Re: gnome-shell magnifier

[magpie <thismagpie live com>]

Hi Robert,

Not sure if anyone answered this already but in case the problem
remains, I have a few suggestions for you to try:

It is possible to check the history of the magnifier for 3.8 by going to
the log files on git.gnome.org[1]. There have been many changes to the
magnifier over time and the current work is for 3.10 so it would be a
challenge finding out what happened to cause a problem between 3.6 and
3.8 with those factors in mind, I suppose. 

I think it is entirely possible that graphics is related to the issues
but more information is needed. Try

$ cd /var/log/
$ su
$ grep -r '(WW)' | grep -r '(EE)' 

Where WW is for warnings and EE is for errors. Do not worry if loads of
stuff comes up just put the result into 'fpaste' or somewhere like that
and email back with it (be careful not to include any sensitive
information beforehand). 

There are additional free/nonfree firmware/driver packages for fedora
you can download from rpmfusion.org[2] if you had not already looked
into that you might like to do that now. In the meantime, try running:

$ pkcon search name nvidia | grep Installed
 
Let us know the result. 

Thanks,
Magdalen 

[1]https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/log/js/ui/magnifier.js?h=gnome-3-8
[2] http://rpmfusion.org/ 

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> From: Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com>
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> Hello, everyone.
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> I was looking into installing Fedora 19 over my current Fedora 18 
> system, but I ran into a problem.
>
> I used the GNOME Shell Magnifier to go through the installation process 
> of Fedora 18 a number of months ago; everything went very smoothly. I 
> went to enable the magnifier on the Fedora 19 "Live" system this morning 
> so that I could look around, but all of a sudden the screen went black, 
> only displaying a white mouse pointer. After trying to zoom in, GNOME 
> Shell crashed.
>
> My system came with an integrated nVidia GeForce 6150SE, nforce 430 
> card, and (to say the least) this card has been nothing but a nuisance. 
> It, I believe, causes my Fedora 18 system to intermittently freeze, thus 
> requiring a reboot.
>
> Has anything changed between GNOME Shell versions 3.6 and 3.8 in the 
> area of the magnifier which could be causing my current problem under 
> the Fedora 19 live environment? I can manage to get the system installed 
> without the magnifier, though ti is pretty inconvenient to do so, but I 
> am concerned that I will encounter this same problem upon starting the 
> magnifier from within the installed system.
>
> Could this have to do with the nouveau driver, the video card itself, or 
> something which has been updated in GNOME Shell 3.8? I am just trying to 
> figure out why this is taking place on the Fedora 19 live system when it 
> was not a problem in Fedora 18 nor in Fedora 17.
>
> Any input concerning this situation would be greatly appreciated.
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> Take care, and have a great day!
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