Solved Dual PC-Quad Monitor KVM
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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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@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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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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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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@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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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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@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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@johnhooks
While I prefer free - open source - I'm okay with the low cost long time usage of the software. -
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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Think at this point - going to mark this as Solved.
Awesome..
