Marching Ants? I have solid line...

Whenever I make a selection with the lasso tool, marquee, etc... literally anything that should show "marching ants" I get a solid black line - hard to read against black, obviously. Anyone know why? I am hoping there's a preference somewhere to revert back (to the past 15 years of experience with the) marching ants... Thanks!
Using an intel 15" Macbook (white), CS5, OS 10.6. I can provide more system info if needed.

BAM! Holding down Command+Option+Shift did the trick immediately after restarting PS. Resetting the tool (right click on the tool in the option bar) did not work.
To be perfectly honest, I can't say if it did that from day one. I feel like it had the marching ants, and I must have fat fingered some quick key to change it. The interface was so different from CS3 (which is what I was using previously), I wasn't aware of when it changed. For instance, during panning, there's now inertia... Not a fan, but maybe it will grow on me.
Thanks for the quick and accurate answer, PECourtejoie!
(if it makes any difference at this point, yes, I am running OpenGL... "Basic" mode is the only available option)

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I sent a similar post here; I have had the same settings in preferences for years (with GL), and the same video card, and the "Cntrl H" does not change the "SOLID" outline to marching ants -- it use to toggle them on and off, but they are NOT there to toggle -- only SOLID line around the selection.
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