Dell Docking Station

[Scotty #55]

Hi

I'm running Kubuntu 22.04, plasma 5.24.7.

Inxi output is below:

System:
Host: Latitude-E5530-non-vPro Kernel: 5.15.0-73-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.24.7 Distro: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E5530 non-vPro v: 01
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 05GRXT v: A00 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Dell v: A21 date: 11/30/2018
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 47.7/48.8 Wh (97.7%)
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-3320M bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
L2: 512 KiB
Speed (MHz):avg: 1242 min/max: 1200/3300 cores:1: 1196 2: 1196
3: 1196 4: 1383
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: Microdia Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_E4HD type: USB
driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver:X:loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL:renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
v: 4.2 Mesa 22.2.5-0ubuntu0.1~22.04.3

(I've curtailed it a bit as it goes on to deal with things that I don't think are relevant to my query.)

I've got a Dell D3000 docking station with a monitor attached. It's an old VGA monitor which connects to the DVI port via an adaptor. Nothing appears on the monitor and Kubuntu does not detect an external display. My Windows laptop is simple plug-and-play so I know that the monitor works.

Anyone got any suggestions, or should I just live with it?

[Schwarzer Kater]

A quick test can be:
Boot from a Kubuntu 23.04 live USB stick and try if it works there - if it does this probably is due to the much better multi-monitor support that was written for Plasma 5.27.x or e.g. the newer kernel (not as likely, but who knows…).

[claydoh]

Drivers for the hardware:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en...driverid=3w2d8

and maybe

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1289...tors-on-20-4-1