How to zoom the desktop under Gnome?

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Published on 2010-08-14T11:19:14Z Indexed on 2012/06/21 15:19 UTC
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I want to use my PC from the couch, but from there, I cannot see what I'm clicking. I enabled Enhanced Zoom Desktop in CCSM and it looked like it does what I want. But when "Sync mouse" is enabled, the whole desktop pans around with the tiniest mouse twitch, making me seasick. When I disable it, the mouse pointer is mapped to the non-zoomed desktop, which means that when I click on a button I am seeing on the desktop, the click registers somewhere else, and I practically cannot do anything while under zoom. Is there a better solution (does not have to involve CCSM)?

Clarification: I am looking for something which zooms the entire desktop, not for a detached magnifier window.

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