I just reproduced the problem with a T61 and a docking station using
Natty, following the sequence in the bug description.
1) Laptop is placed in a docking station
2) gnome-display-properties has been used to disable the internal laptop screen
and only use the external display, this is stored in
I tested the scenario, but for me it behaves differently in natty. Upon
resuming, I see a half-empty panel, but nothing on my desktop,
presumably because it insists putting screens side by side. If I
reconfigure them in gnome-display-properties, the external screen goes
black forever, so I can't