Almost Somewhere

Synergy in my spiffy new Ubuntu 8.10 lags when connected to my Windows XP desktop. I don’t have any problems when I am using the Synergy in Windows XP on the same notebook and the same wireless connection.

I read in the Hardy Heron forums that the lagging problem can be worked around by starting the Synergy client as root. Tried that and it was smooth. However, I don’t think using root is right. Instead, I enabled the “Use relative mouse moves” option in my Synergy server on Windows XP and started the Synergy client on Ubuntu normally. No more lagging!

Well, I thought that was the answer. However, I later started the Synergy server on Windows XP without that option and started the Synergy client in Ubuntu as a normal user. Guess what… it’s smooth.

Now, I think that once you start the Synergy client in Ubuntu as root (sudo synergyc <servername>) then it’ll be ok afterwards to use it as a normal user. I’ll have to confirm that later when I restart Ubuntu if that effect will stay.

The problem for me is that I actually want to use my Ubuntu notebook as the main. I like the Lenovo keyboard better and that means I can store away the desktop keyboard and mouse. Well, maybe they’ll come up with a fix because I don’t know how to fix it myself.

So now I’m stuck with using this unwieldy HP desktop keyboard (I make a lot of typing mistakes…). Hey, the Lenovo notebook keyboard is even better than a desktop keyboard (except for the less-than-thoughtful Home and End keys).

What to do… swing around for real typing, then.