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Mouse

Show Cursor: This menu item can be used to show or hide the local mouse cursor on the remote client system.

Mouse Calibration: This menu item can be used only if the mouse mode is relative.

In this step, the mouse threshold settings on the remote server will be discovered. The local mouse cursor is displayed in red color and the remote cursor is part of the remote video screen. Both the cursors will be synchronized in the beginning. Use the ‘+’ or ‘-’ key to change the threshold settings until both the cursors go out of sync. Detect the first reading on which cursors go out of sync. Once this is detected, use ‘ALT-T’ to save the threshold value.

Show Host Cursor: This option is used to enable or disable the visibility of the host cursor. Specific video drivers should be installed in the host for this feature to work.
Note
Remote KVM supports mouse move, and left and right button clicks only.
Mouse Mode: This option handles mouse emulation from local window to remote screen using any of the following methods. Only administrators have the right to configure this option.

  • Absolute mouse mode: The absolute position of the local mouse is sent to the server if this option is selected.

  • Relative mouse mode: The relative mode sends the calculated relative mouse position displacement to the server if this option is selected.

  • Other mouse mode: This mouse mode sets the client cursor in the middle of the client system and will send the deviation to the host. This mouse mode is specific for SUSE Linux installation and accessing mouse in the UEFI screen.

Note

Users are advised to use Linux version of OS except SUSE 11.4 with BMC to avoid mouse sync issues in absolute mouse mode.

The client cursor will be hidden always. If you want to enable it, use Alt+C to access the menu.

You can see client and host cursors in JViewer if the mouse is moved faster or in circle. Mouse sync will depend on many factors like network, client machine video packet receiving and rendering, and BMC CPU utilization. In normal use cases, you will have better mouse sync, compared to heavy video or stress testing scenarios. High resolution and media redirection (copy) will have direct impacts on video rendering because the client or host cursor can be viewed while moving the cursor.

To view the supported operating systems for mouse modes, see Supported operating systems for mouse modes.