06-07-2024, 02:44 AM
(06-06-2024, 04:52 PM)bsammon Wrote:(05-31-2024, 01:51 PM)ColoBill Wrote: I've seen a couple other posts but all are from 3 years ago or so. I just thought there might some newer thoughts. For hardware I've tried with a USB-C to HDMI adapter I had around and I also bought the Pinebook Pro Docking Station (PBP-DOCK11) years ago and had no luck with it either.
I looked into this a few years back. I didn't put a lot of effort into trying it though. My recollection of my impressions of what people were saying on the forum back then are:
USB-C-to-HDMI adaptors won't work, because the PBP hardware doesn't support HDMI-over-USB. The PBP hardware will work with a USB-C-to-Displayport adaptor, however.
Most USBC-HDMI cables on the market use an internal DP->HDMI converter chip, so the computer is still outputting via DisplayPort alt mode. (Direct HDMI over USB-C is a thing, but most laptops / cables don't implement it.)
(06-06-2024, 04:52 PM)bsammon Wrote: I didn't do as much research about the Docking Station, but I vaguely remember getting the impression that it contains its own video chip in it, so it's kinda like adding a second video card to your computer. If that's correct, then guides/advice about configuring X/Wayland to switch video outputs probably wouldn't work, because you actually want to configure X/Wayland to switch video devices if you're using the docking station.
That would require the PBP to support Thunderbolt/USB4, which I don't think it does.