01-19-2021, 05:18 AM | #1 |
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Slackware support
I am working on adapting the DisplayLink driver to work on Slackware. The former maintainer of the DisplayLink SlackBuild script told me to go ahead and take over, since his last update was back in 2017. The driver seems to have changed in a few ways since then, for example installing to /opt/displaylink and requiring systemd, upstart, or runit.
Unfortunately, I still don't have things working right, and I can't be sure if the problem is with the driver, my Slackware adaptations, my hardware, Slackware64-current, or something else. I'm using a Dell D3100 dock, whose Ethernet, keyboard, mouse, and sound are working fine. Here's the output of lsusb: Code:
$ lsusb Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 005: ID 04f3:0903 Elan Microelectronics Corp. ELAN:Fingerprint Bus 003 Device 004: ID 13d3:5a05 IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam Bus 003 Device 003: ID 13d3:3496 IMC Networks Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 005: ID 17e9:436e DisplayLink Dell D3100 USB3.0 Dock Bus 002 Device 004: ID 2109:0813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 17e9:436e DisplayLink Dell D3100 USB3.0 Dock Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2109:0813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13ba:0018 PCPlay Barcode PCP-BCG4209 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Code:
[ 6.797257] usb 2-2.1: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd [ 6.810352] usb 2-2.1: New USB device found, idVendor=17e9, idProduct=436e, bcdDevice=31.34 [ 6.810420] usb 2-2.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 6.810475] usb 2-2.1: Product: Dell D3100 USB3.0 Dock [ 6.810513] usb 2-2.1: Manufacturer: DisplayLink [ 6.810549] usb 2-2.1: SerialNumber: 2010202407B [...] [ 7.404132] usb 2-2.3: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd [ 7.417935] usb 2-2.3: New USB device found, idVendor=17e9, idProduct=436e, bcdDevice=31.34 [ 7.419685] usb 2-2.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 7.421395] usb 2-2.3: Product: Dell D3100 USB3.0 Dock [ 7.423100] usb 2-2.3: Manufacturer: DisplayLink [ 7.424787] usb 2-2.3: SerialNumber: 2010202407 [...] [ 37.687498] evdi: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. [ 37.702820] evdi: [I] Initialising logging on level 5 Here's /dev/displaylink: Code:
$ ls -l /dev/displaylink/by-id/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jan 18 23:46 usb-002-003-DisplayLink_Dell_D3100_USB3.0_Dock_2010202407B -> /dev/bus/usb/002/003 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jan 18 23:46 usb-002-005-DisplayLink_Dell_D3100_USB3.0_Dock_2010202407 -> /dev/bus/usb/002/005 Code:
$ xrandr --listproviders Providers: number : 1 Provider 0: id: 0x55 cap: 0xf, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 4 outputs: 2 associated providers: 0 name:AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics @ pci:0000:05:00.0 How do I read /var/log/displaylink/DisplayLinkManager.log? It appears to be a bunch of base64-encoded lines, but they decode to binary or gibberish. Are there any other Slackware users here? Would anyone care to test my SlackBuild script? It's still a work-in-progress (haven't added dkms support yet). Edit: After poking around forum a bit more, it seems the kernel and evdi versions are of great importance. I have kernel 5.10.6 and evdi 1.9.0. I played around trying to build the bundled evdi, but even with 228.patch it has a few compile errors due to drm_prime_pages_to_sg() wanting a "struct drm_device *" but being given a "struct page **". While on the topic of versions, I should be clear that I'm using DisplayLink 5.3.1.34. Last edited by andygoth; 01-19-2021 at 05:36 AM. Reason: versions |
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d3100 docking station, linux, slackware |
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