Re: [orca-list] Orca Magnifier Problems

[Andrew <berilthedwarf gmail com>]

Hey Will,

Unfortunately I ended up flattening that box and installing Windows 7 back on it and am using ZoomText.  It's my work computer and so productivity ended up trumping preference of operating system.  However, when I get some time I'll boot a live CD and do some testing.

I will tell you what I can remember off the top of my head- but I am a programmer and know that's pretty useless to you for the most part.  Hopefully something will stick...

As far as applications, I had the most trouble in Firefox.  I also experienced it in other applications, such as gnome-terminal.  Unfortunately I couldn't give you  a failing use case, it did seem quite sparatic.  One incident that I wish I could reproduce was that killing firefox resolved the problem in gnome-terminal.  Starting firefox back up made gnome-terminal lose it again.  I thought I was imagining things at first....

I was using a laptop keyboard layout- not really sure what the difference is between them are- I didn't really care too much since I didn't use the keyboard for anything orca-related, just set the magnifier settings the first time and didn't muck with it anymore.  I tried blanking out all the keyboard shortcuts in the Preferences, but that didn't change anything as far as it breaking.

As far as which keys... I'm kicking myself because I meant to document this as best I could.  Unfortunately, the whole having to do work at work kinda got int he way.  I will say that I remember the same keys being the problem repeatedly, but that it wasn't 100% the same 100% of the time, that certain keys would work when usually they didn't when the state was reached and vice-versa.

There was one other behavior of note that I recall happening twice, maybe three times:  I had firefox open and gnome-terminal open above it.  Above is important because when I hit the P key which often didn't work, firefox closed or crashed (not really sure which) and keyboard resumed normal function in gnome-terminal.

Needless to say, its behavior is rather strange.  Maybe the laptop is just cursed.

Hope this helps more than it muddies the waters...
Andrew

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Willie Walker <walker willie gmail com> wrote:

Hi Andrew:

Which keyboard layout are you using, and which exact keys stop working?
It sounds as though the structural navigation mode is kicking in, but
I'd need more specifics to be sure.  In addition, if you can provide
some sort of repeatable test case, it would be great.

Thanks!

Will

On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 14:41 -0500, Andrew wrote:
> Will,
>
> Thanks for replying.  I've noticed the problem with keys no longer
> working in the following places:
>       * firefox
>       * gnome-terminal
>       * The GNOME "Run Dialogue" (Alt-F2)
> As for the keys affected- I think they have been different on
> different occasions, but I'm not certain.  I'd say about half of the
> A-Z keys are affected, if it happens again, I'll try and note which
> ones exactly.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Willie Walker
> <walker willie gmail com> wrote:
>         Hi Andrew:
>
>         Does this occur in any specific application and are the keys
>         that stop consistently the same?
>
>         Will
>
>
>
>         On Feb 18, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Andrew wrote:
>
>
>
>                 I wanted to ask if there were workarounds to two
>                 issues I'm having using the magnifier in Orca.
>
>                 Configuration:
>                        •       Screen Reader disabled
>                        •       Magnifier set to full screen and
>                 Negative enabled.
>
>                 Issues:
>                        •       Occasionally (and I haven't been able
>                 to determine a use case that causes it) certain keys
>                 on my keyboard stop working.  Switching to a virtual
>                 terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1) or quitting orca resolves the
>                 issue.
>                        •       Sometimes the buttons on the orca
>                 application window disappear and I can't close orca
>                 cleanly- have to kill the process.
>
>                 Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>                 Thanks,
>                 Andrew
>
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