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1. Displaylink usb graphics software for linux zip file#
2. Displaylink usb graphics software for linux drivers#
3. Displaylink usb graphics software for linux driver#
4. Displaylink usb graphics software for linux archive#
5. Displaylink usb graphics software for linux upgrade#

Displaylink usb graphics software for linux archive#

Verifying archive integrity… 100% All good. Example commands: # unzip "DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu5.3.1-EXE.zip"

Displaylink usb graphics software for linux zip file#

Unpack the zip file to reveal a single runnable file.

Displaylink usb graphics software for linux driver#

If so, it should be quite easy to find it with a Google search of “Linux driver for Displaylink HDMI adapter”. Note: By the time you read this article, which was last updated January 2023, the version and name of the file might have changed slightly, as might the download URL. Under “ Latest Official Driver“, click the “Download” button, then “Accept” to accept the license agreement and save the file, which will be saved as “‘ DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu5.6.1-EXE.zip‘” or similar. Download the DisplayLink Driverĭownload the Displaylink (who make the adapter’s chipset) driver from here: Disconnect your monitor from the HDMI port, if connected, and reconnected it to a USB 3 port, via the interface adapter. Start by physically installing the adapter. By the way, I am using Linux Mint 21.1 MATE on a laptop made by MSI, model c圆1. Although it is entitled “ …for Windows“, it operates fine with Linux. I bought this Cable Matters USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter from Amazon for £51. USB to HDMI AdapterĪn adapter can “change” a spare USB port into HDMI port. For Linux users, well it is quite easy too, as this article explains. Fortunately, the number of monitor ports can be increased by the addition of a simple adapter. Especially for laptops, which often have fewer ports than desktop/tower systems. Generally, the number of screens is limited by the number of PC interfaces. Being able to have more windows and applications visible at once improves productivity and can reduce the stress of computer usage.

Displaylink usb graphics software for linux drivers#

Download the latest driverįirst create a folder to temporarily store the drivers in.Having a second or even a third monitor attached to your PC gives a helpful increase in screen space. In your case, you may need to adapt the version numbers accordingly. This can be done by following a simple procedure.Īs I am using the displaylink-driver-5.6. file, I will use this as the base line version. The solution is to replace the shipped file, containing the EVDI driver, in the installed package with a newer version.

This led me to the forum post by Karly on the DisplayLink forum Solution So, I decided to look into that direction and stumbled upon this question on GitHub, submitted by BasSmeets.

From the log sfiles, it became clear to me that the kernel was bugging the compatibility with the EVDI drivers. This made me vigurously looking what was going on. When re-installing the Pop!_OS 22.04_14 ISO, sporting the 5.19.0-76051900-generic kernel again No problem! Linux kernel 6.x - DisplayLink, internal laptop display only!Īs a new version, Pop!_OS 22.04_15, running the 6.0.2-7606002-generic kernel, was released no additional monitors! Linux kernel 5.x - DisplayLink working as expected. After diggin around I discovered that the EVDI version isn’t working anymore after the kernel updates. That real culprit has to do with the kernel being updated from 5.19.0-x to 6.0.2-x and the display part of the drive. I noticed, during experimenting with the different 22.04 releases of Pop!_OS, the DisplayLink device wasn’t displaying to the external monitors anymore althought the other functionality (USB, Ethernet and audio) was working as expected. Again no dice… re-applying the procedure, as noted below, fixed the issue again. Pop!_OS updated the kernel again, this time to version 6.0.6-76060006-generic. Possible solution, suggested by Daniel C., is using kernelstub to assign the 6.0.2 kernel to you system again Kernel 6.2 broke the EVDI again: awaiting for a fix to be implemented. Updates, having the most recent on top, on the current status of the EVDI trouble.

It took me a little while to realize what the actual problem is.

Displaylink usb graphics software for linux upgrade#

This happened by an upgrade package overnight (around 25th of October 2022). This is really annoying as all of a ‘sudden’ my workstations which sport Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS wouldn’t work with external monitors, connected using a DisplayLink device, anymore. Kernel 6.x broke the support for the EVDI which is shipped with current release (5.6.1) of the DisplayLink drivers for Ubuntu.