Bad Background Color, YDL4

Ted Goranson tedg at alum.mit.edu
Sun Jan 16 18:37:08 MST 2005


Jeff Yowell wrote on 1/16/05:
>YDL can't handle millions of colors. Same thing happened to me.
>Try thousands.
>
>>  I took the plunge and tossed my YDL3 on my Pismo and installed YDL4
>>  over it. Thought it would be easier than trying to update 3.
>>
>>  All is well, except for a strange color problem. All colors display
>>  well except those associated with the background image and the window
>>  titlebar. I know they are supposed to be blueish, but they display
>>  mud-color. Fiddling with options and changing themes, etc just
>>  produces more of the same.
>>
>>  I selected millions of colors during the installation.
>>
>>  Does this sound familiar to anyone?
>>
>  > Best, Ted

That's news. Why did they give the option for millions then? 
(Rhetorical question)

I've rooted around in all the obvious places. How do I change from 
millions to thousands?

Many thanks.

Best, Ted
-- 
Ted Goranson
Advanced Enterprise Research Office


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