Synergy will not run in either client or server modes. When started from the command line, it gives error message about uid of -1 # synergy-core --server [2018-08-11T15:04:47] WARNING: failed to set process uid to: -1 # synergy-core --server --version synergy-core 2.0.0, protocol version 1.6 Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Symless Ltd. Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Nick Bolton Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Chris Schoeneman
Thank you for the report. Please recompile and *attach* the logfiles and paste the emerge info as described on https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Attach_the_logs_to_the_bug_ticket The logs must be part of the ticket, but not on external websites. Perhaps we can see interesting settings or warnings. Please reopen this ticket (Status:unconfirmed) afterwards.
Created attachment 543944 [details] synergy 2.0.0 emerge log file emerge --info Portage 2.3.40 (python 3.6.5-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop, gcc-7.3.0, glibc-2.26-r7, 4.14.63-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.14.63-gentoo-r1-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_II_X4_940_Processor-with-gentoo-2.4.1 KiB Mem: 7908556 total, 748316 free KiB Swap: 9723900 total, 9622468 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 14:00:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: fbf49a20b8b011c68fe4fa095a2af9daa78da90a sh bash 4.4_p12 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.30 p2) 2.30.0 app-shells/bash: 4.4_p12::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.3-r1::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.14-r1::gentoo, 3.6.5::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.9.6::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.4.1-r2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.34.11::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.13::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r4::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r3::gentoo, 1.15.1-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.30-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 7.3.0-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r3::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1-r3::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.13::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.26-r7::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 24 sync-rsync-extra-opts: sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" ENV_UNSET="DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync multilib-strict news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.lug.udel.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/" LANG="en_US" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 apm berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdparanoia cdr cli consolekit context crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif glamor gnome-keyring gpm gtk help iconv icu introspection ipv6 jpeg lcms ldap libnotify libtirpc lightning mad minizip mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib ncurses nls nptl nss ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds printsupport python qt5 readline sdl seccomp spell sql sqlite ssl startup-notification svg symlink tcpd tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vorbis webkit wxwidgets x264 xattr xcb xml xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="karbon plan sheets stage words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="3dnowext 3dnow mmx mmxext sse sse2 sse4a" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev mouse keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb 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Added info as requested. (Sorry Jonas, I should have read the bug-submission info first.)
having the exact same issue
