colour profiles oddity
jeromeo'donohoe
On my MBP, I have my account on "Color LCD" and SWMBO had hers on
"Generic", only because it never got changed from new. We switch users
several times a day, and at some point i will switch back to me, and my
LCD will be in "Generic", and unable to change colour profile. a
"error bonk" noise happens when opening the sys pref panel, and when
trying to change profile. Attempting to calibrate gives: "The factory
profile for the display could not be found."
now, I guess I just need to delete some preferences and restart. but
which? library/colorsync/profiles?
thanks for any help! oh, and lov ley to see Mike Corley back! makes
me all nostalgic.
PeterD
> On my MBP, I have my account on "Color LCD" and SWMBO had hers on
> "Generic", only because it never got changed from new. We switch users
> several times a day, and at some point i will switch back to me, and my
> LCD will be in "Generic", and unable to change colour profile. a
> "error bonk" noise happens when opening the sys pref panel, and when
> trying to change profile. Attempting to calibrate gives: "The factory
> profile for the display could not be found."
>
> now, I guess I just need to delete some preferences and restart. but
> which? library/colorsync/profiles?
make an alias to:
System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frame
works/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DMProxy
and when you flip back to your account and the display's all foobarred,
double click the alias, the terminal will open and run the application.
When it's finished (a second or two) quit the Terminal. Job jobbed.
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Pd
jeromeo'donohoe
golly , it works! how did you know about that, it's pretty obscure!
weird thing...I can't make an alias of the executable. no option in
contextual menu, command-L does nothing. thoughts?
thanks peter!
Paul Donovan
> Hi,
>
> On my MBP, I have my account on "Color LCD" and SWMBO had hers on
> "Generic", only because it never got changed from new. We switch users
> several times a day, and at some point i will switch back to me, and my
> LCD will be in "Generic", and unable to change colour profile. a "error
> bonk" noise happens when opening the sys pref panel, and when trying to
> change profile. Attempting to calibrate gives: "The factory profile for
> the display could not be found."
>
I posted about this in another thread a while ago. This bug has existed
(in my experience) since Fast User switching was introduced and I've
never managed to fix it. Someone suggested removing the Input type menu
item (the little flag at the top right of the screen), but unfortunately
it made no difference on my Macbook.I had the same issue on my old
iBook 700, so it's not an Intel thing).
> now, I guess I just need to delete some preferences and restart. but
> which? library/colorsync/profiles?
>
I've not tried that. I used the Firewire Migration Assistant when I
transferred from the iBook to the Macbook so I guess it's possible that
I transferred an odd setting somewhere. Will have to try.
Cheers,
Paul
Adrian Chapman
O'Donohoe wrote:
> golly , it works! how did you know about that, it's pretty obscure!
>
> weird thing...I can't make an alias of the executable. no option in
> contextual menu, command-L does nothing. thoughts?
I just dragged it into the sidebar of my Finder windows.
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Adrian
"Consturbata sunt visera mea"
PeterD
> In article <2006112920...@news-europe.giganews.com>, Jerome
> O'Donohoe wrote:
>
> > golly , it works! how did you know about that, it's pretty obscure!
> >
> > weird thing...I can't make an alias of the executable. no option in
> > contextual menu, command-L does nothing. thoughts?
>
> I just dragged it into the sidebar of my Finder windows.
Either do that, or Command Option drag it to your desktop (or where
ever) to make an alias there.
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Pd
jeromeo'donohoe
> In article <2006112920...@news-europe.giganews.com>, Jerome
> O'Donohoe wrote:
>
>> golly , it works! how did you know about that, it's pretty obscure!
>>
>> weird thing...I can't make an alias of the executable. no option in
>> contextual menu, command-L does nothing. thoughts?
>
> I just dragged it into the sidebar of my Finder windows.
ah, nice one, thanks. irritating that it isn't properly fixable though.
We await leopard! :-)
Ian McCall
> make an alias to:
> System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frame
> works/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DMProxy
<standing ovation>
That's potentially the most obscure filename I've seen posted to this
group. Or any other, come to think of it.
Cheers,
Ian
SM
By day he's the loveable klutz who can't get Spotlight working, by night
he's the Terminalator
Stuart
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http://www.sundog.co.uk - cut that out to reply
trav...@gmail.com
Alternatively, make it a one click operation by saving this as an
AppleScript application and putting it in the dock:
tell application "Terminal"
open file
"/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DMProxy"
quit
end tell
-Travholt.
PeterD
> Alternatively, make it a one click operation by saving this as an
> AppleScript application and putting it in the dock:
>
> tell application "Terminal"
> open file
>"/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Fr
>ameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DMProxy"
> quit
> end tell
Thanks for that - now I don't have to tell my wife to quit Terminal when
the thing's finished.
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Pd