What driver to use for AOC e2251fw

ctoth · 10-13-2016, 04:10 AM

A year ago I tried to get my monitor working with Linux when the Linux driver was new, and now my primary operating system will be Ubuntu Studio. I'm on 16.04 at this moment. Reading through forums I realized that I may not even need the evdi driver?

In some topics someone from DisplayLink told that if the device is DL-1xx, then the `udl` driver should be used. AOC e2251fw is somewhat old, only USB 2.0, and AFAIK it uses DL-165 (by this service manual (https://www.manualslib.com/manual/10...page=10#manual - V/A processor: DL-165 U401).

I would like a confirmation about that. My laptop's HDMI didn't work with the nouveau driver, so I'm currently using the proprietary one. I wonder in case I should use the `udl` driver (which I suspect yes https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DisplayLink), can I keep the proprietary nvidia driver? (I suspect no). I may try to disable the nvidia from the BIOS and go with the Intel HD, people seem to have more success with that.

Please share your advice and thoughts with me.

10-13-2016, 04:10 AM	#1
ctoth Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 15	What driver to use for AOC e2251fw A year ago I tried to get my monitor working with Linux when the Linux driver was new, and now my primary operating system will be Ubuntu Studio. I'm on 16.04 at this moment. Reading through forums I realized that I may not even need the evdi driver? In some topics someone from DisplayLink told that if the device is DL-1xx, then the `udl` driver should be used. AOC e2251fw is somewhat old, only USB 2.0, and AFAIK it uses DL-165 (by this service manual (https://www.manualslib.com/manual/10...page=10#manual - V/A processor: DL-165 U401). I would like a confirmation about that. My laptop's HDMI didn't work with the nouveau driver, so I'm currently using the proprietary one. I wonder in case I should use the `udl` driver (which I suspect yes https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DisplayLink), can I keep the proprietary nvidia driver? (I suspect no). I may try to disable the nvidia from the BIOS and go with the Intel HD, people seem to have more success with that. Please share your advice and thoughts with me.