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    Magnifier

    I'm wondering if there is a magnifier with or that can be used with Knoppix? I'd like to be able to use Knoppix, but I am blind and need to either magnify the screen or have it read. Are either of these possible?

    Thanks,
    Terrence

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    Hi Terrence,

    KDE might have something better, but there's always the standard "xmag" X-windows tool. Anyway, google returned the following promising page listing several such utilities, some of which hopefully are only one apt-get away:

    http://www.magnifiers.org/links/Scre...rs/UNIX_Linux/

    Ironically, their choice of colors/fonts makes the page somewhat hard to read, imo ;-)

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    Re: Magnifier

    What does the KDE stand for? Is that a pfogram within Knoppix? Also, how does one get to the x-mag program? Does that come with the distribution?

    Thanks,
    Terrence
    Quote Originally Posted by baldyeti
    Hi Terrence,

    KDE might have something better, but there's always the standard "xmag" X-windows tool. Anyway, google returned the following promising page listing several such utilities, some of which hopefully are only one apt-get away:

    http://www.magnifiers.org/links/Scre...rs/UNIX_Linux/

    Ironically, their choice of colors/fonts makes the page somewhat hard to read, imo

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    KDE is one of the two major desktop environments available on linux, the other one being gnome. KDE is the one included with knoppix. I just checked, and can confirm that xmag is on the CD, and kmag and xzoom are available as debian packages and can thusly be installed using apt-get. That is, if your knoppix has been installed to hard disk. To give xmag a try, simply type "xmag" from a console or from the <Alt><F2> prompt.

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    There is the possibility to set the screen-resolution in the file
    Code:
    /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
    to a lower resolution or use <Ctrl>-<Alt><+> to toggle through different resolutions.

    KDE means - K Desktop Environment, and I don't know what 'K' means, but think to remember that it stands for entirely nothing.

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