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Synergy with XP server and Ubuntu 12.04 client

01 Synergy on Ubuntu 12.04 client
02 sudo apt-get install quicksynergy
03 Applications > Accessories > Quick Synergy
04 Use
05 Server hostname/IP Address
06 192.168.1.3 (XP server IP)
07 Screen name:
08 mwdell (Ubuntu client name)
08.1 Now wait a moment before clicking anything else.
09 Navigate in Gnome/Nautilus to > Places > Home > Right-click “Public”
10 Share
11 Install smb/cifs as requested
12 Reboot

13 Applications > Accessories > Terminal
14 ping -c 2 192.168.1.3 (XP server ip test)
15 Terminal: synergyc –version (check it is 1.3.8)

16 Leave Ubuntu client and go check out the XP server
17 Download Syngery 32bit for XP version 1.3.8
18 Important as the Ubuntu 1.3.8 and another later XP version like synergy-1.4.8-Windows-x86.exe won’t work together (IMO).
18.1 So get http://synergy.googlecode.com/files/synergy-1.3.8-Windows-x86.exe

19 Start > All Programs > Synergy
20 Share this computer’s keyboard and mouse (server). (Check radio button)

21 Screen & Links: Configure…

22 Screens “+”
23 Screen Name: 192.168.1.8 (Client IP)
24 Aliases:

mwdell

mwdell.local

25 Screens “+”

26 Screen Name: ELIOTS
27 Aliases:

192.168.1.3

(Server IP)

28 Links:
29 [New Link]

0 to 100% of the right of 192.168.1.8 goes to 100% of ELIOTS

30 [New Link]

0 to 100% of the left of ELIOTS goes to 0 to 100% of 192.168.1.8

31 Note: You have to setup both or you may end up “stuck” on the client screen.
32 OK
33 Start
34 Back to Ubuntu and Quick Synergy.
35 QuickSynergy Use tab > Execute.
36 Move mouse to left of screen and back again. Great Success.

Useful links:
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/04/common-tasks-to-perform-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/

Syntax highlighting .bashrc in gedit for Ubuntu 10.04

I wanted to customise my .bashrc file but gedit kept just showing the sh/shell code without syntax highlighting. To fix this I did a few things.

cd ~/.local/share mkdir -p gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs
cd gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs
cp /usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/sh.lang ./
gedit sh.lang

Change line 27 to:

<property name=”globs”>*.sh;.bashrc</property>

Basically adding ;.bashrc

So here is the file to save you the hassle of this process. Just extract to your Home directory ~/

gedit_sh_lang.tar.gz

SBSettings Theme for 5.0.1

I wanted a theme that worked with the Banners Notification on the iPhone 4 Firmware 5.0.1. The Gimme 4 theme in black that I found on a forum did not have the Drop Win icon so a made one.

To install you need Cydia, Open SSH, Filezilla then ftps to /private/var/mobile/Library/SBSettings/Themes and put the extracted Gimme 4-1_5.0.1_TT_edit folder there. Rename it to something simple like “Gimme 4″ if you like!

To use this I found I had to go to SBSetting and configure the iOS 5 Notification section and set it to Separate List “ON”. Then set the notifications toggles. That is to say that having Separate List “OFF” with Using (existing) Windows Toggles did not work.
In short, use Separate List.