Barrier

Barrier is a virtual keyboard switcher KVM to control multiple computers with 1 mouse and 1 keyboard.
When moving your cursor of the side of 1 screen, it appears on other computer’s screen. It’s just like having 2 screens attached to 1 computer, with the difference that instead you control 2 computers.

KVM stands for “keyboard, video, mouse.”

winget install DebaucheeOpenSourceGroup.Barrier

Bugs¶

ssl certificate doesn’t exist¶

if you get the error # is:openERROR: ssl certificate doesn't exist:

Set-Alias openssl "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\openssl.exe"
cd ~\AppData\Local\Barrier\SSL\
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -subj /CN=Barrier -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout Barrier.pem -out Barrier.pem

Barrier - log says failed to start server¶

install older version

winget uninstall barrier
winget install barrier --version 2.3.3-release

winget upgrade barrier

VPN support¶

If you use a pc with VPN, barrier won’t work.
But you can connect first to barrier, and then the VPN. And your barrier connection should stay active without the VPN

Barrier stops when asking admin permission¶

1. open Barrier’s settings
2. change elevated from as needed(default) to always.

virtual solution

Backlinks¶

• Deckboard
  • a button that simulates a key press, doesn’t work with Barrier
• Barrier WiFi lag
  • there sometimes is lag when using Barrier over WiFi
• new Win pc setup list
  • Barrier