Markland 0 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone! I didn't find any good documentation on how to install Synergy on a CentOS 7 machine so I figured I'd drop a few lines describing what I did - perhaps it might help someone else! Prerequisites: I will assume you have CentOS 7 installed with the latest updates. In my case I am using Gnome desktop environment and thus running GDM as login manager. Steps: 1. Ensure that you have the epel repository enabled. For more information on EPEL click here. sudo yum --enablerepo=extras install epel-release 2. Install Synergy from the EPEL repository. sudo yum install synergy 3. Login to your desktop environment in CentOS if you aren't already logged in. 4. Start Synergy by (if running standard Gnome) pressing WIN-key and typing in Synergy and pressing ENTER. If you cannot find Synergy this way, you can open a terminal and run /usr/bin/synergy directly. 5. Configure Synergy as you normally would. 5a. Enter your license key. 5b. Enter the server information (or setup the server-config if running as server). 6. Create a systemd startup file. 6a. Client version: sudo echo >> /etc/systemd/system/synergy.service << EOF [Unit] Description=Synergy Client Daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon <SERVER IP HERE> Restart=always RestartSec=3 [Install] WantedBy=default.target EOF 6b. Server version: sudo echo >> /etc/systemd/system/synergy.service << EOF [Unit] Description=Synergy Client Daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/synergys & Restart=always RestartSec=3 [Install] WantedBy=default.target EOF 7. Reload systemctl daemon. sudo systemctl daemon-reload 8. Enable Synergy to run at boot. sudo systemctl enable synergy.service 9. If you previously closed Synergy after making the initial configuration, you can now use systemd to start it. If you reboot it will also start automatically. sudo systemctl start synergy And that's it! Hope it helps someone. Edited July 23, 2018 by Markland Link to post Share on other sites
jml 50 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Super set of instructions. Thanks so much for posting -- this is a great tutorial! Link to post Share on other sites
Poopsie 0 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I am hoping someone can help me with my install. I followed the directions above and still can't get it to auto start. Here is what I did: 1) Downloaded rpm 1.10, yum install with all dependencies correctly. 2) Started up Synergy, got it seeing the server and working perfect 3) Went to /etc/systemd/system and nano synergy.service [Unit] Description=Synergy Client Daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon <SERVER IP HERE> Restart=always RestartSec=3 [Install] WantedBy=default.target Control x, y, enter Verified file was there, looks good. I followed 7-9 exactly with no errors 7. Reload systemctl daemon. sudo systemctl daemon-reload 8. Enable Synergy to run at boot. sudo systemctl enable synergy.service 9. If you previously closed Synergy after making the initial configuration, you can now use systemd to start it. If you reboot it will also start automatically. sudo systemctl start synergy When I boot back in, I run systemctl status synergy and says loaded, with a green dot. But I am still not getting the actual program to load on boot. I have to manually go in and auto start it. Does anyone have any input as what I am missing? Any help would be much appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites
Markland 0 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) Hi Poopsie, Could you please type: sudo cat /etc/systemd/system/syngery.service And copy/paste the output here. And also the following, please: sudo systemctl status synergy.service -l And copy/paste the output here. Edited February 11, 2019 by Markland Link to post Share on other sites
Poopsie 0 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Markland said: Hi Poopsie, Could you please type: sudo cat /etc/systemd/system/syngery.service And copy/paste the output here. And also the following, please: sudo systemctl status synergy.service -l And copy/paste the output here. Here you go! Thanks for the help!! [Unit] Description=Synergy Client Daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon 10.10.50.40 Restart=always RestartSec=3 [Install] WantedBy=default.target ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [root@localhost ~]# systemctl status synergy.service -l ● synergy.service - Synergy Client Daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/synergy.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-02-11 20:53:27 CST; 1min 32s ago Main PID: 4789 (synergyc) Tasks: 3 CGroup: /system.slice/synergy.service └─4789 /usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon 10.10.50.40 Feb 11 20:53:27 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Synergy Client Daemon. Feb 11 20:53:27 localhost.localdomain synergyc[4789]: [2019-02-11T20:53:27] WARNING: secondary screen unavailable: unable to open screen Feb 11 20:54:27 localhost.localdomain synergyc[4789]: No protocol specified Feb 11 20:54:27 localhost.localdomain synergyc[4789]: [2019-02-11T20:54:27] WARNING: secondary screen unavailable: unable to open screen Link to post Share on other sites
Markland 0 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 17 hours ago, Poopsie said: [root@localhost ~]# systemctl status synergy.service -l ● synergy.service - Synergy Client Daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/synergy.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-02-11 20:53:27 CST; 1min 32s ago Main PID: 4789 (synergyc) Tasks: 3 CGroup: /system.slice/synergy.service └─4789 /usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon 10.10.50.40 Feb 11 20:53:27 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Synergy Client Daemon. Feb 11 20:53:27 localhost.localdomain synergyc[4789]: [2019-02-11T20:53:27] WARNING: secondary screen unavailable: unable to open screen Feb 11 20:54:27 localhost.localdomain synergyc[4789]: No protocol specified Feb 11 20:54:27 localhost.localdomain synergyc[4789]: [2019-02-11T20:54:27] WARNING: secondary screen unavailable: unable to open screen Since you get that specific error I'm assuming you're trying to use Synergy 2, if that's the case please try starting Synergy manually by running: sudo synergy-service If you are using Synergy 1 then try the below. In the startscript just below [Service] and before ExecStart add the following: User=root Group=root Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
Poopsie 0 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Markland said: Since you get that specific error I'm assuming you're trying to use Synergy 2, if that's the case please try starting Synergy manually by running: sudo synergy-service If you are using Synergy 1 then try the below. In the startscript just below [Service] and before ExecStart add the following: User=root Group=root Good luck! Here is what I get now when I run sudo systemctl status synergy.service -l ● synergy.service - Synergy Client Daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/synergy.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2019-02-12 17:55:17 CST; 2s ago Main PID: 17043 (synergyc) Tasks: 3 CGroup: /system.slice/synergy.service └─17043 /usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon 10.10.50.40 Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Synergy Client Daemon. Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: [2019-02-12T17:55:17] DEBUG: XOpenDisplay(":0.0") Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: /builddir/build/BUILD/synergy-core-1.8.8-stable/src/lib/platform/XWindowsScreen.cpp,918 Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: No protocol specified Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: [2019-02-12T17:55:17] WARNING: secondary screen unavailable: unable to open screen Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: /builddir/build/BUILD/synergy-core-1.8.8-stable/src/lib/synergy/ClientApp.cpp,413 Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: [2019-02-12T17:55:17] DEBUG: retry in 60 seconds Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: /builddir/build/BUILD/synergy-core-1.8.8-stable/src/lib/synergy/ClientApp.cpp,284 Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: [2019-02-12T17:55:17] DEBUG: event queue is ready Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: /builddir/build/BUILD/synergy-core-1.8.8-stable/src/lib/base/EventQueue.cpp,118 And here is the script I am using with the additions from above [Unit] Description=Synergy Client Daemon After=network.target [Service] User=root Group=root ExecStart=/usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon 10.10.50.40 Restart=always RestartSec=3 [Install] WantedBy=default.target You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root Thanks Edited February 12, 2019 by Poopsie Link to post Share on other sites
daafies 0 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 i'm getting the same error: davida@lexie:~$ systemctl status synergy.service -l ● synergy.service - Synergy Client Daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/synergy.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Sun 2019-03-03 12:38:47 PST; 1min 48s ago Main PID: 894 (synergyc) Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/synergy.service └─894 /usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon 192.168.1.203 Mar 03 12:38:47 lexie systemd[1]: Started Synergy Client Daemon. Mar 03 12:38:47 lexie synergyc[894]: [2019-03-03T12:38:47] WARNING: secondary screen unavai Mar 03 12:39:47 lexie synergyc[894]: No protocol specified Mar 03 12:39:47 lexie synergyc[894]: [2019-03-03T12:39:47] WARNING: secondary screen unavai running sudo synergy-service: davida@lexie:~$ sudo synergy-service sudo: synergy-service: command not found Link to post Share on other sites
xavierbaez 0 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Server needs a config file synergys --config /etc/synergy/synergy.conf & Link to post Share on other sites
anobiS 0 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 2/12/2019 at 9:57 PM, Poopsie said: Here is what I get now when I run sudo systemctl status synergy.service -l ● synergy.service - Synergy Client Daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/synergy.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2019-02-12 17:55:17 CST; 2s ago Main PID: 17043 (synergyc) Tasks: 3 CGroup: /system.slice/synergy.service └─17043 /usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon 10.10.50.40 Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Synergy Client Daemon. Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: [2019-02-12T17:55:17] DEBUG: XOpenDisplay(":0.0") Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: /builddir/build/BUILD/synergy-core-1.8.8-stable/src/lib/platform/XWindowsScreen.cpp,918 Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: No protocol specified Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: [2019-02-12T17:55:17] WARNING: secondary screen unavailable: unable to open screen Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: /builddir/build/BUILD/synergy-core-1.8.8-stable/src/lib/synergy/ClientApp.cpp,413 Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: [2019-02-12T17:55:17] DEBUG: retry in 60 seconds Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: /builddir/build/BUILD/synergy-core-1.8.8-stable/src/lib/synergy/ClientApp.cpp,284 Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: [2019-02-12T17:55:17] DEBUG: event queue is ready Feb 12 17:55:17 localhost.localdomain synergyc[17043]: /builddir/build/BUILD/synergy-core-1.8.8-stable/src/lib/base/EventQueue.cpp,118 And here is the script I am using with the additions from above [Unit] Description=Synergy Client Daemon After=network.target [Service] User=root Group=root ExecStart=/usr/bin/synergyc --no-daemon 10.10.50.40 Restart=always RestartSec=3 [Install] WantedBy=default.target You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root Thanks I'm stuck at the same step... did you ever found a solution? Link to post Share on other sites
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