Knufle Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Hello everybody, Im running synergy in both my Windows 10 PC and my Chromebook. In the chromebook Im running Ubuntu 16.04 through Crouton, I have no problem downloading and installing synergy but as soon as I open it, it shows me the message: There was a problem connecting to the background service. I clicked retry several times and also went to the Help page where I was instructed to run the following command: sudo systemctl restart synergy but as soon as I run it the terminal returns this: Running in chroot, ignoring request could you please help me to solve this? Steps to reproduce the issue: Install synergy from their website. Run the command: sudo systemctl restart synergy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jml Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Check firewalls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erimid Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Were you able to find a solution to this? I just purchased Synergy and am having the same issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjavierv Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 It's not about firewalls or logs, we have to face reality: we bought a faulty product. I have 3 computers connected using Symless Synergy 2 (1 windows, 2 Ubuntu) and the last few days had been a nightmare. I've already restarted PCs, restarted services, stopped services, uploaded logs. It works sometimes, but I spend too much time figuring out what is happening than doing real job. Before I hated switching among keyboards and mice, but right now I now at least that was reliable. It is really frustrating to be writing a text on the PC with the actual keyboard connected and suddenly Synergy's focus goes to my laptop, where all my texts lands (if I got lucky and had a writebla area to cut and paste back). The worst part is that I never touch my laptop's keyboard (unless ghosts exists and they are messing around). If the problem is that I'm using a wifi network instead of a wired one, or two many linux boxes, or haven't called ghostbusters to my home, it should say in some readme file or anything before I buy the product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranPaSmurf Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Synergy 2.06 was released Monday. So far, with 2 startups and several hours of use, it is working perfectly. I haven't had to open the UI on any of the 4 computers. Win 10, Win 7 and Kubuntu 17.10. I'd say, give the new version a try and post again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knufle Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 2/25/2018 at 3:46 PM, Erimid said: Were you able to find a solution to this? I just purchased Synergy and am having the same issue. Hello and sorry for the late response, I actually couldn't test it since I started this topic, but I will test it today or tomorrow tops and then I will pretty much give a feedback, if it still doesn't work I will probably ask for a refund as the Synergy support already knows as I'm also treating this topic directly with them. By the way the last response they gave me about this issue was that they were "aware of this issue" but as I didn't try the updated version I can't tell if they fixed it, hope they did. On 2/25/2018 at 4:40 PM, jjavierv said: It's not about firewalls or logs, we have to face reality: we bought a faulty product. I have 3 computers connected using Symless Synergy 2 (1 windows, 2 Ubuntu) and the last few days had been a nightmare. I've already restarted PCs, restarted services, stopped services, uploaded logs. It works sometimes, but I spend too much time figuring out what is happening than doing real job. Before I hated switching among keyboards and mice, but right now I now at least that was reliable. It is really frustrating to be writing a text on the PC with the actual keyboard connected and suddenly Synergy's focus goes to my laptop, where all my texts lands (if I got lucky and had a writebla area to cut and paste back). The worst part is that I never touch my laptop's keyboard (unless ghosts exists and they are messing around). If the problem is that I'm using a wifi network instead of a wired one, or two many linux boxes, or haven't called ghostbusters to my home, it should say in some readme file or anything before I buy the product. I feel you, I really do, Synergy seems like the perfect idea for us with workstations like you described, but I hope that as our friend GranPaSmurf said they have fixed it, if you have tried please tell me if now it works On 2/27/2018 at 8:35 AM, GranPaSmurf said: Synergy 2.06 was released Monday. So far, with 2 startups and several hours of use, it is working perfectly. I haven't had to open the UI on any of the 4 computers. Win 10, Win 7 and Kubuntu 17.10. I'd say, give the new version a try and post again. I will definitely try it and give an updated feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranPaSmurf Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knufle Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 On 02/03/2018 at 12:41 PM, GranPaSmurf said: So... Bad news, I just tested it and the issue is not fixed, same problem, nothing new... Do you guys have any update on fixing this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjavierv Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 In my case, I completely uninstalled Synergy on each machine, rebooted them and then proceeded to install the last version. So far, it's good (a few issues, but better than before) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knufle Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, jjavierv said: In my case, I completely uninstalled Synergy on each machine, rebooted them and then proceeded to install the last version. So far, it's good (a few issues, but better than before) Fair enough, but are you using Synergy in the same kind of setup I am? Windows 10 PC + Chromebook (Ubuntu) via Crouton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDDoesIT Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Are there any logs to share? Please do not copy and paste the entire log here. Upload it and send a link, and tell us what machine it is from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjavierv Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 16 hours ago, Knufle said: Fair enough, but are you using Synergy in the same kind of setup I am? Windows 10 PC + Chromebook (Ubuntu) via Crouton? Well, not exactly. My setup is a Windows10 laptop and two Ubuntu computers (one laptop and one desktop). The desktop is the one I'm trying to use as main computer. I've also noticed that when I do something traffic heavy in the desktop one (copying large files via WiFi using Dukto) I had a "connection with the background process" issue a few times until I finished the copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knufle Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 On 05/03/2018 at 2:11 AM, JDDoesIT said: Are there any logs to share? Please do not copy and paste the entire log here. Upload it and send a link, and tell us what machine it is from. Yes there are, Here is my Windows 10 PC log: https://synergy-logs.symless.com/ccb8a44c95346ba42206a01cff40df35/logs/40232-2018-03-11T16-37-34.log Here is my chromebook running Ubuntu through crouton log: https://synergy-logs.symless.com/ccb8a44c95346ba42206a01cff40df35/logs/40232-2018-03-11T16-34-40.log As you can see, the chromebook apparently does'nt even start the service, idk... I think you guys should research this scenario I'm trying to use synergy in maybe? On 05/03/2018 at 9:21 AM, jjavierv said: Well, not exactly. My setup is a Windows10 laptop and two Ubuntu computers (one laptop and one desktop). The desktop is the one I'm trying to use as main computer. I've also noticed that when I do something traffic heavy in the desktop one (copying large files via WiFi using Dukto) I had a "connection with the background process" issue a few times until I finished the copy. Well, then your setup can't really relate to mine in terms of software, but thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranPaSmurf Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Looks like the next update will be someday this week. I'm understanding the developers focused on Linux. Watch for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knufle Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 28 minutes ago, GranPaSmurf said: Looks like the next update will be someday this week. I'm understanding the developers focused on Linux. Watch for it Well, I do hope so... I would like to draw atention to my specific scenario where I'm running Ubuntu through crouton, maybe they can dig something with this information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLandry Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Hi all, thanks for sharing logs. Same issue here on Centos7 and Windows 7 enterprise. It works on Windows but got the error on CentOS7 side... I am running Synergy v2.0.7 on both machines. centos-synergy-service.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranPaSmurf Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 version 2.07 is available to download. Maybe it will help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLandry Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I am afraid that it does not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell.Li Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 You can refer this ticket solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranPaSmurf Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Wow, that's quite a thread! I meant that in addition to getting help here on Self-support forum, you should submit your issue to: https://symless.com/contact/customer-support That will get your issue in front of the developers quickest. Send logs for each machine. "Trouble tickets drive development." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLandry Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thanks for the tip. I just sent a ticket to their support team. I was also in the meantime trying to modify my /usr/lib/systemd/system/synergy.service to follow but without any success so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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