Ubuntu
synergy package

Modifier keys crash Synergy client

Bug #944773 reported by Mike Weinert
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This bug affects 28 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
synergy (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Pressing either one of ctrl, alt, shift or the super key on the Synergy server side crashes Synergy client.

Both client and server are the same version, running on 12.04.

Release: Precise, beta 1
Package: Synergy 1.3.8-1ubuntu1

Expected to happen: The modifier keys are forwarded from server to client.
Did happen: The client crashed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: synergy 1.3.8-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 2 13:56:44 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synergy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Mike Weinert (ironhalik) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in synergy (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Plato Puthur (platodreams) wrote :

Effects me on my new 12.04 installation! :/

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Plato Puthur (platodreams) wrote :

The newest version of synergy, ie the beta version seems to be fixing this issue!
I installed beta(1.4.8 Beta) on both my systems and it works fine! :)

Ubuntu(12.04 LTS) - client
Windows 7 x86 Professional - server

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drew (latortuga) wrote :

I can confirm that using 1.4.8 beta on both client and server seems to fix this issue. I tried to upgrade just my windows machine first and it didn't fix the issue but upgrading both to the beta worked great.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - client
Windows 7 x86 Home Premium - server

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Klaus Muth (k-klaus-x) wrote :

Same problem here. Server 1.3.1 on debian linux, client ubuntu 12.04 (1.3.8-1ubuntu1)

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Allan Moore (gaauuool) wrote :

Dumb question, as I'm fairly new to Ubuntu (not linux), when you download the beta is that from the synergy web site or is there a beta repo (Something comparable to fedora rawhide)?

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PaulG (glotzbpa) wrote :

Same problem, upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 and ctrl, shift, alt etc all disconnected my synergy session. I upgraded to 1.4.8 client on ubuntu and server on windows64 and now works! Thanks.

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Allan Moore (gaauuool) wrote :

So I too compiled 1.4.8 and it resolved my issues.

However when starting synergyc at the lightdm greeter the problem persists where pressing ctrl, shift, alt will cause a disconnect (admittedly not that big an issue but interesting)

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Adam Wright (adom) wrote :

Exact same problem. Upgrading to 1.4.8 beta fixed problem, but only when installed on both server and client (tried just client first with no change).

server: Win7 Pro 32bit
client: Ubuntu 12.04 32bit (upgraded incrementally from 10.04, if that's relevant)

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scott borden (sb76117) wrote :

Upgrading to 1.4.8 on all computers solved this issue for me as well.

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Rob Carlson (vees) wrote :

I can also confirm that I had this issue on synergyc 1.3.8 and the upgrade to 1.4.8 package from the synergy website on both my Ubuntu laptop and Windows 7 desktop fixed it.

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Juan (case+ubuntu) wrote :

Ubuntu 12.04 is LTS. The issue should be fixed by now.
Looks like other users already found the solution.
Please be kind and apply the fix.

Regards.
Juan

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Patrick Banholzer (patrick-banholzer) wrote :

Fix in 12.04 Backports fixes this problem - thanks.

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