Bad Background Color, YDL4

Jeff Yowell jeff_yowell at cox.net
Sun Jan 16 19:02:02 MST 2005


Well, here's another rhetorical question:  Why do they have a sound setup
option when, alas, YDL 4.0 has no sound?

Set up color on the Mac side, then startup the YDL installer.




> 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




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