I'd imagine if you were gaming in Windows, DirectX would take over the mouse pointer and you'd lose the functionality of Synergy
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 14:35, Muralidar Chakravarthi wrote: > Has anyone tried gaming with this on and seeing if it drops the > framerate ?, I would assume that the software has some form of overhead > associated. > > Regards, > Murali > > > On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 13:29, Alvaro Zuniga wrote: > > Hi Adam: > > This seems great. I was wondering about the performance of this > > application. I have a similar setup but I accomplish this using vnc with > > no ssh and some compression for better performance. My only requirement > > is to see Internet applications layout in explorer. > > > > What I have is a windows 2000 machine without monitor, keyboard and > > mouse. Only an ethernet connection. Sometimes it gets really slow even > > to click from page to page. That is not to bad since I only use it for a > > couple of minutes but when I need to do adjustments it can be very > > frustrating. However, it is even more frustrating to have the unused > > peripherals on the desk or moving them around when I need them which is > > about once every 2 or 3 days. > > > > thanks, > > > > Alvaro Zuniga > > > > Adam Melancon wrote: > > > Here on my desk at work, I have a laptop running XP and a desktop > > > running an install of Knoppix 3.6. I was tired of having two > > > keyboards and mice, so I found Synergy. > > > > > > Synergy consists of a client and server app that runs on both machines > > > and allows one keyboard and mouse to control both computers. I still > > > have two monitors (the laptop and a 17"), but my laptop keyboard and > > > usb mouse controls both machines. All I have to do is run the mouse > > > off of the right side of the screen and the mouse starts moving on the > > > Linux box. Oh, I almost forgot to mention, cut & paste works across > > > machines too! > > > > > > http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > > > > -- > > > Adam Melancon > > > Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us > > > Personal: http://www.melancon.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
