On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 09:35 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On 5 October 2010 05:30, Orion Poplawski <or...@cora.nwra.com> wrote:
> > Are we really stuck with gdm/kdm/lxdm/...dm
> > implementing it?
> 
> No, I think what we need to do is to teach GPM how to turn off the
> internal panel when docked and with the lid closed. The only missing
> piece is for the kernel to export some kind of sysfs boolean saying
> "in-dock". From talks with mjg59, detecting a dock is pretty hard.

Maybe just 'lid closed and external monitor connected' would be close
enough? Is there a use case where you'd want to have an external monitor
connected and the internal system's lid closed, but still have the
internal system's display turned on?
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