synergy with mac

I have 2 systems, 1. A Linux desktop and 2. A macbook pro which also runs debian parallels.
I wanted to use the keyboard and mouse attached to the desktop to my macbook and work seemlessly with the debian parallels too.
My macbook has parallels 4. I also needed to install parallels tools. There is a very nice guide on how to install parallels tools. Start Parallels, goto help and type tools. Use this guide to install parallels tools

As for synergy, on my ubuntu desktop i installed quicksynergy (apt-get install quicksynergy)
The configuration for this is straighforward and you will see it once you start quicksynergy. (it has simple base UI)

on mac, install synergy from here
http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=59275&use_mirror=softlayer&filename=synergy-1.3.1-1.OSX.tar.gz&a=73033183

(SynergyKM didnt work for me)

create the standard synergy.conf file in the same directory where you extract the above archive. Here is a sample

section: screens
server_box:
client_box:
end

section: links
server_box:
left = client_box
client_box:
right = server_box
end

from this directory fireup synergy client as
./synergyc -f -n client_box_name server_ip_address


Thats it.

Copy paste Woos

Got debian parallels for my Mac and spent little time to figure out how to copy-paste.

This solution works for Parallels 4.0

Go to parallels - preferences - keyboard
Select the profile you want to use. Add an entry for keyboard translation as follows

From: Command + C
To: Control + Insert

And

From: Command + V
To: Shift + Insert

Thats it, save it and you are all set to use Cmd+C to copy and Cmd+v to paste.