If the hardware issues a hotplug irq when the cable is still connected, there's not much the driver can do, really. We check the link on hotplug, it's still there, do nothing. The HDMI live status checks that have been merged *might* help a bit, but otherwise, I'm closing as WONTFIX.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1463926 Title: Removing HDMI cable will not always resize the desktop Status in X.Org X server: Won't Fix Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Plugging in an HDMI cable in my laptop will automatically cause Unity to resize the desktop to span both screens. Removing the HDMI cable will sometimes not automically resize the desktop to return to a single screen. xrandr --auto will resize the screen. The graphics card is: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/1463926/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
