Orca, gnome-mag and mouse pointers

[Aurelian Radu <ricaradu gmail com>]

Hello list,

I am not a full-time Linux user (mainly because of accessibility issues), but I keep installing new releases of Gnome distros to see if the magnifier has improved.

1. I have noticed an issue with the mouse pointer for the last 3 or 4 Gnome releases. When using gnome-mag the pointer looks split and "dotted". I would attach a jpeg but I don't think I'm allowed to do that on the mailing list. The pointer is very hard to see, it's like having double vision. I have an ATI HD 4870 card, but I had an NVIDIA 6600GT before that, so I don't think it's an ATI driver bug.

2. Why does speech start up whenever I open Orca preferences, even though I disabled speech and all other modules except Magnifier?

Thanks,
Aurelian Radu