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ThinkPad X200 UltraBase

2009-07-12T06:02:53Z

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== Lenovo X200 UltraBase ==
Here is some basic info about X200 UltraBase: portable dock for the X200-series ThinkPads ({{X200}}, {{X200s}}, {{X200_Tablet}}) providing extra ports (notably DisplayPort), [[Ultrabay|Ultrabay Slim]] slot and an additional battery slot.

=== Features ===
* Passthrough ports:
** Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45)
** [[VGA Port|VGA]]
** Microphone
** Headphone
* Additional ports:
** 4 USB ports (1 on the right side, 3 on the back)
** [[DisplayPort]]
* Battery slot
* [[Ultrabay|Serial Ultrabay Slim]]
* Kensington security hole

===Pros & Cons===
* Positives: ease up of portability of laptop, digital video output, option for optical drive, allows effective use of second battery
* Negatives: Reduces cooling capabilities (especially HDD)

===DisplayPort support in Linux===

Most Linux distributions still use 2.6.x version of Intel driver which does not have support for DisplayPort. This means that you will be able to use it only in low graphics mode with vesa driver.<br>
Support for DisplayPort is developed by Keith Packard in [http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/log/?h=display-port display-port branch] and will be hopefully merged to master before 2.8 release. [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19995 This freedesktop's bugzilla issue] tracks this work. Keith is also working on improving the support on the kernel side in his [http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~keithp/drm-intel/ private branch]. According to [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMwMA this article] it will be hopefully included in 2.6.31 release.<br>
Meanwhile several people reported to successfully build and use the driver from Keith's display-port branch. For Ubuntu Jaunty you can try [https://launchpad.net/~morgwai/+archive/intel-displayport this PPA].

ThinkPad X200 UltraBase

2009-07-12T05:53:33Z

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== Lenovo X200 UltraBase ==
Here is some basic info about X200 UltraBase: portable dock for the X200-series ThinkPads ({{X200}}, {{X200s}}, {{X200_Tablet}}) providing extra ports (notably DisplayPort), [[Ultrabay|Ultrabay Slim]] slot and an additional battery slot.

=== Features ===
* Passthrough ports:
** Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45)
** [[VGA Port|VGA]]
** Microphone
** Headphone
* Additional ports:
** 4 USB ports (1 on the right side, 3 on the back)
** [[DisplayPort]]
* Battery slot
* [[Ultrabay|Serial Ultrabay Slim]]
* Kensington security hole

===Pros & Cons===
* Positives: ease up of portability of laptop, digital video output, option for optical drive, allows effective use of second battery
* Negatives: Reduces cooling capabilities (especially HDD)

===DisplayPort support in Linux===

Most Linux distributions still use 2.6.x version of Intel driver which does not have support for DisplayPort. This means that you will be able to use it only in low graphics mode with vesa driver.<br>
Support for DisplayPort is developed by Keith Packard in [http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/log/?h=display-port display-port branch] and was merged to master on 2009-04-30. [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19995 This freedesktop's bugzilla issue] tracks this work. Keith is also working on improving the support on the kernel side in his [http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~keithp/drm-intel/ private branch]. According to [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMwMA this article] it will be hopefully included in 2.6.31 release.<br>
Meanwhile several people reported to successfully build and use the driver from Keith's display-port branch. For Ubuntu Jaunty you can try [https://launchpad.net/~morgwai/+archive/intel-displayport this PPA].