Today we suspend on lid close. Perhaps we should support the following cases: a. Shut lid while docked with external monitor, keyboard, mouse For this I think we should not suspend while it is still possible to interact with the system. In the even all of the external outputs are removed (LCD disconnected) I think we should probably suspend. We probably can't do something similar for inputs because there can be may different types of inputs - even the outside of the laptop case can have input controls on it. b. Shut lid while watching movie on attached TV For this I imagine that we'd not suspend until the system goes idle after the movie ends. c. Shut lid when it is the only output Suspend immediately.
I work with my laptop in a dock, so it is often connected to an external display. As soon as I close the laptop lid, power manager will blank the screen, despite the fact I have an external display connected.
Yes, this should be fixed, it's very annoying behaviour. The most simple fix is to add "Do nothing" option for "When laptop lid is closed" in gnome-power-manager. Better fix is described in the original post on this bugzilla entry. I use my laptop very often in a docking station, so I only have the external DVI display in use.. So I don't want to blank the (external) screen when laptop lid is closed! Btw there's a workaround described here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1366631
It seems we have another bugzilla entry about this issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530211 (and also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598540).
*** Bug 598540 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Upstream has re-added "Do nothing" as an option: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589736
Another option is definitely not the answer.
Is anyone working on fixing these multi-display bugs? There's another bugzilla about the same bug/problem here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595644
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