Re: More issues with magnifier..

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hi, Christopher:

I've noticed that no one has responded to your post, so I'm going to
offer some thoughts. I don't know the proper resolution to your
issue--which is why I haven't responded previously, but I do have a
suggestion.

I have nothing to suggest regarding your mouse. If you're able to log
out with the lockups you're reporting, may I suggest opening a console
and checking for process ids before logging back in? I would be willing
to bet that there some pids that haven't been closed. I ran into exactly
this behavior about a year ago which I did report here, though no one
ever responded to my post on the subject.

Here's my suggested sequence:

log out
Open a console, if you don't already have one.

Do an:

ps aux

Look for Gnopernicus and bonobo related pids. When this happened to me
it was quite obvious that there were listed processes that could be
troublesome, such as a speech driver.

Close them by hand with:

kill -9 [process.id]

Switch back to your graphical console and login to gnome

hth.

				Janina



Christopher Wagner writes:
> Hi folks!  Thanks to your help, I've come a long way on getting the 
> Gnome accessibility features to work for me in a work envrionment.  My 
> vision is decreasing rather severely due to rapidly forming cataracts.  
> Naturally, due to this, I haven't really had the opportunity to plan 
> this out more carefully.  Now, with the accessibility features being an 
> absolute neccessity for still performing my job functions, I am able to 
> continue work.
> 
> With that said, I've got a couple of issues I still haven't been able to 
> resolve. :)
> 
> The biggest for me now is with the magnifier intermittently freezing on 
> me.  It will still magnify, but it will stop following the mouse.  It 
> seems completely random, though it seems to happen more often when 
> burning CDs or doing other resource intensive activities.
> 
> The other issue I have is that occasionally a few items on my panel will 
> lock up.  Namely the workplace switcher, and my task buttons.  They both 
> lock at the same time.  Getting the panel to reload properly usually 
> requires a reboot as Gnome seems to think the panel is still running 
> when I logout and login.  This happens less often than the above 
> problem, but I can find no reason or rhyme.  This happens seemingly 
> irrespective of resource usage.
> 
> If these problems seem related to some other function of Gnome, and 
> aren't neccessarily Accessibility related, please point me in the right 
> direction.
> 
> These issues may even be solved in the latest releases, but I'm sticking 
> to the packages available with Debian testing.  If updated packages are 
> available in unstable, I may consider using them, but I don't want to 
> compile from source unless absolutely necessary.  :)
> 
> All suggestions, advice, etc, will be gladly and thankfully listened to! :)
> 
> Thanks again folks!
> - Christopher Wagner
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