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10.3 Login Screen is in 256 Color
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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I'm running 10.3.1 on an 867 Quicksilver. So for some reason my login screen is in 256 color. When I created a new account, its default color was 256. Any idea how to switch it back to millions of colors?
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Join Date: Jun 1999
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Did you ever log in as root and change to 256 colors? I might try logging in as root and making sure the display is set to millions.
Chris
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how would I login as root, I'm only familiar with logining in as root via the terminal.
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In NetInfo Manager you can enable root logins under the security menu. Then you can log in to a GUI as root and really screw things up. But if you just make sure the color depth is millions, it might stick. When you're done, log out, then log back in as a regular user and disable root access.
There might be a command you could run as from terminal using sudo, but I don't know what that is.
Chris
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Thanks, I'd forgotten about the Net Info Manager. I'll have to try that.
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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You shouldn't need to log in as root in OS X... EVER...
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I agree, you shouldn't have to use root.
=== BUT ===
Someone then needs to provide a solution for changing the settings of the login window (color, screen size, image background) without using root. That will fully answer the question and solve the problem.
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I agree that you shouldn't have to log in as root. But as far as I know, only root owns the loginwindow. So we don't know how MilmanDan's computer got messed up, but we'll have to see if logging in as root can fix it.
Chris
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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I don't ever HAVE to log in as Root (since discovering BatChmod) but I do it every now and then for the sheer joy of being able to do whatever I want without the computer questioning my every move. Not that I really do anything in there except maybe replace a couple of .tif images for my theme but the feeling of power is quite a rush after living with administrative privliges most of the time. It's probably the same feeling that people who know how to use the terminal get when they type sudo/whatever, but for me it's not worth learning to use *NIX expecially now that we have fast user switching and I can get that feeling any time without even having to quit all my apps. I love it!
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