RE: Cursor problems related to ICC profiles with 9.2.1
RE: Cursor problems related to ICC profiles with 9.2.1
- Subject: RE: Cursor problems related to ICC profiles with 9.2.1
- From: "Carillon, Bruce" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:16:59 -0500
Oh well... I booted off the Mac OS 9 Install CD and physically removed any
and all files with Nvidia in their name from the hard drive. I then did a
custom install for video and selected the Nvidia software. After the
installation and reboot the problem still exists.
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From: neil snape
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Sent: Friday, November 9, 2001 11:51 AM
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To: Carillon, Bruce
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Cc: list
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Subject: Re: Cursor problems related to ICC profiles with 9.2.1
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on 09/11/2001 17:34, Carillon, Bruce at email@hidden wrote:
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> We use ColorVision's OptiCal to profile our monitors and when we use one
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of
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> these profiles on two new G4s running OS 9.2.1, the cursor has a square
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area
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> of color that changes as you move the cursor over different colored
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areas on
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> the monitor. The square area is transparent and is approximately
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one-half
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> inch by one-half inch. When I change the profile to one that comes with
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the
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Yes , as noted before , this seems to be a problem with the Nvidia
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drivers.
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You'll have to start up off the CD applications (NOT the restore disc) and
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delete the Nvidia's and reinstall using the custom installation option or
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using Tome viewer to extract the necessary drivers. Also I found that if
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calibrated to gamma 1.8 the boxed cursor went away, but was present with
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any
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other setting. After the driver re-install I've no longer this problem.
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Can't say for MacOsX as I don't use it.
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Neil Snape email@hidden http://mapage.noos.fr/nsnape