On 25/06/02 12:10, "Lawrence & Sarah Ballew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm running OS X 10.1.5 on a PowerBook G3 400 Mhz (bronze keyboard). > I have 256 Mgs of ram. Up until now OS X has worked like a charm. And > the upgrades have all been improvements. > > My son was recently playing a game, running in classic mode, which > called for 256 colors. This could only be accomplished by setting the > resolution to 800 x600. No problems so far. > > The problems came after he finished playing. Since then I am unable > to restore the resolution to 1024 x 786. When I make the switch in > the System Prefs, the screen goes black. The screen is still on but > it is black and stays black. If I restart in 9.2 there is no problem > and I can adjust the resolution and color depth as I choose. > > Any ideas how I can reset the resolution here? Wondering if a file > has been corrupted or something like that. Oh, one more item. When I > upgraded to 10.1.5 I also ran an update for the LTPro video card. > This was the RageProFix recommended by MacFixIt. I think I've read that this might be related to the fact that Apple made changes to the display drivers for the Lombard. I kinda remember reading that some users got some issues after modifying the display attributes, and that restarting was curing the problem. Of course, I'm not using a Lombard, so I can't testify that it would work... -Laurent. -- =========================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************* Usual disclaimers apply ************************* Evil Empire n.: [from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the communist Soviet Union] Formerly IBM,now Microsoft. Functionally, the company most hackers love to hate at any given time. Hackers like to see themselves as romantic rebels against the Evil Empire, and frequently adopt this role to the point of ascribing rather more power and malice to the Empire than it actually has. See also Borg and search for Evil Empire pages on the Web. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
