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Synergy with XP server and Ubuntu 12.04 client

tomw — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:18:24 +0000

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/

Smiling in my sleep

tomw — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:28:06 +0000

Friday 23 March 2012

tomw — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:43:44 +0000

Syntax highlighting .bashrc in gedit for Ubuntu 10.04

tomw — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:36:14 +0000

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:

*.sh;.bashrc

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

Wed 25 Jan 2012

tomw — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:24:00 +0000

iPhone

tomw — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:12:33 +0000

SBSettings Theme for 5.0.1

tomw — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:51:02 +0000

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.

Rhino

tomw — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:37:06 +0000

UKD Bluefin dredging and RPD tugs at work.

tomw — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:38:43 +0000

Sync data to mobile phones (iPhone and Android).

tomw — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:07:31 +0000

I have tried a fair few apps to sync files but the best has to be the ones based on Rsync.
If you have an rsync server (I have a managed one). Then this is a rock solid way to sync a directory of data to your phone.

iOS/iPhone
Acrosync: Claims to be the only rsync app for iPhone and I could not disprove that. Works well and has a Pro version with no adverts.

Android
rsync *: The market has loads of rsync apps but I happen to use rsync backup. It just works fine.

I tried Wifi Syncr which will handle Windows shares and is really cunning and flexible but I found that it struggled to sync medium sized (100MB) files as does the iPhone as it happens.

Anyhow, I also just wanted a way to quickly ftp photos and ‘ting to the rsync server so I use an old favorite, DropUpLoad.

DropUpLoad.zip

For iPhone you have what Android could really do with, OPlayer. This iPhone app is pretty simple in that it combines a video player with an interface to browse network shares. The major flaw is that you can’t add anything to iTunes or Camera Roll. Even with iFile this does not really work.

If I wanted an rsync server on my LAN I would just use Vbox and Ubuntu. Kind of daft to have to run it every time but I have tried rsync server for Windows with cygwin and all the rest but setup and config it just too much of a stove pipe system. I like stuff to be portable and easy to rebuild, Vbox with Ubuntu does that.