orca magnifier unusable

[dsa42]

Binary package hint: gnome-orca

When I start orca magnifier, it comes up full screen, there are two cursors, and it is impossible to determine how to set the settings. The settings cannot be set without the magnifier running. That is, all of the settings for the magnifier are disabled until the "enable magnifier" settings is clicked, at which point the magnifier comes up full screen, and it is impossible to figure out how to get to the settings. Contact me if you want me to record a session showing the difficulty.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-orca 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 17 14:32:18 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-orca

[Alan Jenkins (aj504)]

The "two cursors" thing is completely intentional. It's difficult to guess whether you're being affected by a bug, or if you're just struggling with the controls...

The smaller, normal-looking cursor is the "system pointer". It works just as if there was no magnifier, and you were using the screen normally. This can be confusing, because there _is_ a magnifier :-). But it is also useful. It means you can see when the cursor is at the top of the screen / the bottom of the screen / the exact middle, etc.

The larger cursor is the one that actually works. When you move it over a control (e.g. in the settings dialog), you should see the control highlight in the normal way, and it should respond to mouse clicks as normal.

If you can get it working, but the "system pointer" is more confusing than helpful for you, you can disable the system pointer by clicking "hide system pointer" in the preferences dialog.

One bug I noticed on my system is that the window titles don't seem to be drawn at all; I just see blackness. And the cursor that actually works looks horrible; it's very hard to see because it's all dots. It's as if pixels in the original cursor have been kept the same size and just spread out a bit.

[dsa42 (davidsangulo)]

Is your response actually in the launchpad forum/thread? Will my response
automatically be there too?

The two cursors may not be a bug, but I do think that what I reported is a
bug, because I cannot use either cursor to do any selections. I need a way
to set the settings of orca without orca being turned on.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Alan Jenkins <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> The "two cursors" thing is completely intentional. It's difficult to
> guess whether you're being affected by a bug, or if you're just
> struggling with the controls...
>
> The smaller, normal-looking cursor is the "system pointer". It works
> just as if there was no magnifier, and you were using the screen
> normally. This can be confusing, because there _is_ a magnifier :-).
> But it is also useful. It means you can see when the cursor is at the
> top of the screen / the bottom of the screen / the exact middle, etc.
>
> The larger cursor is the one that actually works. When you move it over
> a control (e.g. in the settings dialog), you should see the control
> highlight in the normal way, and it should respond to mouse clicks as
> normal.
>
> If you can get it working, but the "system pointer" is more confusing
> than helpful for you, you can disable the system pointer by clicking
> "hide system pointer" in the preferences dialog.
>
> One bug I noticed on my system is that the window titles don't seem to
> be drawn at all; I just see blackness. And the cursor that actually
> works looks horrible; it's very hard to see because it's all dots. It's
> as if pixels in the original cursor have been kept the same size and
> just spread out a bit.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798915
>
> Title:
> orca magnifier unusable
>
> Status in “gnome-orca” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-orca
>
> When I start orca magnifier, it comes up full screen, there are two
> cursors, and it is impossible to determine how to set the settings.
> The settings cannot be set without the magnifier running. That is,
> all of the settings for the magnifier are disabled until the "enable
> magnifier" settings is clicked, at which point the magnifier comes up
> full screen, and it is impossible to figure out how to get to the
> settings. Contact me if you want me to record a session showing the
> difficulty.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: gnome-orca 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Jun 17 14:32:18 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gnome-orca
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-orca/+bug/798915/+subscriptions
>

[Alex ARNAUD (alexarnaud)]

Hello all,

The magnifier has been dropped from Orca package for a long time so we should close this bug.

Best regards.