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dkasak
06-10-2016, 05:14 AM
The page http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu only shows version 1.0.335, but I've found package wrappers that imply there is a version 1.1.68. Version 1.0.335 package wants to install evdi-1.0.68, which doesn't build for my kernel ( though the later one for 1.1.68 does ).

By the way, hiding binary kernel drivers behind an open-source wrapper still makes the binary kernel driver illegal.

So anyway where can I get the latest driver?

Alternatively, is there a way I can avoid having to use the binary driver? I've seen ( https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/DisplayLink ) that you can build udl and udlfb kernel modules, which I've done, but nothing gets detected ( no additional /dev/fb* device ).

mlukaszek
06-10-2016, 08:54 AM
Hmm, not sure what you mean -
http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu is indeed where you can find the latest version, and also previous ones.

There is no binary kernel driver in the solution for Ubuntu DisplayLink proposed. All the source code is on GitHub and we're accepting contributions.

udl (current DRM compatible module) and udlfb (legacy fb device) are modules for older DL chip families (DL-1xx), these won't work with USB3.0-era devices.

Regards,
Michal