From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Gerd5-0001Tg-3u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:18:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9VBFuCQ007183; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:15:56 GMT Received: from ms-smtp-04.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.103]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9VBDsrp025427 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:13:56 GMT Received: from [10.20.30.135] (cpe-071-065-216-234.nc.res.rr.com [71.65.216.234]) by ms-smtp-04.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9VBDpBP026858 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:13:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45472FEE.3040908@electronsweatshop.com> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:13:50 -0500 From: Randy Barlow User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061001) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fake Dual-Head with VNC? References: <8fcf3b560610301511w520ba08eif877d3a59fb10542@mail.gmail.com> <454702E0.4010802@igoe.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <454702E0.4010802@igoe.me.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Archives-Salt: c8776cb7-d914-46e1-8046-e498223e1def X-Archives-Hash: 98766e4bb8f795178f27c00784e0f4e4 Tim Igoe wrote: > It sounds like Synergy would be a better solution to what you are trying > to do (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/). I don't use it myself, but I > was looking into it when I've sorted my laptop out, to use it as an > extension of my screen. This was actually the first thought that came into my head too, but Synergy just lets you use one mouse and keyboard on two computers. Meaning that what he will see on the laptop screen will be running on the laptop and not on the desktop (which is what the VNC solution would effectively do). Though I will give a shout out to Synergy - it's a really awesome utility and I use it a lot! -- Randy Barlow http://www.electronsweatshop.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list