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I Can't Change new server on Mac OS


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Jamie Newbon

Synergy uses Bonjour for auto configuration, and currently Linux auto config as a server doesn't broadcast itself to clients.

What you can do is in the top left click on [Synergy]->[Preferences] and uncheck 'Enable Auto Config'

That will allow you to type in the servers IP address manually

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On 6/4/2019 at 10:15 AM, Jamie Newbon said:

Synergy uses Bonjour for auto configuration, and currently Linux auto config as a server doesn't broadcast itself to clients.

What you can do is in the top left click on [Synergy]->[Preferences] and uncheck 'Enable Auto Config'

That will allow you to type in the servers IP address manually

Hi Jamie,

 

 I tried this exact approach with the latest version of Synergy on Mac OS Catalina, and I was met with unsuccessful results. The desktop client interface did not change at all and still would not allow me to enter an IP address.
 

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If you uncheck the auto-config option as mentioned previously, there are a couple more steps:

1) Stop the synergy client
2) Completely quit the Synergy app (kill it - there should be no synergy processes running at all)
3) Now start synergy and try - it did let me enter my IP address. I'm on Catalina as well.

Regards,
KASL

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Unchecking auto-config and restarting did not change the behavior for me.

What did work, was closing Synergy, right-click the Synergy app and select Open. Now I can enter the server address.

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2 hours ago, itsgarrett said:

Unchecking auto-config and restarting did not change the behavior for me.

What did work, was closing Synergy, right-click the Synergy app and select Open. Now I can enter the server address.

Funny how we posted the solution just moments apart... 

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It's worth noting I ran into this same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS just now.  Unchecking "Enable Auto Config" in settings and then restarting did the trick.

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Agree with KASL and Mike H.

After disabling auto config, it is necessary to restart synergy. Only when this has been done can a server IP address be entered. 

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