Yo.

I have a desktop machine and a laptop that I run together with synergy.  The desktop is a Dell with a dual-head configuration, and the laptop is, well, a laptop.

I have been running the laptop to one side, and have ended up with cricks in my neck on several occassions.  I did not like this, as cricks hurt!

So, I figured out a way around it.

I configured my synergy.conf to specify that the boxes were both right AND left of each other in the links section:

section: links
tuck:
left = eli
right = eli
eli:
right = tuck
left = tuck
end

I then arranged things so that I have a monitor from the dual head on each side.  I had to put the right monitor on the left, and the left monitor on the right in order to get everything working the way I wanted.  Now, I run the synergys daemon on the laptop, and use it to control the desktop.  The configuration works in such a way that the left monitor for the desktop machine is to the right, and the right monitor is to the left of the laptop.  This creates the effect that I wanted: Right to left, my mouse runs through a monitor, the laptop, and then another monitor and vice versa.  It may sound a little confusing, and it actually is.  It took about 30 seconds of seeing it in action to get used to the idea.

One of the neat side effects is that it loops around.  So, if I go to the right-hand monitor (which is actually the left monitor of the desktop), it continues onto the left-hand monitor (which was originally the right monitor on the desktop).

This allows me to easily see all three monitors in a more consistent and less neck-strenuous fashion.

/cs