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[11.08.2007] 20:56 - Synergy high CPU load problem
Do you use Synergy? (if not, read here for the description). Are you using a Windows system as the host? Do you encounter problems with it not allowing the cursor or keyboard to work across your other systems when the host system is under high CPU load? There is a solution, in the options of the host system, turn on the option for 'Don't take foreground window on Windows Servers' and voila, you're in business.
The high CPU load bug really frustrated me until I stumbled across this work around. Sadly there still is no fix for the copy and paste bug that forces me to restart the host application 3-4 times a day. Still, it's worth the pain in the ass.
Synergy, what is it?: Remember those clunky KVM switches you used to have to use in order to use one keyboard and mouse over several systems? Well now because of the magic of TCP/IP you no longer need the switch, and as an added bonus, the solution is cross platform as well! You just set up one computer as the host and then configure how the other systems you have are physically adjacent to it. Then, move your cursor to the other systems and you can begin typing. You can even copy and paste between the systems and there is literally no lag for mouse of keyboard actions. One keyboard, many systems. I use it day in and day out to create a 4 screen system (far left, Fedora Core, center two screens, windows host system, far right, macbook). Note that the host system can be on any platform depending on your preference.
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