=== modified file 'plugins/power/gsd-power-manager.c'
--- plugins/power/gsd-power-manager.c	2012-03-07 11:46:50 +0000
+++ plugins/power/gsd-power-manager.c	2012-03-07 19:20:49 +0000
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@
 {
         GnomeRRConfig *config;
         GnomeRROutputInfo **outputs;
-        int i;
+        int i, how_many;
         gboolean all_off;
 
         config = gnome_rr_config_new_current (screen, NULL); /* NULL-GError */
@@ -2280,19 +2280,23 @@
                 return FALSE;
 
         outputs = gnome_rr_config_get_outputs (config);
+        how_many = 0;
+        all_off = TRUE;
         for (i = 0; outputs[i] != NULL; i++) {
+                how_many++;
                 if (is_laptop (screen, outputs[i]))
                         continue;
 
                 if (gnome_rr_output_info_is_active (outputs[i])) {
                         all_off = FALSE;
-                        goto out;
+                        /*goto out;*/
                 }
         }
-
-        all_off = TRUE;
-
-out:
+        if (how_many == 1) {
+            g_debug("Only 1 connected display, assuming laptop display.");
+            all_off = TRUE;
+        }
+
         g_object_unref (config);
         return all_off;
 }