28 April 2010, 14:47 | #1 |
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Help with startup
Hello,
I've had to replace my A1200 HDD. I used my 3.1 disks to install on the new drive but on booting from the new disk my 1084S monitor has no useful display. If I hold down both mouse keys and select 'Display Options' and then select either 'Orginal' or 'Enhanced' under 'Chip set' the display is OK. Is there a startup file I can edit to avoid the system selecting 'Best available' at startup or would reinstalling with an older version be better? Thank you |
28 April 2010, 15:07 | #2 |
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delete envarc:sys/screenmode.prefs
rename devs:monitors/#? sys:storage/monitors Then reboot. |
28 April 2010, 17:27 | #3 |
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Hello Thomas,
That has worked fine and thank you for the prompt reply. I had a slight ?? moment as I could only find Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys/wbconfig.prefs, I changed the file name to _wbconfig.prefs and it has done the trick...the A1200 now has a 'normal' screen. My old system had a whole list of .prefs files, no idea why I now only have wbconfig.prefs. Thanks again. |
28 April 2010, 19:58 | #4 | |
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wbconfig just contains the windowed/backdrop setting of Workbench. You can safely delete it. I doubt that wbconfig has anything to do with distorted display. It's rather moving the monitor drivers away which cured the problem. |
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03 May 2010, 16:29 | #5 |
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Good news, bad news
Thanks for your help Thomas.
My joy at having the display back was short-lived. The 1200 died later that day. Still, it's had a good innings and its files will linger on in UAE. |
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