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Article #2037Re: 3.1 upgrade problem
From: Bill Near
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 04:26
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 04:26
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On 12 Mar 1996 13:05:56 GMT, Jeremy Nixon articulated:
<> Bill Near (wnear@epix.net) wrote:
<> >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.
<>
<> > 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.
<>
<> In fact, while you're at it, delete all the old OS prefs files. They're
<> not compatible with 3.1. You'll have to write down the settings first,
<> and reset them manually with the 3.1 prefs programs.
You are quite correct, sir. :-)
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