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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:	Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:	Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:	Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1433
Total number of notes:	10312

193.0. "Desktop Colour" by KERNEL::FLOWERS (Hero of the Green Screen...) Thu Aug 11 1988 10:26

    
    
    	Hello all,
    	
    		No I haven't been playing with sector editors again,
    this time I require some assistance in a really odd problem I am
    having.
    
    	Problem : On my (new) system disk I have 6 folders containing
    some useful bits and pieces, in the auto folder I have a PD prog
    called SCACHE.prg and in my main directory I have a desktop.inf
    and a .ACC command line interpreter and a .ACC editor.	
    	The problem arises when I boot from another disk with control.acc
    on it, if I set the colour of the screen and then save the desktop.inf
    on my *system disk* when I then boot from the system disk (warmboot)
    the desktop always comes up in that horrible green and not in the
    colour I saved.  I know it is possible to save the colour as I have
    done it before (but I trashed the disk!!). I have tried removing
    the SCACHE.PRG and the .ACC but to no avail.
    
    
    HELP!!!!!!!! 
    
    Jason.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
193.1	Out of CONTROL	PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ	Jeff Lomicka	`Thu Aug 11 1988 10:52`	6
	Some of the desktop settings are actuall read from DESKTOP.INF by CONTROL.ACC at boot time. If you don't have CONTROL.ACC, or equivalent, you don't get these attributes set. Color may be one of these. There was a program in a recent COMPUTE!'s ATARI-ST disk magazine that would perform these settings without burning a desk accessory slot.
193.2	It worked before..	KERNEL::FLOWERS	Hero of the Green Screen...	`Thu Aug 11 1988 10:55`	9
	Hiya Jeff, I had thought of that but in my previous system disk I didn't have control.acc ( who uses it ?? ) and the coluour was set fine. Jason.
193.3	SHIZIO (sp?) I think loads color pallete	MILRAT::WALLACE		`Thu Aug 11 1988 12:01`	5
	Did you possibly have some other DA (".ACC") on your old system disk that is not on your new system disk? There are other DA's that read DESKTOP.INF besides CONTROLL.ACC. Ray
193.4	Ram Disk???	KERNEL::FLOWERS	Hero of the Green Screen...	`Thu Aug 11 1988 12:16`	12
	Hey!! You might have it, What is the chance of the PD ram disk SI_RAM reading the desktop.inf?? I reckon it must to get the drive icon details!!! Do you think this could be it??? jason.
193.5	The times you wish you had an ST at work	MILRAT::WALLACE		`Thu Aug 11 1988 12:19`	4
	SI_RAM does a fair bit of stuff so would guess YES, but I don't know for sure. Ray
193.6	Aha but it is...	KERNEL::FLOWERS	Hero of the Green Screen...	`Thu Aug 11 1988 12:24`	9
	Thanks Ray, and thanks to everybody for a quick response. And as to not having an ST at work.....it is sat under my desk just waiting for 5:30!!!!! Public Domain = Great :-) Jason.