Auto start synergy client at Ubuntu

This post describes how to auto start synergy client which do not need to use ubuntu host's keyboard and mouse.

Install synergy client using apt

$ sudo apt-get install synergy

Edit to use at gdm

$ sudo vi /etc/gdm/Init

at the end

/usr/bin/killall synergyc

sleep 1

/usr/bin/synergyc 192.168.10.220

exit 0

Then you must edit user session file

$ mkdir ~/.config/autostart/

$ vi ~/.config/autostart/synergyc.desktop

[Desktop Entry]

Type=Application

Encoding=UTF-8

Version=1.0

Name=No Name

Name[en_US]=synergy

Exec=/usr/bin/synergyc 192.168.10.220

X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true

done.

you can restart gdm.

like this

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

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