Display problem

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MarcoTech

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When I try to go to System Preferences -> Display to change the resolution of the display, the display window comes up but nothing loads.. I have no idea why, it just sits there. I know the problem is a bit vague, but has anyone had the same problem or have a solution for it? It'd be much appreciated, thanks.

--p.s. I'm running Mac OS X Panther ver. 10.3.8
 
do you have the displays menu item loaded in the menu bar? can you change resolutions from there? if so sounds like the issue is limited to just your System prefs.

if you don't have the display menu extra loaded, you can manually load it by double clicking on the .menu file located in:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Displays.menu
 
is this on a desktop or a laptop? what trouble shooting have you done already? zap the NVRAM and or PRAM? reset openfirmware?
 
It's a g4 450Mhz powermac w/ 768mb of ram, and no I haven't done any of what you suggested, I don't how to begin w/.. :p
 
Zap Pram
Restart holding these keys for three chimes;

Command-Option-P-R

Reset Open Firmware. Reboot your computer while holding down command-option-o-f. At the prompt, type
reset-nvram and hit the Return key, then type
reset-all and hit the Return key again. Your computer will reboot.
 
Try deleting the System Preference plist;

com.apple.systempreferences.plist

Then restart
 
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