Just thought I'd mention
I have two Displaylink devices:
Targus 3.0 USB Dock
Thinkpad USB 3 Docking Station
Running on AMD Ryzen with mesa graphics.
Linux 5.8 kernel + evdi 1.8 + Displaylink from the aur doesn't detect either DVI monitor.
Downgrading evdi to 1.7 fixed this: use AUR package evdi-git 1.7
Acer HDMI 1920x1080
Laptop Display 1920x1080
HP DVI DisplayLink
1280x720
1920x1080 on the Displaylink device runs at around 10fps
However, if I run the display at a lower resolution, it's fine.
To reduce the CPU usage on Xfce, open:
Window Manager Tweaks -> Compositor -> Disable display compositing.
Switching to
Picom from Xfce Window Compositor to fixed my CPU usage because now the Displaylink is rendered using the GPU.
Install picom, or picom-git
In summary:
- Use picom to reduce CPU usage by offloading display rendering to GPU
- Use evdi-git 1.7 instead of evdi 1.8 until it's fixed
- Use a lower resolution than 1080p to increase FPS
If you need a tutorial, let me know I'll add it
Thanks,
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