[Kde-hardware-devel] [PATCH] Add docking station support to Solid

[Will Stephenson]

On Tuesday 24 November 2009 21:59:02 Kevin Ottens wrote:
> On Saturday 21 November 2009 09:24:21 Will Stephenson wrote:
> > The attached patch adds support for laptop docking stations to Solid.
> >  Knowing when the machine is docked will allow us to modify powersaving
> >  policy while docked, eg don't lock the screen if lid closed while
> > docked, and help fix https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185460.
> 
> If the usage is *that* specific (and indeed I don't see another use case
>  for a random app to know the docking state), I'd rather see
> Solid::Control::PowerManager extended to add a isDocked() method or
>  something similar instead of introducing a new capability which will be
>  used only by PowerDevil.
> 
> Of course, since PowerDevil depends on Solid::Control::PowerManager it'll
>  get the info once the PowerManager class is extended.
> 
> Regards.
> 
There's also a method undock() which tells the docking hardware to prepare to 
be disconnected - mind if that goes on Powermanager too?

Will