Bug#642039: synergy: switch to another computer causes immediate gdm restart
Package: synergy Version: 1.3.6-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable I have synergy server running on Linux, and a synergy client running on the Mac. Both client and server run at 1.3.6. When I move my cursor from the Linux to the Mac, from time to time gdm will immediately halt and restart. This makes using syslog chancy at best. I have a ~/synergy.conf file - note that it does *not* have a leading . but works regardless. The contents are: section: screens linux_computer: mac_computer: end section: links linux_computer: left(40,60) = mac_computer(40,60) mac_computer: right(40,60) = linux_computer(40,60) end section: options switchCorners = all #switchDelay = 500 end -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages synergy depends on: ii libc6 2.13-21 ii libgcc1 1:4.6.1-3 ii libice6 2:1.0.7-2 ii libsm62:1.2.0-2 ii libstdc++64.6.1-3 ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-1 ii libxext6 2:1.3.0-3 ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.1-3 ii libxtst6 2:1.2.0-3 synergy recommends no packages. synergy suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- Moshe Yudkowsky * mo...@pobox.com * www.pobox.com/~moshe Critical thinking is what tells you when to say 'Oh really?' instead of 'Oh cool!' -- Barry Gehm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#642039: synergy: switch to another computer causes immediate gdm restart
On 09/18/2011 04:34 PM, Moshe Yudkowsky wrote: I have synergy server running on Linux, and a synergy client running on the Mac. Both client and server run at 1.3.6. When I move my cursor from the Linux to the Mac, from time to time gdm will immediately halt and restart. This makes using syslog chancy at best. I have a ~/synergy.conf file - note that it does *not* have a leading . but works regardless. The contents are: I'm a little confused. Are you running synergys on startup? If so, it will not read your per-user synergy.conf (unless you're giving it the config file on the command line, in which case its name makes no difference). If your user session is just crashing, giving you the gdm login window once the crash has settled down, please just say that. I'm also unclear as to what the problem with syslog is. Can you try a few things to help and see where the problem might be? Tell me if changing your configuration in the following ways helps: - Dropping the ranges in the links. - Dropping the switchCorners option. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#642039: synergy: switch to another computer causes immediate gdm restart
Thanks for writing. Jeff Licquia wrote, On 09/18/2011 03:48 PM: I'm a little confused. Are you running synergys on startup? If so, it will not read your per-user synergy.conf (unless you're giving it the config file on the command line, in which case its name makes no difference). I'm running synergys from the command line after I log into gdm. If your user session is just crashing, giving you the gdm login window once the crash has settled down, please just say that. The user session crashes and I get the login window once the crash has settled down. I'm also unclear as to what the problem with syslog is. Sorry, that was a braino, an error similar to a typo but caused by staying up until 1 AM sorting out issues... I meant to say that _synergys_ caused gdm restarts and made using the otherwise-excellent and vital synergys very chancy. Can you try a few things to help and see where the problem might be? Tell me if changing your configuration in the following ways helps: - Dropping the ranges in the links. - Dropping the switchCorners option. I've dropped back to synergy/stable (1.3.1). * I'll report back if it synergys still fails * If it still fails, I will remove switchCorners and then afterwards the ranges and report back. I have not measured the uptime, but with 1.3.6 (unstable) I'd generate a failure every few hours with moderate usage. I will report back when I have more data. If I do not generate any failures with 1.3.1, I will test in the evenings when I am not developing. Each crash takes some time to recover from -- Gnome does not restore windows to workspaces for reasons I've never figured out -- including possible lost data. -- Moshe Yudkowsky * mo...@pobox.com * www.pobox.com/~moshe It's very windy today... watch out for flying phone booths on the East-West Tollway. -- Chicago traffic report -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
