User preferences and functions
In addition to customising the reminder banner as described earlier, you can
also:
• Change the colour of the reminder banner,
• Select the screen saver style, or
• Restore mouse operation.
All of these options are discussed within
Appendix 1
.
Orange dot indicators in the Select Host menu
Within the Select Host menu, each listed host has a coloured dot associated with
it to indicate its general status: Green for accessible and Red for inaccessible.
Green: Host accessible
Red: Host inaccessible
Orange: Inconsistency related
to a cascade connection.
There is, however, a third state where the dot turns Orange. An orange dot
against a host entry indicates that an inconsistency relating specifically to
cascaded hosts.
The problem can occur for two main reasons, either:
• A cascaded computer (or multiple computers) has been added to an
address such as 0301, however, there is still a registered entry for a directly
connected host at address 03. Thus, the now non-existent host at 03 will be
marked with an orange dot.
• A previously connected cascade has been removed and a computer
connected directly instead. This will cause all of the entries for the removed
cascaded hosts to be marked with orange dots. If they are not to be re-
instated, then the administrator should delete the entries.
If you attempt to select an entry marked with an orange dot (by the menu,
by hotkeys or from the VNC viewer) you will see an error message stating
‘computer not connected’.