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

[thomas]

delete envarc:sys/screenmode.prefs
rename devs:monitors/#? sys:storage/monitors

Then reboot.

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.

[thomas]

no idea why I now only have wbconfig.prefs

Because you didn't change and save any preferences yet.

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.

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.