- Hewlett-Packard IP Console Switch User Guide

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Installing the IP Console Switch

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Adjusting the Mouse Acceleration

Before a server can connect to the IP Console Switch, an adjustment to the mouse

acceleration must be made. Use the default Microsoft Windows PS/2 mouse driver

for all attached Microsoft Windows systems attached to the console switch.

NOTE: To ensure optimum mouse performance, refer to the “Setting the Mouse Scaling” and

“Aligning and Resetting the Mouse” sections in the HP IP Console Switch Software Guide,

included on the Rack Products Documentation CD.

For Windows operating systems (default drivers):

1. From the desktop, select Start, Settings, Control Panel, and double-click the

Mouse icon.

2. Select the Motion tab.

3. For Windows NT, set Pointer Speed to Slow and the Acceleration setting

to None.

-or-

For Windows 2000, set the Speed setting to 50% (default) and the Acceleration

setting to None.

-or-

For Windows XP, set the set the Speed setting to 50% (default) and the

Acceleration setting the 6

position from the far left.

For Linux operating systems:

1. From the GNOME desktop, click main menu.

2. From the main menu task list, select Programs, Settings, Peripherals.

3. From the Peripherals task list, select Mouse. The Mouse Configuration window

is displayed. In this window, you can set the mouse to be either right-handed or

left-handed, and adjust the mouse motion by changing the threshold and

adjusting the acceleration to the 4

position from the far left.