Display problem with Mavericks

I just upgraded to Mavericks and now my iMac's display is flat. It seems the 'blue' is gone. For instance, my bejeweled 3 triangles are now magenta and not purple. Help!!

Hello njmcbeth,
It sounds like your color on the computer seems to have lost some blue tint so the colors look a bit off after updating to Mavericks. I recommend these steps from the article named:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
Reset the system
You can reset the Mac's parameter RAM and SMC.
Reset the resolution
Start by resetting the Mac's parameter RAM. If the display does not come up, was previously set to an unsupported resolution, and still results in no video:
Start up in Safe Mode.
From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences.
Choose Displays from the View menu to open the preferences pane.
Select any resolution and refresh rate that your display supports.
Restart your computer.
If that does not resolve the issue, use this article to calibrate your display:
OS X Mavericks: Calibrate your display
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13768
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

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Name : nvidia
Version : 343.36-2
Description : NVIDIA drivers for linux
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://www.nvidia.com/
Licenses : custom
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : linux>=3.17 linux<3.18 nvidia-libgl nvidia-utils=343.36
Optional Deps : None
Required By : None
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 5.30 MiB
Packager : Felix Yan <[email protected]>
Build Date : Thu 11 Dec 2014 08:32:19 AM CST
Install Date : Fri 12 Dec 2014 12:10:32 AM CST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : Signature
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insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
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fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
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set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
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else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
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set prev_saved_entry=
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set boot_once=true
fi
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fi
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insmod video_cirrus
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set menu_color_highlight=black/green
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insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
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echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
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echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
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insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898
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search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898
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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
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GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="black/green"
# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
GRUB_BACKGROUND="/boot/grub/archgrub.png"
#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"
# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"
Also, it might help to describe the behaviour more specifically / more in depth...
The rendered part of the console occupies the same space as the GRUB boot menu.
I installed and configured virtualbox a few weeks previously.
I ran "sudo depmod -a" as the wiki / forums indicated it could remedy problems with virtual machines failing to start.
It did fix the virtualbox problem; after reboot, suddenly lightdm *also* initally occupied the same window space as grub.
That was new behaviour. When I logged in to xmonad, the desktop displayed similarly to GRUB.
I hadn't tried fixing it; logging in with root followed by "ps -e | grep X" and "kill -9 <Xpid>" caused X as a whole to start behaving and scaling normally.
I haven't rebooted until attempting to rectify the issue with my console.
The oddity with scaling in lightdm and xmonad still shows up after reboot and is still reparable by killing X.
Killing X doesn't - obviously - have any effect on console scale.
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Last edited by seppukuzushi (2014-12-31 14:01:23)

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