Bug 162915

Summary:	no way to undock safely!
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	sylvain Tetreault <tetreault.sylvain>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	l.lunak
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description sylvain Tetreault 2008-05-30 21:54:15 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 3.5.9)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I have a lenovo X41 laptop. Like every early X series laptop, there is no cd/dvd drive in the laptop itself. Most owner of this kind of machine bought the dock station. Under windows, I can undock safely while the laptop is working because there is a driver for it.

Under linux, the fastest safest way I found is to standby the computer and then undock the computer. Everytime, it wake-up the machine. But for few weeks, I plugged a mouse in the dock. Now, when I undock, even if the machine wake-up, I can't unlock the machine because I need the disconnected mouse to do it. End of story, I should close then reboot my machine while undocking.

To dock the machine, it still work ok if the machine is in standby mode because the wake-up update the hardware.

I know, we are not a lot having a dock station but I don't think it is so difficult to adapt...

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2008-05-31 22:33:48 UTC

Sorry, but KDE is a desktop, it is not responsible for lowlevel hardware handling.

Comment 2 sylvain Tetreault 2008-06-01 17:07:04 UTC

Who is responsible for lowlevel hardware?

2008/5/31 Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>:

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Who is responsible for lowlevel hardware?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/5/31 Lubos Lunak &lt;<a href="mailto:l.lunak@kde.org">l.lunak@kde.org</a>&gt;:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Sorry, but KDE is a desktop, it is not responsible for lowlevel hardware handling.<br>
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Comment 3 Lubos Lunak 2008-06-02 17:41:52 UTC

I suggesting reporting to problem to your distribution if you don't know where to report it.