🚀 go-pugleaf

On 9 Mar 1996 05:01:48 GMT, Ian Ferris articulated:
<> I just upgraded my Amiga 2000 from OS 2.05 to OS 3.1 and encountered
<> the following problem:
<> 
<> The pointer comes up in a messy green/brown color; and the busy pointer
<> is a sickly yellow.  The Pointer tool "knows" the correct defaults;
<> it just doesn't use them automatically.  I partially kludged the problem
<> away by saving the defaults in a file and putting a line is my user-startup
<> file that calls the pointer preferences tool, but this isn't completely
<> satisfactory - if I change any other preferences then the pointer goes
<> back to "the mess" and I have to reset it manually.
<> 
<> Not a major problem, just an annoyance.  Obviously I have nothing better
<> to do than to be annoyed.
<> 
<> Anyhow ... has anyone else encountered this problem? 
<> For that matter is there available anywhere a list of known 3.1 upgrade
<> problems?

The fix is a simple one. Go into your
SYS:Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys directory and
delete the pointer.prefs file. Now go to your pointer editor
and resave the settings. All should be well after the next
reboot.

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