port replicators and linux

[Joseph Kubik]

What brand / t is your laptop?

I have a Dell latitude D400 with it's docking station.
Everything works undocked or docked, but I cannot hot plug the laptop yet.

I've even got X configured to do dual head display. One on the laptop
and one on the CRT.

-Joseph-

On 5/29/05, Franco Saliola <saliola-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hello 
> 
> I've done the prerequiste google search, and I still have a few
> questions about port replicators or docking stations and its
> compatability with linux. I don't know anyone with a port replicator,
> so I am asking the list.
> 
> (1) The port replicators available for my laptop has a many more ports
> than my laptop (ps/2 ports, serial ports, etc). Does this mean that
> these extra ports will work, or should I expect only the ports on my
> laptop to work? (I guess I am asking whether a port replicator is a
> port expander.)
> 
> (2) Is anyone familiar with linux support for port replicators?
> 
> Thanks,
> Franco
> 
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