It's not the keypress that does it, it's the video output switching. On my system (Dell Latitude X200), if I place the machine in the mediabase with the lid closed, it will automatically change to the external display. This will also crash gnome-settings-daemon.
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It's not the keypress that does it, it's the video output switching. On my system (Dell Latitude X200), if I place the machine in the mediabase with the lid closed, it will automatically change to the external display. This will also crash gnome-settings- daemon.