Rh Kramer wrote: > The KVM switch has VGA input and output, and the Multipoint adapter has USB-C > input and, among other things, a VGA output (and RJ-45 for Ethernet, bbut no > HDMI, which would be irrelevant anyway in view of the KVM switch and my VGA > monitor). > > Below I quote some information from various web pages I looked at with > respect > to the HP 15z-eh000, and here is the "specification" for the (2) USB-C ports: > > "1 SuperSpeed USB Type-C?? 10Gbps signaling rate (USB Power Delivery, > DisplayPort??? 1.4, HDMI 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge)(with AMD Athlon??? Gold > processor);" > > So, (some of) my questions: > > Would that laptop work with Buster and my Multiport adapter with VGA adapter?
ALmost certainly. > Does Buster support DisplayPort? (Do I need to have DisplayPort supported?) Yes, and not especially. > If I had a multiport adapter with HDMI output would it work with that laptop? > Almost certainly. In particular: the Ryzen APUs have a Radeon GPU that is well-supported by Debian. You will want to add the amd non-free firmware, but unless you have really high-performance graphics needs, you won't need anything not shipped by Debian in Buster. -dsr-
