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I just bought a Lenovo USB 3.0 Docking Station. It works with my keyboard, but not with the monitors: ubuntu just does no recognize the external monitors when I connect them.

Sorry for the lack of details, I am a newbie and I really do not know where to look for. It would be really good if anyone can help me with that.

thanks

EDIT:

Computer: Lenovo Thinkpad T480s Ubuntu: 18.04 Docking station: Thinkpad USB 3.0 Ultra: https://www.lenovo.com/de/de/accessories-and-monitors/docking/universal-cable-docks-usb/ThinkPad-USB-3-0-Ultra-Dock/p/40A80045EU

JSBach
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Posting as posted by "danzel" in comments above. All credit to the guy. Hence posting this as a guest: "USB 3.0 docking stations in most cases use DisplayLink hardware for video output. You can find the necessary drivers and installation instructions here. "

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This is still a relatively common problem for me. Restarting my Display Manager will fix it every time (for gnome):

sudo systemctl restart gdm3

Note: This will also close all your windows, but it's way quicker than a full restart.

Benedikt Gansinger
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I have an Asus DC300 Docking Station, and I got it to work by unplugging the power cord from the Docking Station and unplugging the docking station from my laptop for 10 seconds each at the same time, then re-plugging them.

I realized late that I was actually having this issue in Windows too.

Attila Szeremi
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