'Rotating cube' effect for user switching disappeared!

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Nicky2005 Author

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'Rotating cube' effect for user switching disappeared!

Since updating to OS 10.4.8, the cool effect of the rotating cube has disappeared when you change users. Not sure how to get it back, I have tried turning 'fast user switching' off and then on again, but no change. Rebooting has no effect either. Anyone got any ideas, or similar issues?
Thanks,
Nicky

iMac G5 17" 1.8GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Nov 4, 2006 4:37 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 4, 2006 7:04 PM in response to Nicky2005

Make sure both users have the same settings for resolution and number of colors in the "Displays" System Preferences.

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Answer 2

Nicky2005 Author

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Nov 4, 2006 7:17 PM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

Thanks for your reply;
I have checked display settings (resolution and number of colours), and they are identical on both accounts.
Unfortunately this hasn't solved the problem.

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krysztov

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Nov 30, 2006 8:54 PM in response to Nicky2005

I'm pretty sure this situation affected my FUS: on one of my profiles I had downloaded an old OS 9 game (tailgunner, that cool vector arcade classic) that auto-switched my display, then promptly crashed on me. Whatever you do, don't try that game!
When I FUS instead of displaying an animated cube, Tiger now displays the previous desktop briefly, then switches to the next active one (we like changing our desktops).

I'm actually trying to GET THE CUBE BACK 'cause I actually like it (yeah I know, getalife) and am seeing weird articles on dragging colorsync profiles into something you can only call up by typing a command in Terminal.

Here is the link, but be forwarned, it didn't help me...

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2006/02/fuscolor/index.php

There has to be some more reasonable explanation...

BBK.

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Answer 4

Nicky2005 Author

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Jan 11, 2007 7:13 PM in response to Nicky2005

I have finally solved this problem.

In order for the rotating cube effect to work the number of colours must be set to 'millions'. For some reason when I updated to 10.4.8 it changed from 'millions' to 'thousands'.
So even though both accounts were on the same number of colours, they were not set to 'millions', hence the cube effect didn't work.

Now that both are set to millions, the effect works again!

Hope this helps anyone else having the same problem.

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Answer 5

Jan 12, 2007 6:55 PM in response to Nicky2005

Thanks this fixed it for me too. I never would have found that on my own. I just figured that during the upgrade they got rid of it

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Answer 6

krysztov

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Jan 12, 2007 7:51 PM in response to Nicky2005

I thought I was going to be the first to discover it, oh well! I found that setting both user profiles to millions solved the problem, I guess Apple only made the rotating cube effect for millions. So I wanted to let you know, but I think you beat me by a day.

Isn't it great to have it back??? BBK.

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