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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Besides being marked fixed upstream, this may be a duplicate of bug
138102. There the problem is with all screens blanking, but the cause is
probably the same.

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Title:
  closing the lid should suspend if and only if no external video is
  connected

Status in Gnome Powermanager:
  Fix Released
Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

  On laptops it's very convenient to have the laptop go to sleep when I
  close the lid.  However, when I connect an external monitor (or a TV)
  to a laptop, I often want to close the lid so that the smaller
  internal screen doesn't get in the way.  Blanking the screen or going
  to sleep is exactly what I don't want in those use cases.

  g-p-m should offer me a choice to ignore lid events when there's an
  external monitor connected to the laptop, and I'd even go as far as to
  say this choice should be the default.

  Use cases:

    * Bob is working on his laptop and needs to go somewhere.  Bob
  closes the lid, laptop goes to sleep.

    * Mary comes home with her nice small Asus EeePC, plugs in a large
  external monitor, a USB keyboard and wants to close the laptop screen
  to save power (or desk space).  The laptop shouldn't go to sleep.

    * John wants to watch a movie on a large TV.  He plugs the cables,
  starts the movie, and closes the lid to avoid having an extra light
  source showing the same (but much smaller) picture next to the TV.
  The laptop shouldn't go to sleep.

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