Description of problem: In F11 (and previous), there was the option to "Do nothing" when the laptop lid is closed on AC power. I used this preference to allow me to close my laptop lid when working with an external monitor. I will often surf the web or watch a video on a larger external monitor that is just a mirror of my laptop display, so the laptop display is not needed. Now that there is no such option, I can no longer do this. The closest thing I can choose is Blank, but that blanks both the laptop and external displays. I would like to either have the option to "Do nothing" again, or I would like Blank to only blank the laptop's internal display. I would think the former would be the better choice. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-power-manager-2.28.1-1.fc12.x86_64 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Running F11, choose "Do nothing" and close the lid 2. Running F12, choose "Blank" and close the lid Actual results: Both the internal and external displays are blanked. Expected results: Internal display is turned off, but external display(s) is (are) left on.
I think what you really want is "Blank just the internal panel" as some machines actually melt (!) if you leave the internal panel on when the lid is closed. Unfortunately, Xorg doesn't give us per-panel DPMS control (yet) and instead sets it for all monitors. I'm hesitant to add back "Do nothing" as it's an easy way to fry some laptops. I can understand why you need this functionality tho. If you change the value of /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_ac to "nothing" in GConf viewer, it'll behave like the old menu item. Ajax, any idea when the per-panel Xrandr-based DPMS stuff is likely to happen?
That works splendidly! Thank you very much for that tip. I can totally understand the reasoning behind removing that option from the list, so I'm happy to use this workaround for my situation. Just to note, so you won't be worried: my laptop's BIOS (?) automatically turns off the internal display when the lid is closed, and I've never had it get very hot when leaving it closed for hours at a time. Now, shall I leave this bug open as a tracker for the larger feature of having a "Blank internal display only option"? Or should I close this as NOTABUG and let you guys work that out as possible?
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle. Changing version to '12'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
*** Bug 540595 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I would like to keep this bug open as long there is no explicit tracking bug so people can find it when looking for solutions.
I think the appropriate upstream bug is the https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589736 This is the same issue in the Ubuntu bug tracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/390816
Any updates on this? I'm having the same problem.. when I close the laptop lid BOTH the internal LVDS and external DVI display get blank! I don't want it to behave like that. I need to continue using the external DVI display. When I have the laptop in the docking station (which most of the time), I only want to use the external DVI display, not the internal LVDS at all.
So please add "Do nothing" back! I'm using F13.
Upstream has re-added "Do nothing" as an option: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589736
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