Re: [orca-list] Question about Magnifier Zoomer settings

[Bryen <suseROCKS bryen com>]

On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 15:06 -0200, Carlos DiÃgenes wrote:
> Hi Bryen
>
> 2007/12/5, Bryen <suseROCKS bryen com>:
> > On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 11:44 -0500, Mike Wigle wrote:
> > > I was curious, will it ever be possible to get full screen magnification out of gnome-mag?
> > >
> > > Michael Wigle
> >
> > I think it is POSSIBLE to do that with the settings.  However, from what
> > I can tell, if  you use gnome-mag as the full screen magnifier, then you
> > can't really work within the magnifier since the magnifier is a separate
> > window from your workspace and your mouse/keyboard functions occur
> > outside the magnifier.
> >
> > I've been able to achieve full screen magnification with the vmg app I
> > mentioned in an earlier thread.  But the drawback on that app is that it
> > won't allow for typing/clicking at all.
>
> I don't understand the point here. In Ubuntu 7.10 full-screen
> magnification works out of the box. If this is not working it's
> probably due hardware support, since 7.10 comes with COMPOSITE enabled
> by default. I think that in some video cards composite doesn't work,
> but you can verify it by opening a terminal and typing:
>
> #: xdpyinfo | less
>
> Then you can type '/' and then 'Composite' and press 'Enter'. It must
> found and highlight the word 'Composite', other way will appear
> 'Pattern not found', so the COMPOSITE extension is not present.
>
> In Ubuntu 7.10 you must just start Orca and the magnifier will work
> for full-screen magnification. There are some bugs, like you continue
> to see the unmagnified pointer and sometimes the magnifier doesn't
> update the window properly, but this is not a frequent behavior
> AFAICT.
>
> Best regards,
> Carlos.

You may be right.  From something I read on a different magnifier
program since that posting, I read that hadware support is crucial.  I
am upgrading my hardware as we speak and it will include supported 3d
graphics card.  After that, it may be that I am proven definitely wrong.
There's a first time for everything.  :-)

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