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good to know, i've never managed to get it working without. what's the recommended approach then?
If your monitor/docking station/adapter and the computer support the DP Alternate mode, then you should use that, it should be supported directly by the kernel. Problems may occur if the port is connected to the dedicated graphics and you use the internal graphics card. In my experience it worked perfectly so I do not know any good troubleshooting steps.
then, maybe it was added to the kernel after i first tried it and i've been working with old assumptions.