Passing All Keystrokes Through Virtual Console - Dell iDRAC7 User Manual

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NOTE: This is not applicable for managed systems running Windows operating system since they support Absolute

Positioning.

When using the Virtual Console to connect to a managed system 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 synchronization in the iDRAC7 Virtual Console, this feature must be

disabled. To disable Predictable Pointer Acceleration, in the mouse section of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, add:

Option "AccelerationScheme" "lightweight".

If synchronization problems continue, do the following additional change in the <user_home>/.gconf/desktop/gnome/

peripherals/mouse/%gconf.xml file:

Change the values for motion_threshold and motion_acceleration to -1.

If you turn off mouse acceleration in GNOME desktop, in the Virtual Console viewer, go to Tools → Session Options →

Mouse . Under Mouse Acceleration tab, select None.

For exclusive access to the managed server console, you must disable the local console and reconfigure the Max

Sessions to 1 on the Virtual Console page.

Passing All Keystrokes Through Virtual Console

You can enable the Pass all keystrokes to server option and send all keystrokes and key combinations from the

management station to the managed system through the Virtual Console Viewer. If it is disabled, it directs all the key

combinations to the management station where the Virtual Console session is running. To pass all keystrokes to the

server, in the Virtual Console Viewer, go to Tools → Session Options → General tab and select the Pass all keystrokes

to server option to pass the management station's keystrokes to the managed system.

The behavior of the Pass all keystrokes to server feature depends on the:

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Plug-in type (Java or ActiveX) based on which Virtual Console session is launched.

For the Java client, the native library must be loaded for Pass all keystrokes to server and Single Cursor mode to

function. If the native libraries are not loaded, the Pass all keystrokes to server and Single Cursor options are

deselected. If you attempt to select either of these options, an error message is displayed indicating that the

selected options are not supported.

For the ActiveX client, the native library must be loaded for Pass all keystrokes to server function to work. If the

native libraries are not loaded, the Pass all keystrokes to server option is deselected. If you attempt to select this

option, an error message is displayed indicating that the feature is not supported

For MAC operating systems, enable the Enable access of assistive device option in Universal Access for the Pass all

keystrokes to server feature to work.

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Operating system running on the management station and managed system. The key combinations that are

meaningful to the operating system on the management station are not passed to the managed system.

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Virtual Console Viewer mode—Windowed or Full Screen.

In Full Screen mode, Pass all keystrokes to server is enabled by default.

In Windowed mode, the keys passed only when the Virtual Console Viewer is visible and is active.

When changed from Full Screen mode to Windowed mode, the previous state of Pass all keys is resumed.