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#1 |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Screen blackout - Mac OSX
Occasionally, instead of the aquarium starting up, my screen goes black and apparently locks up! The bubble sound goes on and off for about 2 seconds on a 5-6 second cycle. I can see the pointer arrow, but that's all. I'm running Mac OSX on an iMac DV. I found on your FAQ somewhere a suggestion that this problem happens on this machine, and a suggestion to turn colors to the "thousands" mode as a fix, but I'm already in "thousands" mode. I had "conserve video memory" checked, so I unchecked that, but I don't know yet whether the problem has gone away or not, as it's only been a few days, and the problem is only occasional. It only occurs once every dozen startups or so. Has there been any progress in fixing this problem. I like the screen saver, but I'm afraid I may have to disable it, because this interferes with my productivity.
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#2 |
Mac Development
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kenai, Alaska
Posts: 678
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This sounds like the driver problem on iMac DVs. The thousands mode change only causes the driver problem to show up less often, it isn't a real fix.
Jim O'Connor
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Blackout on iMac
Does the "conserve video memory" have any effect? (What does that do, anyway?) And is there anything from Apple that might help?
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#4 |
Mac Development
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kenai, Alaska
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The "economize video memory" setting is like changing to thousands mode. It doesn't "fix" the bug, but it may help trigger it less often. Apple is aware of the bug, and was able to repro it this past summer (game developers had complained of it for a long time). I haven't received word from Apple that they've fixed it though, or what their plans are.
Jim O'Connor
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Screen Blackout - OS X
OK, but should I have the "economize video memory" checked or unchecked for the best results? Thank you for your help, by the way.
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#6 |
Mac Development
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kenai, Alaska
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"Economize" should be checked if you are having driver problems.
Jim O'Connor
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