Re: 'Greyed' screen

2011-01-04 Thread Dan
At 11:54 PM -0500 1/3/2011, Bill Connelly wrote: On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:22 PM, peter wrote: It's just the windows, text, certain icons at the top of the screen (Growl, Is Growl trying to tell you something is happening in the background? Incoming call or something? Not sure how Growl works,

Re: 'Greyed' screen

2011-01-04 Thread peter
If you needed to reboot to clear things then *something else* is doing this. - Dan. OK Dan, When I get home I will go back into console to find the errors, but the only other things I saw were some droped frame errors from VLC earier in the day. I did have VLC, Mail, EyeTV Light, Remote

Re: 'Greyed' screen

2011-01-04 Thread Dan
At 9:21 AM -0800 1/4/2011, peter wrote: Any other ideas about what it could be? Again, I don't see any difference in performance. It's more of an agervation. Very strange! Um... Reseat the video card. Then disconnect, clean, reseat the video cable. Also check power - make sure nothing is

'Greyed' screen

2011-01-03 Thread peter
Every once in a while, almost everything on my screen gets less saturated. It is as if I had increased the brightness setting, except... it does not affect everything. My desktop image is not affected, not is the apple icon in the upper right, nor images I open, nor videos..?...? It's just the

Re: 'Greyed' screen

2011-01-03 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:22 PM, peter wrote: What could this possibly be? Something related to Exposé? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at

Re: 'Greyed' screen

2011-01-03 Thread PETER WARNER
On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:22 PM, peter wrote: What could this possibly be? Something related to Exposé? It is not when I'm using Expose actively. Tonight, I was in the middle of looking at the G-Group list online, and it suddenly happened,

Re: 'Greyed' screen

2011-01-03 Thread Alex Barnes
Check in the console to see what process it is that is doing that. On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:35 PM, PETER WARNER wrote: On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:22 PM, peter wrote: What could this possibly be? Something related to Exposé? It is not when

Re: 'Greyed' screen

2011-01-03 Thread Bill Connelly
On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:22 PM, peter wrote: Every once in a while, ... It's just the windows, text, certain icons at the top of the screen (Growl, Is Growl trying to tell you something is happening in the background? Incoming call or something? Not sure how Growl works, although I have

Re: 'Greyed' screen

2011-01-03 Thread PETER WARNER
Is Growl trying to tell you something is happening in the background? Incoming call or something? No, In the top bar, where the icons for volume, fast user switching, displays, etc go, there is a Growl icon. The rest are about 80% grey (though still accessible) but Growl, Bluetooth, and

Re: 'Greyed' screen

2011-01-03 Thread PETER WARNER
On Jan 4, 2011, at 12:44 AM, PETER WARNER wrote: Is Growl trying to tell you something is happening in the background? Incoming call or something? No, ... Famous Last Word... As per Alex, I checked Console, and there were a bunch of errors fro Growl, and it seems a Growl like action, to