[NTLUG:Discuss] Docking ports?

[Lance Simmons]

Michael and Christopher, thanks for the comments.  Based on them, I'm now
cautiously optimistic about the prospects for using the docking station
when the inevitable "upgrade" from my desktop occurs.  I don't plan to ever
take the laptop out of the docking station, so that shouldn't be a problem.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com>wrote:

> When I first took this job seven years ago, I had a Dell laptop and docking
> station.  The laptop was running SUSE 9 something.  I never had any
> problems with it.  I did always shut down the laptop before removing it
> from the dock, however.
>
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Christopher Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
>
> > On 04/29/2013 01:16 PM, Lance Simmons wrote:
> > > My desktop at work soon will be replaced by a laptop plus docking
> > station.
> > >  (I've been using Debian at work since 2001, but everyone else uses
> > Windows
> > > or Mac.)  The laptop and docking stations will be Dell.
> > >
> > > Has anyone had luck using Linux laptops with docking stations?
>  Problems,
> > > pitfalls?
> > >
> >
> > Docking ports in general make a ton of assumptions.  Best advice, don't
> > "rip"
> > the laptop (regardless of OS) from the dock.  If possible, power down/off
> > to put
> > on/off.  And again, while Windows users will claim you can do better,
> it's
> > a
> > recipe for trouble even with assumptive Windows.
> >
> > I've used Dell docks... I have an E-dock (the simpler port replicator
> > one)...
> > but to be honest, I have never used it.  However, I did use my D-dock
> > quite a
> > bit (for those that don't know... D and E are series in Dell-land).
> >
> > The ability to suspend a laptop is still problematic and can vary from
> > software
> > to software (distros differ on techniques) and from rev level to rev
> > level, etc.
> >
> > I know that Debian used to use a fairly safe technique for suspend to
> disk
> > (which is normally the safest).  The fast suspends (suspend to ram/sleep)
> > are
> > probably the most problematic.  And really can't be guaranteed... and
> > again...
> > even if it works on a particular distro.. a simple distro patch update
> can
> > break
> > things.
> >
> > Sometimes it helps to search for your model and Linux and see if somebody
> > has
> > detailed  out how well things work for that model.
> >
> >
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-- 
Lance Simmons