Config error: read error: line 20: alias "SAKURA" is already used

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I am running Synergy on Windows 7 64bit Ultimate on both client and server. I have followed the tourial on the site and have set up the client and server sides. When I do the client, it starts. However, when I try to start the server, it won't Start. It just keeps the message Synergy is not running going.

I have configured everything so I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

Please help.

Here is what my configs have enclosed. Mai is the server computer while Sakura the client.

section: screens
Sakura:
    halfDuplexCapsLock = false
    halfDuplexNumLock = false
    halfDuplexScrollLock = false
    xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
    switchCorners = none +top-left +bottom-left 
    switchCornerSize = 0
Mai:
    halfDuplexCapsLock = false
    halfDuplexNumLock = false
    halfDuplexScrollLock = false
    xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
    switchCorners = none +top-right +bottom-right 
    switchCornerSize = 0

end section: aliases Sakura: SAKURA Mai: MAI end section: links Sakura: right = Mai Mai: left = Sakura end section: options heartbeat = 5000 relativeMouseMoves = false screenSaverSync = false win32KeepForeground = false switchDelay = 250 switchCorners = none +top-right +bottom-right switchCornerSize = 0 end

Here is a log after installing the Host and pressing start.

Running synergy: ./synergys.exe -f --debug NOTE --name Mai -c C:/Program Files/Synergy/synergy.sgc --address 192.168.1.65:24800

2011-04-26T11:45:23 ERROR: cannot read configuration "C:/Program Files/Synergy/synergy.sgc": read error: line 20: alias "SAKURA" is already used ..libsynergyCServerApp.cpp,284 synergys.exe: no configuration available

Accepted Answer

It looks like you are creating aliases that are the same as the machine names. Since they are the same, you do not need to create aliases. Try this:

section: screens
Sakura:
    halfDuplexCapsLock = false
    halfDuplexNumLock = false
    halfDuplexScrollLock = false
    xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
    switchCorners = none +top-left +bottom-left 
    switchCornerSize = 0
Mai:
    halfDuplexCapsLock = false
    halfDuplexNumLock = false
    halfDuplexScrollLock = false
    xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
    switchCorners = none +top-right +bottom-right 
    switchCornerSize = 0
end

section: aliases
end

section: links
    Sakura: 
    right = Mai
    Mai: 
    left = Sakura
end

section: options 
    heartbeat = 5000 
    relativeMouseMoves = false 
    screenSaverSync = false 
    win32KeepForeground = false 
    switchDelay = 250 
    switchCorners = none +top-right +bottom-right 
    switchCornerSize = 0 
end

Config error: read error: line 20: alias "SAKURA" is already used

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