[enh] Need to sense docking station / switch video output
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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hal (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: hal-device-manager
I have a laptop which I'm daily changing it from docked (in the morning) and undocked (evening). My usual procedure is to suspend (standby) the laptop before docking/undocking.
When I do [docked]
I would need an enhancement like this:
* somehow have the HAL daemon be notified of dock/undock status (or even status change)
* once HAL daemon detected a docking change then it should trigger a video output switch by calling the appropriate xorg driver hook (if possible specify which is the current active video output).
+1
I have a Toshiba T61 with an Intel 965GM GPU. I have to reboot after docking (laptop in suspended mode) because my LCD connected to the docking station doesn't work at all.