On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:20 AM,  <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de> wrote:
> in case you want to use 2 monitors and only switch for keyboard/mouse
> input you can use the synergy client [1] for plan9.  (expecting you are
> using window/unix on the other machine)
>
> [1] /n/sources/contrib/cinap_lenrek/synergy.tgz

Cinap's synergy client is working very well for me where I run the
Synergy server on Windows (although I do keep a PS/2 keyboard plugged
into my Plan 9 machine to specify the install location and username at
boot time).  Even copy/snarf and paste works between machines which is
a nice trick.

The only fiddly bit is configuring the Synergy server on Windows where
there is a bit of redundancy.  See the attached screenshots.  AMD is
my Windows machine, everex is my Plan 9 box.

The synergy server (for Unix, Windows and OS X) can be found at
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/.

  John