Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external display actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2?

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Subject	Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external display actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2?
Date	2024-06-03 23:20 +0200
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Hi all,

I am thinking of replacing my old workstation with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 
Gen 2. There's one thing that makes me hesitate though: on my current 
laptop (Thinkpad P1 Gen 1) the external display is hardwired to a 
specific port. Sadly, I have never been able to use any external display 
with that laptop. Not with the integrated graphics, nor with the 
discrete graphics.

I am hoping to prevent this from happening again, as in this case that 
would be a critical "failure". The idea is that this machine will run 
with the lid closed using a large external monitor.

In case that might be relevant: I am planning to buy the Universal 
Thunderbolt 4 Dock with this laptop.

Are there any users of this laptop here on the list that can tell me if 
this exact type of Thinkpad can actually drive external displays when 
running Debian? I can't find any definite information regarding this 
issue on the Lenovo website and Google didn't get me any further either.

Thanks in advance for any helpful information!

Grx HdV

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Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external display  actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2? Lists <lists@nodatagrabbing.com> - 2024-06-03 23:20 +0200
  Re: Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external  display actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-06-04 00:00 +0200
    Re: Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external  display actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2? Lists <lists@nodatagrabbing.com> - 2024-06-06 12:00 +0200
      Re: Looking for some pre-buying verification: will an external  display actually work with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 2? Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-06-08 18:50 +0200

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