Ubuntu
gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #416236
  2. Comment #40

Comment 40 for bug 416236

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Pablo180 (paultait22) wrote : Re: [Regression] No "do nothing" for laptop lid closed action

Getting fed up with having to go into the configuration editor and change the option to 'Do Nothing' every time I wanted to use my laptop with another monitor I took a chance and used the 'Blank Screen' option in the power preferences instead, and this seems to work OK now in Lucid and does the same thing as 'Do Nothing' does.

I am not sure whether this is because I am on battery power (never tried that on Karmic) but selecting the blank screen initially blanks both screens, and then the external monitor comes back on after a few seconds. Sometimes I have to click the switch monitor key on the laptop to select external monitor, but it still works.

So the problem appears to be resolved, for me anyway. But I still think it is a silly problem that should never have happened, why remove 'Do Nothing' if what I presume was meant to replace it 'Blank Screen', wasn't working correctly initially?