Macbook Pro dark screen after disconnecting from Cinema Display

Dear all,
the issue I am having:
- after disconnecting from Cinema display (having first put my Macbook Pro in "sleep" mode) I just ca't make the Macbook pro scren show anything....black display
- but is it really asleep? NO!!! It just STILL believes it's connected to the Cinema Display
That's what I though was happening, so I thought: "if I now plug in the thunderbolt-to-VGA dongle that I use for the videoprojector then the screen might come back... and.... Voilá! It comes back, BUT starts flickering until in the end it just dissappears....
I can reproduce the error all the time. Worse than that: a reboot does not help at all.
Looks like there is an internal hardware switch that must be left "engaged" and then the Mac just believes it is connected to an External screen and sends the signal though the thuderbolt port instead of through the screen!!!
WEIRD error/bug or whatever!!
I have no idea how to make this reach the Apple guys.... I tried to report a Bug but they asked me to join in as Apple developer which I just can't do (for working issues).
Can anyone tell me if they have had this problem, and whether Apple is taking care of it?
(this reminds me of an issue with an internal switch with the headphones in my old MacBook Pro.... after disconnecting the headphones, the internal switch was not being disengaged, so sound would NEVER come out as it was being sent to the headphones instead of to the speakers... Same problem here but with the Image??? :-((( )
Thanks a lot.
BTW: here go my Mac characteristics:
Mac OSX 10.8.2
  Model Name:          MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:          MacBookPro10,1
  Processor Name:          Intel Core i7
  Processor Speed:          2.6 GHz
  Number of Processors:          1
  Total Number of Cores:          4
  L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
  L3 Cache:          6 MB
  Memory:          8 GB
  Boot ROM Version:          MBP101.00EE.B02
  SMC Version (system):          2.3f32
Intel HD Graphics 4000:
  Chipset Model:          Intel HD Graphics 4000
  Type:          GPU
  Bus:          Built-In
  VRAM (Total):          512 MB
  Vendor:          Intel (0x8086)
  Device ID:          0x0166
  Revision ID:          0x0009
  gMux Version:          3.2.19 [3.2.8]
MacBook Pro:
  Vendor Name:          Apple, Inc.
  Device Name:          Macintosh
  UID:          0x0001000D11C0EF80
  Firmware Version:          11.1
  Port:
  Status:          Connected
  Link Status:          2
  Link Controller Firmware Version:          0.11.4
  Port:
  Status:          No devices connected
  Link Status:          7
  Link Controller Firmware Version:          0.11.4

Sometimes I experience the same after disconnecting my 24" display (in seldom cases, the mouse cursor is not painted correctly, as well).
Can you check - when it happens - if in System Profiler > Hardware > Graphic > Quartz Extreme is listed as 'supported'. I found it to be 'not supported' when the scrolling and display behaves strangly. Also the Menu Bar is not transparent any more.
Next to rebooting, logout and login again fixed the issue for me. But I am also looking for a better fix/explanation.
marcus

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