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Hey guys, sorry for not really maintaining this package. Synergy 2 is never going to become a real product, this version is not supported anymore. Although you can of course still use it if you have the license and everything works for you. This will be the last update I will do to this package, as it is the last update.

From unofficial sources I have heard that everyone who owns a valid synergy2 license will get a valid license for the next major release.

hello andreig, there is a package for synergy 1 on arch linux(https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/synergy/). This is currently out of date but for an update on that you should probably post on the arch linux forums or ping the maintainer directly(not sure if you are supposed to do this or not, it has been out of date for quite a while.)

I am not going to make an AUR package for something that already exists in the official repos, and especially not since I dont use synergy myself anymore.

Is it possible to update or create a package for the latest stable build:

https://binaries.symless.com/synergy/v1-core-standard/v1.11.1-stable-55ec3105/synergy_1.11.1.stable~b58%2B55ec3105_ubuntu19_amd64.deb

Hey guys, sorry for not really maintaining this package. Synergy 2 is never going to become a real product, this version is not supported anymore. Although you can of course still use it if you have the license and everything works for you. This will be the last update I will do to this package, as it is the last update.

From unofficial sources I have heard that everyone who owns a valid synergy2 license will get a valid license for the next major release.

The PKGBUILD needs the download link and sha512sum updating to the following: https://binaries.symless.com/v2.0.12/synergy_2.0.12.beta_b1705%2Be5daaeda_amd64.deb fbe3d9da48d848bb4becc6235b963d3e1d3d2ad16c434dcfaa3d0cba272424f524970c569162d0b2e62cb06861169be522a57bda15db454e5963687756b160a2

The PKGBUILD needs the download link and sha512sum updating to the following:

https://binaries.symless.com/v2.0.12/synergy_2.0.12.beta_b97%2Be5daaeda_amd64.deb

df0397d53a1a106717880b01af0ed31670e409d1a6e73c44c60012cc1f9479797f97b128283d27a6284143e4f848046b3d2d2ca95e78bffdba19b1ab8cb055f5

added a possible partial fix for the XAUTH issue, I cant test it, so if any of you can tell me if this fixed it that would be nice.

Confirmed that setting the synergy.service file as follows worked for me finally:

https://pastebin.com/E538vKbA

Environment=DISPLAY={DISPLAY}

Environment=XAUTHORITY=/tmp/xauth-1000-_0

I tried to get "smart" and set the XAUTHORITY variable as {XAUTHORITY}, but it went back to not fully connecting. Reverted to the above environment variables and it started right up after reloading the daemon parameters with systemctl daemon-reload and restarting the service.

I can confirm that setting XAUTHORITY in /usr/lib/systemd/system/synergy.service fixes synergy2 for me. For me, xauthority is /run/user/1000/Xauthority, which is a stable location. So I think adding XAUTHORITY as well as DISPLAY to the service in the pkgbuild would be a viable fix.

I was getting this error:

[2018-06-05T07:42:30] DEBUG: XOpenDisplay(":0")<br> [2018-06-05T07:42:30] WARNING: primary screen unavailable: unable to open screen<br> [2018-06-05T07:42:30] DEBUG: retry in 60 seconds<br>

I was able to fix it with the following addition to synergy.service:

Environment=XAUTHORITY=/tmp/xauth-8044-_0

"/tmp/xauth-8044-_0" being the contents of XAUTHORITY as my user

So it looks like they've reassigned 2.x to beta, and reinstated 1.9.x as the stable release. All 1.9.x stable releases have their synergy-core source representation released in unison on GitHub. Would anyone be interested in a synergy-1.9 package? This would be the release versions of 1.9 core, with an old version of the 1.x GUI built on top.

If you want a simple install that is similar to 1.9, there is already a great option on GitHub, with an aur package - Barrier - Barrier is 1.9.x core with the legacy GUI, but the GUI has been adjusted to remove features that are specific to Symless, such as Activation with a license key. All features are available for free in this version. I figure some people may want to use their valid license, for legal purposes, depending on their work.

Should I create a package for the latest official 1.9 releases, or is Barrier suitable for everyone here?