I’m fairly sure that any device with displayport alt mode out is required to automatically detect monitors whenever they’re connected.
I’m also fairly sure that it has to be displayport alt mode because I’ve read that HDMI alt mode won’t allow the use of peripherals besides the display (like a touch screen) while displayport alt mode does, and that would explain why almost every portable monitor, current lapdock, cell phone, graphics card and laptop I know of that had video in/out over USB-C uses displayport alt mode.
I wish I could prove any of that, any actual information on these particular differences is buried under a mountain of clickbait.
@robbienmona
Anyway, here’s a librem 5 connected to a nexdock. I’d bet on, but can’t guarantee, your desklab working without having to do anything more than plug it in. Even at 4k.
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