To start the NetWare GUI, at the server console enter
startx
This loads Novell JVM for NetWare, if not already loaded, 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 lefthand corner of the screen.
The GUI menu consists of items that are either menus or commands. Menus contain the following:
Internationalized names are stored in files with the properties extension. A Properties file is a text file that contains key=value entries. For example, PROGRAMS=programs or UTILITIES=utilities. You must place these files in the SYS:\java\lib\taskbar directory.
The properties file lets you specify characters that you are not able to enter from the server's keyboard. You do this by specifying the Unicode values on the right side of the equal sign (=). For example, you can specify the value RUN with any of the following values:
When you specify the Properties file, you specify the default properties file such as NWMenu.properties. Names are retrieved from that file according to the language and locale of the server. For example, if the NWMenu.properties file is used, the server is set to use German, and there is a NWMenu_de.properties file, the NWMenu_de.properties file is searched first for the entry. If the entry is not found in this file, then the NWMenu.properties file is searched. If the entry is not found in either file, the default name is used.
If you want to use a properties file for your names, you can use a default name such as MyNames.properties. If you are providing the product for an internationalized audience, you might want to ship properties files for each of the locales supported by the server.
IMPORTANT: Do not add your own name entries in the NWMenu.properties file. This file is overwritting when you install a newer version of the JVM.
Commands contain the following:
IMPORTANT: We recommend that you specify an .NCF file that contains actual commands to execute.
You configure the GUI menu by using the Menu Editor. To access this tool, on the GUI taskbar click Settings > Menu Editor.
Right-click on the location where you want to install the menu item.
Click New Command or New Menu.
Enter the information in the edit field.
Click File > Save on the menu bar.
Click the menu item you want to change.
Modify the command information in the Edit panel.
Click File > Save on the menu bar.
Right-click the menu item.
Click Remove.
Click File > Save on the menu bar.
Right-click the menu item.
Click Move Up or Move down.
Click File > Save on the menu bar.
If a menu is open, the selected menu item moves into that menu; otherwise; the menu item moves past the menu.
You use the GUI environment utility to configure 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 GUI environment utility.
Activate the desktop menu.
Click Settings > GUI Environment.
See the GUI environment 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 640 x 480 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.
After the test pattern display, 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, and BMP. 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, or USB, the GUI will start in mouseless mode. When the Mouse Device query screen appears, select No Mouse.
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.