On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59(a)srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 07:31:54PM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> > So we could at least cover the case where you plug in an external
> > monitor, then close the lid? That would be better than nothing. I assume
> > the problem case is booting with the lid closed and an external monitor
> > connected.
>
> The BIOS generally manages to get that one correct, can we not query
> and keep the current state on boot?
It really doesn't.
Seems to work just fine from a user perspective. Not that I ever use
it like that as I use my laptop as a second screen but of an office of
100% laptops I would think about 50% of the 100 or so people on my
floor use it as such.
Peter