headless (monitor-less) server. If you don't have a monitor connected to your server, it won't detect a screen of any resolution. OK, thanks, can I control which client has the focus with a key combination? Oh and can I give my screens useful names? I would prefer that just the keys are used, can mouse movement off the side of the screen to change clients be disabled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthorntn Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 There isn't really any config in 2.x beta, can the conf file be edited manually, to hardcode the server and enable hotkeys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthorntn Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 Hotkeys, do you have them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Team Nick Bolton Posted July 17, 2017 Synergy Team Share Posted July 17, 2017 @rthorntn @Paul Suarez Today, monitor manufacturers tend to insist on you pressing a button to switch inputs, so it's not really possible to solve the problem with software (the monitor switching question has been asked many times). The most common solution is a KVM device, but that's a horrible solution because you have to press a button to switch between screens (so you're back to square one, same problem as the monitor's screen cycle button). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthorntn Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 Thanks Nick, I'm going to have a monitor, the LG 43UD79-B showing 4 screens simultaneously, I just want to hotkey to the screen that I want to input keyboard and mouse in to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Team Nick Bolton Posted July 17, 2017 Synergy Team Share Posted July 17, 2017 Oh! You're using LG Screen Split. Well, why don't you simply move your mouse off the edge of the screen as Synergy intends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthorntn Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 I think hotkeys would be cool, I could use something like my "headless ghost" HDMI adapter to trick synergy in to thinking the server had a monitor attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthorntn Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Also with Split Screen, if I only have three computers turned on, the split can be 2 x 1/4 screen and 1 x 1/2 screen, can Synergy support that, in the real world it would be like 2 x 20" screens stacked and a 40" screen next to it, so if you moved to the left top half of the 40" screen it should go to the top 20", left bottom half of the 40" should go to the bottom 20", is that supported? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Team Nick Bolton Posted July 18, 2017 Synergy Team Share Posted July 18, 2017 Yeah, that should work fine. Have you tried yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthorntn Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Thanks Nick, haven't tried it yet as the monitor is on backorder here in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Team Nick Bolton Posted July 18, 2017 Synergy Team Share Posted July 18, 2017 Aha, let us know when it arrives! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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