User guide

Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration

Windows 2000 Settings

To configure KVM target servers running Microsoft Windows

2000:

1. Configure the mouse settings:

a. Choose Start > Control Panel > Mouse.

b. Click the Motion tab.

 Set the acceleration to None.

 Set the mouse motion speed setting to exactly the middle

speed.

 Click OK.

2. Disable transition effects:

a. Select the Display option from the Control Panel.

b. Click the Effects tab.

c. Deselect the "Use the following transition effect for menus and

tooltips" option.

d. Click OK.

e. Close the Control Panel.

Linux Settings (Red Hat 9)

Note: The following settings are optimized for Standard Mouse mode

only.

To configure KVM target servers running Linux (graphical user

interface):

1. Configure the mouse settings:

a. Choose Main Menu > Preferences > Mouse. The Mouse

Preferences dialog appears.

b. Click the Motion tab.

c. Within the Speed group, set the Acceleration slider to the exact

center.

d. Within the Speed group, set the Sensitivity towards low.

e. Within the Drag & Drop group, set the Threshold towards small.

f. Close the Mouse Preferences dialog.

Note: If these steps do not work, issue the xset mouse 1 1 command

as described in the Linux command line instructions.