You may want to have Synergy start at login on your Raspberry Pi. Also, if you don’t have a keyboard and mouse connected (only a screen), you may want need to install Synergy remotely on a Raspberry Pi via SSH.
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Optionally, rename the download to synergy.deb (for convenience).
Next, transfer the file to your Pi (example: 192.168.1.15):
-code- > scp synergy.deb [email protected] -/code-
Once the file has been transferred to your Pi, run these commands:
-code- > sudo apt install ./synergy.deb -/code-
Test it works by running the this command:
-code- > synergyc -f --name pi 192.168.1.15 -/code-
If you'd like to, create a script to launch the Synergy client:
-code- > sudo nano ~/synergy.sh -/code-
Copy and paste the following into nano:
-code- #!/bin/bash -/code-
-code- killall synergyc -/code-
-code- sleep 1 -/code-
-code- synergyc --name pi 192.168.1.15 -/code-
-code- exit 0 -/code-
Next, create an auto-start script:
-code- > sudo mkdir -p ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE -/code-
-code- > sudo nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart -/code-
And paste this into nano:
-code- > ~/synergy.sh -/code-
Finally, run your new client launcher script:
-code- > sudo chmod +x ~/synergy.sh -/code-
-code- > ~/synergy.sh -/code-
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