How do I tell Lion to disable the LCD screen even when the lid is open?

I haven't been able to test this, but I used Apple's sample code for a full-screen app to make a dummy app that launches in full screen. If anybody would like to try it, it should be available for download here:

https://www.box.com/s/wy1v7j2hpxvrps3z44de

The app will just launch a graphic of a spinning globe in full-screen, so you can try the steps from code.samurai, et al., [above], without having to run a game. Good luck!

Okay, my first try at that full-screen app didn't work, so I've uploaded a new version that should work (fingers crossed!); it's at the same link [above].

So a solution - but it costs

SwitchResX http://www.madrau.com/indexSRX4.html does the trick

Nick

I'm currently working on a small program that does nothing but display a blank screen and instructions on what to do. The whole process takes less than 10 seconds (launch+open lid+press escape), and then you're good to go.

I will post a link when it's done.

Hello everyone

I have created a small program to fix the issue per sesssion:

http://www.seph.dk/blog/uncategorized/clamshell-mode-with-open-lid-in-mountain-l ion/

Once downloaded: Close the lid. Launch the program. Open the lid. Press escape.

The method is the same as the one code.samurai mentioned. This is a replacement for launching an entire game.

Regards

Seph

thanx so much!

I like the icon

Hi, Seph,

I just tried your little app, but it seems to be for Mountin Lion only.

Is it possible to make it compatible with both Lion and Mountain Lion ?

Laurent

IT WORKS. GENIUS

Laurent, do you get an error when launching? I am very new to Mac development, and I tried to create a version that worked for both Lion and Mountain Lion but was unsuccesful. I don't have a Lion installation at hand. Write to me, then I'll work on a version that works for you as well.

Seph, it simply refuses to launch with a popup saying "You have OSX 1.7.5. This application requires OSX 10.8+"

I never built an OSX app before, but I'm a developper so this shouldn't be that complicated. If you're ok to share your source, and maybe some guidelines to build it, I can give it a try.

my email laurent.chaply at gmail.com

Laurent

you need to change the deployment target from "Current Mac OS" to 10.7. If you don't use functions of the 10.8 SDK you are safe leaving the Base SDK as it is.

I re-uploaded a version with 10.7 as minimum version. Clear your cache and re-download to try again.

Ok. Done. I just had some issues trying to run the app myself. Kept getting a version error if I changed stuff to 10.7. I guess I changed too much 🙂. It should work for Lion users now.

No luck here.

I cleared my cache to be sure to re-download the latest version, but still the same error.

MD5 (ClamshellOpen.app.zip) = 6b1ac279c4112d16a2baa0de59491f42

is this the correct version ?

Laurent

Yes, I am afraid it is. You can have a look at the source and build a version for yourself. As I said, I am new to this, so I don't know what to fiddle with to make it backwards compatible. I thought it would be, by default.