<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - ThinkPad T420 + kernel 3.8.x + external VGA display == wrong resolution" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61861#c9">Comment # 9</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - ThinkPad T420 + kernel 3.8.x + external VGA display == wrong resolution" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61861">bug 61861</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:chris@chris-wilson.co.uk" title="Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>"> Chris Wilson</a> <pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=61861#c8">comment #8</a>) > I'm wondering if for a closed LID the resolution should be set to the one of > the external dispaly rather than to the resolution of the internal display ? > (OTOH I do have for KDE a script solution in $HOME/.kde4/env/ which works > fine) The problem is we have a history of manufacturers get lid state horribly wrong, so much so that we cannot trust it by default. Use i915.i915_panel_ignore_lid=0 at your peril.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the QA Contact for the bug.</li> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>