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Hello all, someone on the Raspberry Pi forums pointed me to this program as a possible alternative to a powered usb dvi kvm switch, as those are expensive. This will do close enough to what I want to work, but the Raspberry Pi is a little special, and I want to make sure there won't be any problems. 512 MB RAM 700 Mhz ARMv6 Processor Boots linux from SD card I'll be using an HDMI -> DVI converter Will any of this cause problems with Synergy? |
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It works fine, here's how you can compile it on the Raspberry Pi. http://www.rootusers.com/compiling-synergy-from-source-on-the-raspberry-pi/ As for RAM usage: Nothing at all. I'm also using a HDMI > DVI converter. |
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I am not entirely clear on your intended setup. Synergy will not switch video like a KVM. Each machine needs to have its own monitor. Synergy will send keyboard and mouse input from the server to whichever machine is selected (by moving the mouse to that screen). Take a look at the project's main page. I understand, hence "alternative". I have enough monitors, I was just wondering if Synergy would run correctly on a system with such low processing power/RAM.
(12 Jan '12, 20:11)
Deedasmi
The RAM should not be an issue for Synergy. I am not sure about the ARM processor. You may just have to install and test it.
(13 Jan '12, 10:37)
willichan ♦
Alright, thank you.
(13 Jan '12, 16:28)
Deedasmi
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Assuming you're running Linux on your Rasberry Pi, we provide builds for the x86_64 and i686 architectures, so you may encounter problems since Rasberry Pi is ARM. To build Synergy for ARM, you should compile the source code on the ARM machine. |
Deedasmi, did you get this working? I too have a raspberry pi.. which I want to use Synergy for. If not, did you find an alternative?