[alamosf]

tried to tweak my extensions and upon restarting the desktop and icons appear then immediately fade to black unless i "catch" the moment they appear and click on an icon. when the screen goes black pointer remains visible. i have tried restarting using all the previous extension sets (including turning on ALL possible extensions) and same thing happens.

any clues?

thanks

[romeosc]

Did you try to turn up brightness?

Does it work starting from CD? You might have deleted Control Panel


Steve

[dviant]

Try resetting your NVRAM and trashing your display preferences.

1) *shut down* computer (not restart)
2) power on holding command + option + P + R
3) wait for 2 restarts
4) release and then hold shift until you see "extensions off"
5) go into your system folder/preferences and trash display preferences
6) shutdown and power up normally

Hope that fixes it...

js

Uh-oh.

Sounds like you turned the setup assistant doo-dad (currently booted into X, so can't supply the exact name!) on. Switch back to the base set of extensions, and see if the problem persists.

[dviant]

He's already tried tweaking extensions it sounds.

Not sure what Setup Assistant you're talking about? What are you talking about exactly? Not sure of any in OS 9 and earlier that black your screen. I'm assuming he's in OS 9 or earlier because he mentioned tweaking extensions...