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Table 6-4. Using Console Redirection: Frequently Asked Questions (continued)

Question	Answer
How can I set the server display	To set the server display to 256 colors:
to 256 colors on Windows 2003?	• Right-click desktop.
	• Select Properties.
	• Click the Settings tab.
	• Click the Advanced button.
	• Click the Adapter tab.
	• Click the List All Modes... button.
	• Select, for example:1024x768, 256 Colors, 60 Hertz.
	Reason for setting the server display to 256 colors:
	The FPGA does color matching the best it can. However, sometimes
	when a color is borderline, it displays differently than what you would
	expect. If you can't see the color correctly, change the color depth to 256
	colors on the managed system.
Why doesn’t the vKVM mouse	Select Linux for mouse acceleration on the vKVM window
sync when I use the	pull-down menu.
Dell PowerEdge Installation and
Server Management CD to
remotely install the
operating system?
Why doesn’t the vKVM mouse	Select a different operating system for mouse acceleration on the vKVM
sync after coming back from	window pull-down menu. Then, go back to the original operating system
hibernation on a Windows	to initialize the USB mouse device.
system?
Why doesn’t the mouse sync in	The Dell™ BIOS is emulating the mouse driver as a PS/2 mouse. By
DOS when performing console	design, the PS/2 mouse uses relative position for the mouse pointer,
redirection?	which causes the lag in syncing. DRAC 4 has a USB mouse driver, which
	allows absolute position and closer tracking of the mouse pointer. Even if
	DRAC 4 passes the USB absolute mouse position to the Dell BIOS, the
	BIOS emulation would convert it back to relative position and the
	behavior would remain.
Why doesn’t the mouse sync	Virtual KVM requires the USB mouse driver, but the USB mouse driver
under the Red Hat® Enterprise	is available only under X-Windows.
Linux text console?

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