Several computers and monitors
Actively using several computers is a challenge.
Setup using two computers each have a monitor, sharing mouse and keyboard using network.
Both computers is running Manjaro Linux Openbox Community Edition.
Install the AUR package barrier using Pamac
pamac build barrier
Server
On the server (with mouse/keyboard attached) launch the barrier app and configure the server. Save the configuration as ~/.barrier.conf
Barrier launcher script.
touch ~/barrier.sh chmod +x ~/barrier.sh nano ~/barrier.sh
barriers --no-tray --debug INFO --name servername --enable-crypto -c "/home/username/.barrier.conf" --address :24800
Edit the Openbox autostart to run the script at login
nano ~/.config/openbox/autostart
sleep 1; ~/barrier.sh &
Client
On the client (the one to be controlled) launch the barrier app and connect to the server. This has to be done manually as the server identity must be confirmed before first use.
Barrier launcher script on client login.
touch ~/barrier.sh chmod +x ~/barrier.sh nano ~/barrier.sh
barrierc --no-tray --debug INFO --name clientname --enable-crypto [serverip]:24800
Edit the Openbox autostart to run the script at login
nano ~/.config/openbox/autostart
sleep 1; ~/barrier.sh &
Autologin
Install the package lightdm-settings and launch the settings manager using sudo
sudo lightdm-settings
Configure autologin for the user and restart the client.
Log off the server and re-login