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(Get the code!)
Naturally I have moved on. I have installed 13.10 and sinced jumped to xubuntu-desktop (because I use the Alt key). At present I am using NVidia. This is still significantly broken for laptops with external monitors. It worked under Unity, but the UI decisions and bugs in that are intolerable.
For reference, the main problem with the NVidia driver is that, when booting (a T61) port replicated external monitor, it uses both screens for the login screen. And, yes, it fixes the login and controls to the closed laptop screen. For me, I can just leave the settings and type my password in the unseen display. After some mouse movement the desktop sorts itself out after logon.
So I could try the 13.10 Nouveau if you like, but other than that this bug has been left unsolved and too stale to address.
Please test laptops for real world situations, which NVidia seem not to.