It is the latter: the Intel kernel module no longer takes the lid switch into account when determining whether or not to light up an LVDS connector (at least on boot). The lid switch was simply wrong too often, resulting in laptops booting with no displays active.
There is a possible workaround here - the nouveau kernel module reports the status of LVDS connectors as unknown when the lid switch indicates a closed laptop. This causes X to ignore the LVDS when doing the initial mode probe unless there are no other outputs connected. This would be an easy patch if I had any external VGA monitors with which to test it! -- x61: Clonemode active while in docking station with closed lid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/564463 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
