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 < alan.christopher.jenk...@googlemail.com> 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: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-orca/+bug/798915/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798915 Title: orca magnifier unusable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-orca/+bug/798915/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
