Bug 500706

Summary:	Magnifier is nonfunctional on Wayland
Product:	[Applications] kmag	Reporter:	nilskemail+kde
Component:	general	Assignee:	sarang
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description nilskemail+kde 2025-02-24 23:50:43 UTC

SUMMARY
KMag does not work under wayland

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open KMag

OBSERVED RESULT
A gray window is shown

EXPECTED RESULT
A zoomed section of the display should be shown

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.12.15-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7840U w/ Radeon  780M Graphics
Memory: 30.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon 780M

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Alternatively, it should show a message when started under Wayland and guide the user towards the KWin zoom effect

Comment 1 Antonio Rojas 2025-02-25 07:40:13 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 438912 ***

Comment 2 nilskemail+kde 2025-02-26 00:50:19 UTC

Wouldn't at least a message explain to the user what is going on be warranted?