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Old 12-02-2020, 09:46 PM   #1
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Default MacOS 11 M1 DisplayLinkManager Crashes and System logs out user

UPDATE: ROSOLVED

When I first installed DisplayLinkManager everthing worked fine (Dell 1440p Monitor HDMI), then I rotated the display in Settings. The Image freezes as from another forum user.

I know read that M1 BigSur Screen Rotation is not supported right now, which is fine.

But now Display Manager Crashes and my user gets logged out of BigSur everytime I start DisplayLInkManager with Monitor attached.

Reinstalling the app didnt resolve the issue.

any suggestions? Like clean delete macos display settings or similar could help?

UPDATE:

Deleting window server plists files resolved the isssue:

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist (sudo rm ...),
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver.blah-blah-blah.plist

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Old 12-10-2020, 03:32 PM   #2
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thank you for your post @Wassiz - I am having the same issue, but the resolution doesn’t seem to work for me.

Would you mind posting the detailed steps you took? What I did:

Uninstalled DL software
removed .plist file (there was only one in my case)
Rebooted

—-> still the same issue of crashing and logging out after starting DL manager.
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Old 12-10-2020, 03:50 PM   #3
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I do not see that file when I go to Finder - Go - Library....is it in a different spot?. thanks
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Old 12-11-2020, 12:33 AM   #4
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First off, thanks for posting this, it helps to know that I am not alone with this issue.

I was able to find the .plist files you mentioned and removed them, but I am still experiencing the exact issue you described. Does anyone know how quickly things like this get addressed? I am really liking the M1 MacBook Pro, but not being able to use multiple monitors may be a deal breaker.
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Old 12-11-2020, 01:36 AM   #5
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I'm experiencing the same issue. Deleting windowserver file did not work for me.
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Old 12-14-2020, 05:35 PM   #6
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First off, thanks for posting this, it helps to know that I am not alone with this issue.

I was able to find the .plist files you mentioned and removed them, but I am still experiencing the exact issue you described. Does anyone know how quickly things like this get addressed? I am really liking the M1 MacBook Pro, but not being able to use multiple monitors may be a deal breaker.
I updated to 1.2 this morning and it is still doing the same thing, just as a another data point.
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Old 12-18-2020, 11:04 AM   #7
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Hello,

Thank you all for reaching out!

We'd appreciate if you could gather logfiles and detailed description of the issue you are seeing and steps already taken to find a solution.
The steps to gather the logfiles can be found here: https://support.displaylink.com/know...to-displaylink


Those along with description of the problem please email to technical-enquiries@synaptics.com or post in the response here.

Thank you,
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Old 12-18-2020, 11:42 AM   #8
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The steps from the first post DID work for me (I rotated a display on M1 and found out it didn't work), here's what I did to recover:
  • unplugged the docking station
  • removed TWO files - yes there are two files: one is in system-wide /Library/Preferences, and the other is in your home directory - note the "~" character in beginning of the path!
    Quote:
    ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver*
  • rebooted
  • reconnected the dock, all works fine in landscape mode

Paste below line in the Terminal and hit Enter to see exact locations of files you need to remove:
Code:
for f in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver* ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver*; do echo $f; done
Hope this helps.....
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Old 12-20-2020, 06:01 PM   #9
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Exactly the same problem here, I'm so glad I've found this post!

I've already sent a UserVoice and was about to re-install my OS, although I've run to some complicated issues while formating an M1 mac and was fearful of doing it again just before the week starts.

I've attached a DisplayLinkInfo with the most detailed settings here that I was logging just before getting loged out after pluging in the screen.

I'm gonna try the proposed solution here and report back in a few minutes.
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Old 12-20-2020, 06:19 PM   #10
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Just tried it and was only able to find the file on the first location. Deleted it and it didn't work.

Btw here's the LS of the second directory:

Code:
helixpt@Andres-MBP ~ % cd /Users/helixpt/Library/Preferences/ByHost 
helixpt@Andres-MBP ByHost % Ls
com.apple.AMPLibraryAgent.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.AOSKit.RegInfo.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.AOSPushRelay.TopicInfo.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.Bluetooth.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.FaceTime.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.ManagedClient.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.QuickLookDaemon.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.accessibility.universalAccessAuthWarn.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.commcenter.csidata.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.configurationprofiles.user.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.controlcenter.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.dock.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.finder.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.identityservicesd.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.imservice.SMS.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.imservice.ids.FaceTime.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.imservice.ids.iMessage.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.loginwindow.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.screensaver.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.settings.storage.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.sharingd.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.soundpref.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.apple.systempreferences.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.logmein.COLVideo.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
com.logmein.GoToMeeting.7DF273B3-79B3-58C7-AEE1-06252AF00941.plist
Also the command to find it didn't return anything as expected, but it should be cached somewhere.

Code:
helixpt@Andres-MBP ByHost % for f in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver* ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver*; do echo $f; done
zsh: no matches found: /Users/helixpt/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver*
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