Cannot setup Synergy on linbox to connect to winbox

Synergy is KVM software

[dotancohen]

When I try to start Synergy on my Kubuntu 5.10 machine, I am confronted with this:

dotancohen@ety:~$ synergys -f --config /home/dotancohen/synergy.conf 
INFO: synergys.cpp,857: Synergy server 1.2.2 on Linux 2.6.12-10-386 #1 Fri Apr 28 13:13:44 UTC 2006 i686 
DEBUG: synergys.cpp,866: opening configuration "/home/dotancohen/synergy.conf" 
DEBUG: synergys.cpp,877: configuration read successfully 
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreen.cpp,629: XOpenDisplay(":0.0") 
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreenSaver.cpp,338: xscreensaver window: 0x00000000 
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreen.cpp,143: screen shape: 0,0 1024x768 
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreen.cpp,144: window is 0x02c00004 
DEBUG: CScreen.cpp,38: opened display 
WARNING: synergys.cpp,368: cannot listen for clients: cannot bind address: Address already in use 
DEBUG: CScreen.cpp,49: closed display 
DEBUG: synergys.cpp,392: retry in 10 seconds 
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreen.cpp,629: XOpenDisplay(":0.0") 
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreenSaver.cpp,338: xscreensaver window: 0x00000000 
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreen.cpp,143: screen shape: 0,0 1024x768 
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreen.cpp,144: window is 0x02c00004 
DEBUG: CScreen.cpp,38: opened display 
WARNING: synergys.cpp,368: cannot listen for clients: cannot bind address: Address already in use 
DEBUG: CScreen.cpp,49: closed display 
DEBUG: synergys.cpp,392: retry in 10 seconds 

That text keeps repeating. My synergy.conf file looks like this:

section: screens 
ety: 
192.168.123.110: 
end 
section: links 
ety: 
right = 192.168.123.110 
192.168.123.110: 
left = ety 
end 

Where ety is the linbox and the IP is the address of the winbox. What am I doing wrong?

Other details: I need the keyboard and mouse of the linbox to control the winbox. I have installed synergy to the winbox, of course. It installed fine, but when I start it I get this:

WARNING: failed to connect to server: The attempt to connect was forcefully rejected 

Thanks in advance.

[brakthepoet]

Haven't used Synergy, but Sourceforge's Synergy User Guide [synergy2.sourceforge.net] might offer a start to a solution.

Step # 5 on that page shows some error messages, and the "Address already in use" and "The attempt to connect was forcefully rejected" point to a port issue. Can't offer much more information than that, but maybe it'll get you in the right direction.

[dotancohen]

Thanks, I went through that page alright! Despite the error, I know that it was not running. So, I rebooted. I got this on the linbox ("ety"):

dotancohen@ety:~$ synergys -f --config synergy.conf
INFO: synergys.cpp,857: Synergy server 1.2.2 on Linux 2.6.12-10-386 #1 Fri Apr 28 13:13:44 UTC 2006 i686
DEBUG: synergys.cpp,866: opening configuration "synergy.conf"
DEBUG: synergys.cpp,877: configuration read successfully
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreen.cpp,629: XOpenDisplay(":0.0")
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreenSaver.cpp,338: xscreensaver window: 0x00000000
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreen.cpp,143: screen shape: 0,0 1024x768
DEBUG: CXWindowsScreen.cpp,144: window is 0x02a00004
DEBUG: CScreen.cpp,38: opened display
NOTE: synergys.cpp,356: started server
INFO: CServer.cpp,946: screen "ety" shape changed

However, when I start the winbox, I get this:
connection forcefully rejected

So, I must either be on the wrong port, or have the linbox firewalled. I've no firewall on the linbox, so far as I know. At least, Kubuntu doesn't come with one and I've never installed one. And the linbox's config I changed no ports.

How can I check what dameons are listening on what ports? Google just came up with game ports, and port athorities. Any other ideas?

Thanks.