TheDirTchamber Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hey guys. I have a small issue with the secondary display on 10.5.8. It works fine, but everytime I open a game, for example, in fullscreen, the secondary monitor goes black and stays that way till I exit that game. On Windows this is not happening. Is this an OS X issue, or do I have to do something to get the 2nd monitor to ignore what I'm doing on the 1st one? Thanks. P.S. It's not on mirror mode, it's extended. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210887-secondary-display-on-1058/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnapalm Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I think it's defined by the application that goes fullscreen. If you play a fullscreen video in QuickTime the secondary screen goes blank. VLC has an option to "blank screens in fullscreen mode". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210887-secondary-display-on-1058/#findComment-1412369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
einhornchen Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Perhaps trying something to reset video after finishing with the game? I dont personally know of a way, but I'm sure it's possible Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210887-secondary-display-on-1058/#findComment-1412382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDirTchamber Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Hmm..it seems that you didn't understand completely. This is NOT a problem, the screens are back to normal after exiting the game. The issue is that the secondary one goes blank WHILE I'm playing on the primary screen, and this thing doesn't happen in Windows and it's not normal, imo. For example, I usually keep a messenger chat window on the secondary display while playing on the primary, to see any messages that may show up, so I don't have to alt-tab every time I hear the new message sound. But with this issue, the secondary display is useless while I'm in a fullscreen app on the primary monitor. This should happen (if I'm not mistaking) if the two monitors are in clone mode (or mirror mode, in OSX), but that's not the case, they're independent. P.S. @oldnapalm: Well, every game I played so far was the same, so I don't think it's an application thing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210887-secondary-display-on-1058/#findComment-1417003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnapalm Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 P.S. @oldnapalm: Well, every game I played so far was the same, so I don't think it's an application thing. You may be right, I said it was a guess. Take a look here http://ask.metafilter.com/35513/OS-X-dual-...splay-untouched Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210887-secondary-display-on-1058/#findComment-1417816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohan-04 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Sorry dont mean to thread jack but i have a similar problem, When i connect my External monitor(VGA) to my laptop. Both the screens go black. I dont change any settings or set any settings. Can i please get some help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210887-secondary-display-on-1058/#findComment-1419279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Please post specs when asking for help, nobody knows anything about your video hardware or your configuration. Your issue is not related to the issue discussed in this thread. If you have nvidia video, go to the projectOSX forums and read the post titled 'guide for all nvidia boards' by Krazubu. If you have ATI or something else I don't know what to tell you. Find someone with the same video card as you by searching and see if they have the same problem and what they did to fix it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210887-secondary-display-on-1058/#findComment-1419328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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