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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse @dafyre
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      @dafyre said:

      @gjacobse said:

      One thought I had was to use a VM,... but just going over that in my mind,.. that wouldn't be possible. As they would need more than one VM to host all the services needed. Which isn't practical. Unless you can have more than one monitor on a VM....

      In this case, I think he means a KVM switch that will support more than 1 screen.

      Yes, not KVM - Linux VM

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      • dafyreD
        dafyre @dafyre
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        @dafyre said:

        @gjacobse said:

        One thought I had was to use a VM,... but just going over that in my mind,.. that wouldn't be possible. As they would need more than one VM to host all the services needed. Which isn't practical. Unless you can have more than one monitor on a VM....

        In this case, I think he means a KVM switch that will support more than 1 screen.

        If they already have two devices, why not use something like Synergy to allow them to control both devices with one keyboard & mouse?

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        • coliverC
          coliver
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          I was going to recommend Synergy as well. It works really well for what you want to do here.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @dafyre
            last edited by

            @dafyre said:

            @gjacobse said:

            One thought I had was to use a VM,... but just going over that in my mind,.. that wouldn't be possible. As they would need more than one VM to host all the services needed. Which isn't practical. Unless you can have more than one monitor on a VM....

            In this case, I think he means a KVM switch that will support more than 1 screen.

            I understood that, Keyboard / Video / Mouse, not KVM the VM technology. But this is case where virtualization would serve the need better, I believe.

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            • stacksofplatesS
              stacksofplates
              last edited by stacksofplates

              I agree with synergy, it's really seamless.

              Too bad they aren't running on Linux. You can have an X session for each monitor.

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              • dafyreD
                dafyre @stacksofplates
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                @johnhooks said:

                I agree with synergy, it's really seamless.

                Too bad they aren't running on Linux. You can have an X session for each monitor.

                That was actually my first thought, lol.

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                • J
                  Jason Banned
                  last edited by

                  I've seen Dual Monitor KVMs before. Quad will be expensive because it's rare but they do make it.

                  http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Port-Monitor-Switch-Audio/dp/B00310EES0

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse
                    last edited by

                    Synergy seems to be a good option. Watched a few short videos on it, and it might work. I may test it out here on my desktop and laptop.

                    I'm running three monitors on my office PC, and then only one with my laptop...

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                    • dafyreD
                      dafyre @gjacobse
                      last edited by

                      @gjacobse said:

                      Synergy seems to be a good option. Watched a few short videos on it, and it might work. I may test it out here on my desktop and laptop.

                      I'm running three monitors on my office PC, and then only one with my laptop...

                      It should work for that. There are some GUI config tools for windows as well.

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                      • gjacobseG
                        gjacobse
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                        Well I took a leap and got Synergy Pro and after a little bit of configuring (deleting the temp config file) it connect via SSH and I'm off. Seems to be smooth in operation. It is not a replacement for a monitor.. so I use my laptop's screen. In this case I have one other computer I could put it on, but it's across the room and is already running X2Go.

                        Thus far,.. Synergy-Project for the win.

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                        • stacksofplatesS
                          stacksofplates @gjacobse
                          last edited by

                          @gjacobse said:

                          Well I took a leap and got Synergy Pro and after a little bit of configuring (deleting the temp config file) it connect via SSH and I'm off. Seems to be smooth in operation. It is not a replacement for a monitor.. so I use my laptop's screen. In this case I have one other computer I could put it on, but it's across the room and is already running X2Go.

                          Thus far,.. Synergy-Project for the win.

                          Wow I haven't used it since their site was synergy-foss. It's a lot more complicated to get the free version now. They used to have .deb and .rpm files that you could just download.

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                          • gjacobseG
                            gjacobse @stacksofplates
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                            @johnhooks
                            While I prefer free - open source - I'm okay with the low cost long time usage of the software.

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                            • gjacobseG
                              gjacobse
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                              Just flipped over to my trackball mouse. It is a four button - adding back and forward navigation - and those extra buttons work through Synergy. Scroll wheel works too...

                              Nice.

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                              • gjacobseG
                                gjacobse
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                                Think at this point - going to mark this as Solved.

                                Awesome..

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