Fast User Switching: not getting the cube effect

snahabed · Oct 24, 2003

Panther rules!

Am I missing something obvious? I have enabled fast user switching, but when I select a user from the Menu Extra, I just get a login dialogue, and no fancy cube!

Powermac G4, so Quartz Extreme not the issue. Is there a setting I don't see?

Did I mention that Panther rules?

alset · Oct 24, 2003

You need set the account without a password. Then it will switch desktops with the animation.

Dan

Evan Laurie · Oct 24, 2003

You do not need to set the accounts with out a password you need to make shure the accounts all have the same moniter setings (i.e. same resolution colors and Hz).

Col127 · Oct 24, 2003

does it require quartz extreme for the animation? i removed the account passwords and it doesn't do the cube effect.

FredAkbar · Oct 24, 2003

The passwords of the accounts have nothing to do with whether you get the cube effect. That's all I know on the subject. I've gotten the cube effect on my iMac G4 while switching to another user with a password.

snahabed · Oct 24, 2003

I tried with and without passwords.

The display settings are identical.

mnkeybsness · Oct 24, 2003

it can all depend on what you have running, how much system resources are being taken up. if there is a system lag, you will miss seeing the animation.

snahabed · Oct 24, 2003

should a 867 G4 with over a gig of ram really have a problem showing a cube?

not showing up, even when no apps running. i dont think its a resource issue. it has to be something obvious!

doubting_me · Oct 24, 2003

Forget your system RAM

It will have nothing to do with your system Ram. Do you have overy 16 megs of VRAM? It is a quartz extreme function and only some cards are supported (e.g. not the rev a Titanium).

snahabed · Oct 24, 2003

It works on my TiG4, but not my Quicksilver. I don't know how much VRAM I have, but I can't imagine a Quicksilver is too ancient?

beefcake · Oct 24, 2003

Works on my TiBook 1Ghz with password and everything. I'm sure if you wait a few days there will be a fix or an explanation.

Golem · Oct 24, 2003

Cant get it working at all

I must be dumb but I cant get it working at all.

Ok Open account preferences.Done

Set Enable fast user switching on under login options. Done

I have 2 users My account (paul) and Other accounts(melissa)

Using it?????

QUOTE]To switch to a user account, just choose it from the menu at the right of the menu bar, then enter the user's password. To switch back to the first user, choose it and enter that user's password.[/QUOTE]

Which menu are they talking about? I cant see any menu under finder nor are system preferences that lets me do it.

I have view,go,window and help on the right of the menu bar in finder.

snahabed · Oct 24, 2003

I seem to have plenty of VRAM. Maybe somebody can look at this and see if something is off. If not, I will send feedback.

Quicksilver 867.. from System Profiler:

GeForce2 MX:

Type: display
Bus: AGP
Display Type: LCD
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 32 MB
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0110
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 1055

Display:

Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Depth: 32-bit Color
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Main Display: Yes

arn · Oct 24, 2003

Re: Cant get it working at all

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Originally posted by Golem
I have view,go,window and help on the right of the menu bar in finder.
Click to expand...

Look farther right. Against the absolute right side of your screen. Your name. click on it.

For the rest of this thread... you need to have Quartz Extreme capable hardware for the cube effect.

arn

Hugh · Oct 24, 2003

Re: Re: Cant get it working at all

Quote

Originally posted by arn
Look farther right. Against the absolute right side of your screen. Your name. click on it.

For the rest of this thread... you need to have Quartz Extreme capable hardware for the cube effect.

arn
Click to expand...

Arn,

This may be off the topic, but what cards are Quartz Extreme capable? I thought any thing from the Quicksilvers and up come with a Quartz Extreme card. :/

Yes I know it's a dumb question, but I thought someone had to ask it.

-Hugh

bousozoku · Oct 24, 2003

Re: Re: Re: Cant get it working at all

Quote

Originally posted by Hugh
Arn,

This may be off the topic, but what cards are Quartz Extreme capable? I thought any thing from the Quicksilvers and up come with a Quartz Extreme card. :/

Yes I know it's a dumb question, but I thought someone had to ask it.

-Hugh
Click to expand...

I believe the answer is:

any machine with 2x AGP and

any Radeon or higher with 32MB or more

or

any Nvidia card with 32MB or more

bankshot · Oct 24, 2003

Re: Re: Re: Cant get it working at all

Quote

Originally posted by Hugh
This may be off the topic, but what cards are Quartz Extreme capable? I thought any thing from the Quicksilvers and up come with a Quartz Extreme card. :/
Click to expand...

Actually, according to http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/

Quote

Supported video cards: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX, GeForce3, GeForce4 MX, or GeForce4 Ti; any ATI AGP RADEON card. A minimum of 16MB VRAM required.
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By the way, to the original poster -- did you do an upgrade, archive/install, or clean install? I wonder if many of the initial problems may only be people who did the upgrade option? Just a thought.

Golem · Oct 24, 2003

Re: Re: Cant get it working at all

Quote

Originally posted by arn
Look farther right. Against the absolute right side of your screen. Your name. click on it.

For the rest of this thread... you need to have Quartz Extreme capable hardware for the cube effect.

arn
Click to expand...

Thanks arn. Wasnt really expecting a menu that far to the right.
Cool!....

Doctor Q · Oct 25, 2003

At The Grove tonight (well, now, technically, it was last night) a guy from Apple gave Panther demos all evening, and his fast user switch didn't do the cube effect. He said he didn't know why!

Hugh · Oct 25, 2003

Re: Re: Re: Re: Cant get it working at all

Quote

Originally posted by bankshot
Actually, according to http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/

By the way, to the original poster -- did you do an upgrade, archive/install, or clean install? I wonder if many of the initial problems may only be people who did the upgrade option? Just a thought.
Click to expand...

Thanks Bankshot!

That answered the question, and I need to read a little more..

-Hugh

snahabed · Oct 25, 2003

Actually, I did a clean install on my Quicksilver, where the cube is not happening.

And I did an upgrade install on my TiG4, where the cube IS happening.

It's a conundrum wrapped in an enigma.

npm · Oct 25, 2003

thousands of colors

For those who's cube effect is not happening... try switching all users to thousands of colors on all displays.

You still need QE!

snahabed · Oct 25, 2003

Nope, changing to thousands didnt work. It DID look like it was STARTING to do the cube, but was really just a tiny tiny hiccup stutter.. it moves half a millimeter before just switching over.

Maybe it is a problem with my resolution? I am on a 23" Cinema Display. I usually am on the smallest... tried changing to a bigger resolution, no effect.

To reiterate... I have a GeForce MX2 with 32MB VRAM. I got QE... I got it in spades baby! That's not the issue.

npm · Oct 25, 2003

Well???

Sorry the thousands did not work for you.

The cube effect didn't work for me either and I got really frustrated. I found a thread on the Apple Discussions board where the thousands of colors solution was suggested and worked for me.

I have a Apple Cinema and Viewsonic CRT. The cube effect only works with the resolution set exactly the same between the two users you are switching between and the colors at thousands.

I have the 64mb ATI Radeon 9xxx that came with my dual G4 PM.

The effect is very cool.

[edit] Is anyone getting the cube effect with Millions of colors?

Ajmbc · Oct 25, 2003

I didn't get many troubles- The cube effect appears on my computer and i'm only running a 700 mHz iBook with 16 mB vram!

--Note: I did a clean install.

=ajmbc

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