Why do my Caps-Lock, Num-Lock, Scroll-Lock keys act funny?
Some systems treat the Caps-Lock, Num-Lock, and Scroll-Lock keys differently than all the others. Whereas most keys report going down when physically pressed and going up when physically released, on these systems the Caps-Lock and Num-Lock keys report going down when being activated and going up when being deactivated. That is, when you press and release, say, Caps-Lock to activate it, it only reports going down, and when you press and release to deactivate it, it only reports going up. This confuses synergy. You can solve the problem by changing your configuration file.
Some systems treat the Caps-Lock, Num-Lock, and Scroll-Lock keys differently than all the others. Whereas most keys report going down when physically pressed and going up when physically released, on these systems the Caps-Lock and Num-Lock keys report going down when being activated and going up when being deactivated. That is, when you press and release, say, Caps-Lock to activate it, it only reports going down, and when you press and release to deactivate it, it only reports going up. This confuses synergy. You can solve the problem by changing your configuration file. In the screens section, following each screen that has the problem, any or all of these lines as appropriate: halfDuplexCapsLock = true halfDuplexNumLock = true halfDuplexScrollLock = true Then restart synergy on the server or reload the configuration. • Can synergy share the display in addition to the mouse and keyboard? No. Synergy is a KM solution not a KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) solution. However, future version
