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dan_linder · 12-22-2019, 11:47 PM

I too am pretty disappointed in how the "displaylink.org" is supporting Linux distributions. I'm usually a Fedora guy, but when I got my HP Spectre x360 (2018) I went all in and got a Dell D6000 dock. That was after I had used the x360 with a Dell W15 (I believe) and it worked flawlessly under both Windows and Linux.

As I've come to expect, the stability of the system under Windows 10 is great, but using the D6000 with any variant of Linux (Fedora 30/31, Ubuntu 18/19.04/19.10, etc) is horribly unstable. Audio, USB, network are all fine, but video dies intermittently and only un-plugging and re-plugging the USB-C cable helps.

And I don't think it's a USB-C/ThunderBolt issue as the same problem occurs when I use the USB 3.0 adapter.

And I am pretty sure it's not hardware as the same D6000 using my older Dell laptop (in USB 3.0 only, no USB-C) seems to be quite stable. (That is the system I upgraded from, so this is even more frustrating.)

I'd love to help with the Alpha and Beta drivers too.

So DisplayLink.org team, any takers?

12-22-2019, 11:47 PM	#2
dan_linder Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 5	I too am pretty disappointed in how the "displaylink.org" is supporting Linux distributions. I'm usually a Fedora guy, but when I got my HP Spectre x360 (2018) I went all in and got a Dell D6000 dock. That was after I had used the x360 with a Dell W15 (I believe) and it worked flawlessly under both Windows and Linux. As I've come to expect, the stability of the system under Windows 10 is great, but using the D6000 with any variant of Linux (Fedora 30/31, Ubuntu 18/19.04/19.10, etc) is horribly unstable. Audio, USB, network are all fine, but video dies intermittently and only un-plugging and re-plugging the USB-C cable helps. And I don't think it's a USB-C/ThunderBolt issue as the same problem occurs when I use the USB 3.0 adapter. And I am pretty sure it's not hardware as the same D6000 using my older Dell laptop (in USB 3.0 only, no USB-C) seems to be quite stable. (That is the system I upgraded from, so this is even more frustrating.) I'd love to help with the Alpha and Beta drivers too. So DisplayLink.org team, any takers?