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David Oneill
Asked: 2012-04-06 05:56:43 +0800 CST

How do I send Alt+Ctrl+F1 through Synergy?

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I use Synergy to control both of my desktops from the same keyboard and mouse. Is there a way to send Alt+Ctrl+F1 (or related combinations) to the client desktop using Synergy?

I tried using the suggestion below, but got:

$ chvt 1
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console

Other ideas? I would still prefer a way to send the actual keystrokes over synergy, but if that's not possible, a work around that works will be accepted.

shortcut-keys synergy

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You need to run:

    sudo chvt 1

    Changing virtual tty's requires administrative privileges.

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  2. I don't know Synergy, but...

    I guess with Alt+Ctrl+F1 you intend to switch from the X-Screen to the console. First guess for synergy: that will not work. But to answer that particular: you can open up a terminal on the computer you want to invoke Alt+Ctrl+F1 and enter 

    chvt 1

    to change to virtual terminal number 1.

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