Macos – Error connecting to synergy on mac server

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I installed synergy. I ran it on mac OS X mavericks 10.9.4. When I open synergy on the mac a window pops up quickly and disappears. Then, I connect from my windows workstation and get an error:

NOTE: connecting to 'x.y.z.a': x.y.z.a:24800 INFO: crypto mode: cfb
ERROR: server refused client with name "pcName" WARNING: failed to
connect to server: server refused client with our name

  1. How can I tell if synergy is running on Mac OS X?
    • I tried Terminal > netstat -an . There are 100's of lines. I see one that says:
Local Address:  *.24800
Foreign Address *.*
state:  LISTEN

  1. What causes this error?

    • I saw a troubleshooting link on the synergy site. I'm running the default configuration on both ends. "Unknown screen name XXX" (referred to by this error) seems to apply to people doing oddball stuff.

    • I tried to telnet into x.y.z.a 24800 and it appears to have worked. I see encrypted jibber jabber on the command prompt.

Best Answer

Mac sure you set the screens names on both server and client to not have any special chars.

Restart software.

On the server click preferences and make sure that the computers shown both have the same screen names. Just double click and change.

Should be all good

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