Stoh Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Hello, I use synergy to share my mouse/keyboard from a linux computer to a windows laptop. It works well for something like an hour, and then w/o any reason, synergy starts sharing from the laptop (there's the little dot below the windows computer in synergy windows). If I use "share from <linux computer>" option, it works again for an hour our so, and then it happens again. The laptop is next to me, doesn't have a mouse (only a pad) so I'm sure there was no accidental input from it that might confuse synergy. This happen consistently, even after restarting both the computer and the laptop. I have noticed it is often tied to the use of a meta key (shift, alt etc.) Any idea what could be causing this ? logs from the laptop computer right after the problem happened (while i was typing "{" + space -> "{" was received by the windows laptop, space was received by the linux computer) : https://synergy-logs.symless.com/d353aaff1a93ac9a67de1a40abba139d/logs/8607-2018-01-05T13-54-47.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth0 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 21 minutes ago, Stoh said: It works well for something like an hour, and then w/o any reason, synergy starts sharing from the laptop (there's the little dot below the windows computer in synergy windows). If I use "share from <linux computer>" option, it works again for an hour our so, and then it happens again. And that's why automatic server switching surely looked awesome on paper, but in practice it's a dumb idea IMHO. The way Synergy 1.x worked was great: you have one server; that's your primary machine. If for some reason you need to input something using the client's mouse or keyboard, it works locally to that computer. Then you go back to your main machine and keep working as usual. Seriously, does anyone go around constantly switching from one keyboard and mouse to the other? Doesn't that make Synergy kind of pointless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zopa Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I am experiencing the same issue. I am running Linux Mint 18 on an older Macbook Pro and Windows 10 on my PC. After a short while when I want to switch from PC to Macbook the cursor reorientates to the middle of my Monitor and the control is temporarily switched to the Macbook. Any way to disable this automatic switching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoh Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 The most annoying thing with this bug is that it doesn't switch back to sharing from the computer with the actual mouse/keyboard automatically, I have to manually change it every time. I wouldn't mind as much if that wasn't the case. I didn't find any workaround yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmfiend Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Yep - I'm experiencing same problem. I believe this is a known bug and they are working on it. According to my logs, it appears the "server" crashes and takes a bit of time to restart & reconnect. [ Router ] [2018-01-21T14:21:14] debug: ClientProxy: Received client connection for **** from screen 76632 [ Router ] [2018-01-21T14:21:14] debug: Error reading from core server: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request [ Router ] [2018-01-21T14:21:14] debug: Terminating core server read loop [ Core ] [2018-01-21T14:21:14] NOTE: client "****" has disconnected I seem to have a workaround that works about 90% of the time for me: 1) Always have Synergy app loaded un-minimized but out of focus. 2) After failing to switch to another screen, bring the Synergy app to focus. 3) Wait until all screens are green and you should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zopa Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 On 21.1.2018 at 9:30 PM, chasmfiend said: I seem to have a workaround that works about 90% of the time for me: 1) Always have Synergy app loaded un-minimized but out of focus. 2) After failing to switch to another screen, bring the Synergy app to focus. 3) Wait until all screens are green and you should be good I have found the same "workaround", but am increasingly frustrated by the number of random control-switches the App is performing. It takes about 5-10 seconds every time it happends (which is every 1-2 minutes depending on how often I switch devices) to make my primary device the one whos peripherals are used. Rather inconvenient to say the least... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Minus Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 +1 This annoys the hell out of me. If you want to make the interface "simple", fine... but give us an advanced panel option where we could change settings like forcing one computer to be the master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta440 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 +1 Super annoying, I agree it needs a setting to force a master server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Team Nick Bolton Posted January 26, 2018 Synergy Team Share Posted January 26, 2018 2.1 will have this setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demetris Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Hi Nick Thanks for replying to this - when can we expect 2.1 to come out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PepeKamik Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 +1 auto-switching happen to me when I am forced to use the client keyboard because meta-keys are not working in RDP (server Linux, client mac). The forced master configuration will be really appreciated (although it wouldn't be a problem for me if the meta-keys problem gets also fixed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorlax Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Also experiencing this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Also experiencing this issue. I would rather there be an option to choose a server and clients, and not have automatic switching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergioRosales Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 this issues is frustrating, because is necessary check if you are working in the right machine or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkman Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Unfortunately have the same issue. The workaround for me is to disable AutoHotkey temporarily, but it is annoying and I can forget to turn it back on. Waiting for 2.1 update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb Brock Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 +1 I have this issue too. How do you disable AutoHotKey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claymore Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Is there a release date for 2.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomarrival Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Still experiencing this problem, I guess we're still waiting for 2.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckle Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 This is still an issue. On 26/1/2018 at 7:43 AM, Nick Bolton said: 2.1 will have this setting. Cool, but this is now almost 5 months ago that that was announced This is making synergy useless for me, as it usually happens within 1 minute of use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krishandan Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 This is happening to me as well. Just within a few minutes of running the software on two windows 10 machines. Almost unusable. From what I can see, the client and server keeps switching between the two pcs and when this happens, the seamless movement of the mouse is interrupted. Any idea on when the fix will come out as what was mentioned by Nick Bolton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charon79m Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I'll jump in with the "Me too!" I'm so glad I found this thread. I've been thinking that it was something with my setup. Agreed that some info as to the status of 2.1 would be great given the post. Also, it would be great if we could just create a config file that denotes a dedicated server, or exclude a machine from becoming the server. ~/.synsergy/notaserver.cfg or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Team Nick Bolton Posted May 30, 2018 Synergy Team Share Posted May 30, 2018 For now, you’ll need to use Synergy 1, as S2 is back to beta. https://symless.com/synergy/downloads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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