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230 Using GUI Virtual Console
Synchronizing the Mouse Pointers
When you connect to a remote Dell PowerEdge system using Virtual
Console, the mouse acceleration speed on the remote system may not
synchronize with the mouse pointer on your management station, causing
two mouse pointers to appear in the Video Viewer window.
To synchronize the mouse pointers click Mouse Synchronize cursor or
press <Alt><M>.
The Synchronize cursor menu item is a toggle. Ensure that there is a check
mark next to the item in the menu so that the mouse synchronization is active.
When using Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Novell SUSE Linux, be sure to
configure the mouse mode for Linux before you launch the viewer. See
"Configuring Virtual Console and Virtual Media in iDRAC6 Web Interface"
on page 222 for help with configuration. The operating system’s default
mouse settings are used to control the mouse arrow in iDRAC6 Virtual
Console screen.
When two mouse cursors are seen on the client Virtual Console screen, it
indicates that the server’s operating system supports Relative Positioning.
This is typical for Linux operating systems or Dell’s Universal Server
Configurator (USC) and causes two mouse cursors if the server’s mouse
acceleration settings are different from the mouse acceleration settings on the
Virtual Console client. To resolve this, you can switch to single cursor by
selecting Single Cursor from the Tools menu (in the Virtual Console screen)
or try to match the mouse acceleration on the server and client.
NOTE: This is not applicable for servers running Windows operating systems since
they support Absolute Positioning.
When using the iDRAC Virtual Console to connect to a managed server with
a recent Linux distribution operating system installed, you may experience
mouse synchronization problems. This may be due to the Predictable Pointer
Acceleration feature of the GNOME desktop. For correct mouse
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Table 10-5. Viewer Menu Bar Selections
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Menu Item Item Description