I have an Apple laptop running MorhphOS connected to an external monitor. It works well. The question I have is. When I close the laptop lid, the monitor goes blank. Is there a way to prevent this?

Thanks

Donlad

Good question:
My monitor goes not blank.
I can move the mouse pointer but unable to click...

Kronos(?) told me a trick for that once. But i am old and can't remember. I believe you had to close the lid early during startup.

[ Edited by amifrog 16.08.2020 - 22:07 ]

I don't think it's a good idea to close the lid while the Powerbook is running because of possible overheating problems!

But it is supported by Apple, iirc.

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You mean *was*, right? Notice that OSX does disable the backlight though, right? That's because a PowerBook can't cool itself properly while it's closed. We'll try to see what can be done about the external display though. Which model is it exactly?

I can do it right now with my Macbook Pro, with, ehm, recent OS 10.9
of course PPCs are a different thing

[ Edited by amifrog 16.08.2020 - 23:11 ]

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Thank you, my model is an A1138

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This only worked up until version MorphOS 3.11. With the introduction of the extended dual-monitor support in MorphOS 3.12, this functionality sadly got lost. At least for the time being.