jooby Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Hi, I got 10.5 running on my lenovo 3000 y410 laptop running pretty decently. So I decided to plug in a second monitor and everything went well. But then, I went into the display options and checked "Mirror Display" and now both monitors start to flicker and display random colors. If I unplug the secondary monitor it flickers some more and then returns back to normal. I was wondering if there's a terminal command to turn off Mirror Display or some other work around? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpitstupidsimple Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I have a desktop with two monitors. One is WSXGA and one is WUXGA. When you use them in side-by-side mode, everything works great. I think OSX or at least hackintoshes have a problem with mirror mode on two screens of different native resolutions. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jooby Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Thanks. But I kinda figured that. I can't get the "mirror Image" Checkbox because I don't have the second monitor plugged in. When I do plug it in, both monitor start acting up. Any one have a solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Mirror does not work on hackintoshes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jooby Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 What I'm trying to do is turn Mirror Image off. But I can't because when I plug in my second monitor both screens get distorted and I can't see a thing. So thats why I'm asking if there is a way to turn it off in terminal or edit a certain kext file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Try to connect with other Computer with Screen Sharing (VNC), turn the mirror off remotely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazubu Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Other way : Boot the terminal and type the following (replace "USERNAME" as needed, case sensitive) : rm -f /Library/Preferences/com.apple.window* rm -f /Users/"USERNAME"/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.window* rm -f /Users/"USERNAME"/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.pref* This will reset the display configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jooby Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Thanks for the replies guys and girl. Krazubu the terminal commands worked. Very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanchaos Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Thanks Krazubu! This solved my blunder too! Other way :Boot the terminal and type the following (replace "USERNAME" as needed, case sensitive) : rm -f /Library/Preferences/com.apple.window* rm -f /Users/"USERNAME"/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.window* rm -f /Users/"USERNAME"/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.pref* This will reset the display configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Other way :Boot the terminal and type the following (replace "USERNAME" as needed, case sensitive) : rm -f /Library/Preferences/com.apple.window* rm -f /Users/"USERNAME"/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.window* rm -f /Users/"USERNAME"/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.pref* This will reset the display configuration. STICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or FRONTPAGE NEWS!!!!? SticMAC (everybody battles with this some stage or another) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjonnyjones Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 STICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!or FRONTPAGE NEWS!!!!? SticMAC (everybody battles with this some stage or another) Apologies if this has bumped this thread! I have the same problem with trying to connect an external monitor, see my video below... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-gtna1Ue1Q I've even just done a fresh re-install and im having the same problem. I tried opening the terminal program on the desktop but I keep getting errors when I type each line and hit enter! I've repaired disk permissions, the lot! Im completely lost! Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vknyvz Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 i am so eager to try those commands when i get home, my screen doesn't action up when i click on detect display, it just goes blank (both screen, laptop and external monitor), so but i am gonna vnc onto my laptop and see if i can type those commands and get the windows working jooby is that what you did?, both screens goes blank/acting up, so you vnc onto mac, from another pc, you get a nice screen, type those comamnds on terminal and get things working? god I've been trying to make dual screen work for ages now, hopet his fixes it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klh6686 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 do you mind sharing what process you used to get this installed on the y410? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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