The attached patch fixed the problem for me.
This is a "hack" though, I'm not saying it's the final fix.
It's definitely a good work around for on debian though,
and maybe you will decide that it's the right thing to do,
even.
I got the idea reading Xlib's documentation when I saw
this page:
http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/display/XInitThreads.html
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Carlo Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff -X /usr/src/debian/synergy/.diffignore -rudp synergy-1.3.1/cmd/synergys/synergys.cpp synergy-1.3.1.XInitThreads/cmd/synergys/synergys.cpp
--- synergy-1.3.1/cmd/synergys/synergys.cpp 2006-03-22 06:40:27.000000000 +0100
+++ synergy-1.3.1.XInitThreads/cmd/synergys/synergys.cpp 2008-08-19 23:10:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -1283,6 +1283,10 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
{
CArgs args;
try {
+ if (XInitThreads() == 0)
+ {
+ throw XArch("XInitThreads() returned zero");
+ }
int result;
CArch arch;
CLOG;
