To start the NetWare GUI, at the server console enter
startx
This loads Novell JVM for NetWare if not already loaded, and then loads NetWare GUI into memory.
The following are three ways to shut down NetWare GUI. The first two close the NetWare GUI without shutting down the JVM.
java -exit
To activate the desktop menu in NetWare GUI, click the Novell button in the lower left hand corner of the screen.
Do the following to install a program into the desktop menu:
Copy all the necessary program files to the server.
Copy your program's menu files to the desktop menu directory SYS:/JAVA/LIB/TASKBAR.
If this directory does not exist, you need to create it. For an example of the file format for a menu file, see SYS:/JAVA/LIB/TASKBAR.EXAMPLE.
If your menu file uses a resource bundle for internationalization of the menu strings, copy the resource bundle to the desktop menu directory SYS:/JAVA/LIB/TASKBAR.
After you install your program, the next time you click the Novell button in the NetWare GUI, your menu items will appear. You can then start your program by selecting the appropriate menu item.
You construct the desktop menu by merging any installed menu files and the custom menu file with the default desktop menu. You can modify the desktop menu by editing the custom menu file or any of the installed menu files.
To add items to the desktop menu, create a customized.MENU file and copy it to the SYS:\JAVA\LIB\TASKBAR directory. For an example menu file, see SYS:\JAVA\LIB\TASKBAR.EXAMPLE.
You can remove either an entire menu file and all the contents, or you can remove only a single menu item.
To remove a whole menu file, either delete the file or rename it by changing the extension to something other than .MENU.
To remove a single menu item from the desktop menu, locate the item and delete it from the menu file. (For more information, see Modifying the Menu.)
You use the XSetup utility to configure Standard VGA, Super VGA, and Accelerated-X Servers on NetWare. This utililty lets you select the video board, keyboard, mouse, and monitor from a set of predefined hardware devices supported by the XSetup utility.
See the XSetup online help for further documentation on using this utility.
To achieve the best video quality when you configure your accelerated video driver, configure the monitor and select a refresh rate as high as possible.
From the desktop menu toolbar, select GUI Environment.
Select your video board from the Video Board List.
This activates the monitor tab. The default settings are Super VGA with 800 x 600 resolution and monitor tab deactivated.
Select your monitor from the list of monitors.
This enables all possible refresh rates for the selected monitor.
Select the highest available refresh rate, and then set the video board to the desired resolution.
Select Test and then click OK.
If the test pattern displays properly, click OK > Yes > Yes.
Activate the desktop menu.
Click Tools > Backgrounds.
All files in the SYS:\JAVA\NWGFX\PIXMAPS directory display. The supported graphics formats are XPM, JPEG, GIF, and TIF. If you have background patterns (in the supported formats) that you want to use, place them in the SYS:\JAVA\NWGFX\PIXMAPS directory.
Select the desired background pattern and test it by clicking test.
If you want this background, click OK.
If you start NetWare GUI without a mouse driver attached to a PS/2, COM1, or COM2 port, the GUI will start in mouseless mode. When the MOUSE DEVICE query screen appears, select the NO MOUSE option.
When the NetWare GUI system is executing in mouseless mode, use the keypad keys for mouse movement and button clicks.
IMPORTANT: NUMLOCK must be activated to enable keypad mouse movements.
The following table shows the keystroke actions for Java text areas and text fields as implemented for the Novell JVM for NetWare.