06-12-2019, 09:11 AM | #1 | |
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Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS with A 5.1.9 KERNEL
Hello,
I am running Ubuntu 18 with an updated kernel 5.1.9 (I had to use a new kernel because sound wasn't supported on the regular LTS kernel which is 4.18 I think) The problem now is that I don't manage to install DisplayLink driver on my device. When I try to do so: sudo ./displaylink-driver-5.1.26.run Verifying archive integrity... 100% All good. Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 5.1.26 100% DisplayLink Linux Software 5.1.26 install script called: install Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Installing Configuring EVDI DKMS module Registering EVDI kernel module with DKMS Building EVDI kernel module with DKMS ERROR (code 3): Failed to build evdi/5.1.26. Consult /var/lib/dkms/evdi/5.1.26/build/make.log for details.. Quote:
and also cloned and compiled https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi devel branch now I have made evdi_lib.o and libevdi.so I just don't know how to proceed to finish installing (https://support.displaylink.com/know...r-to-other-lin) please help |
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06-12-2019, 12:53 PM | #2 |
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I eventually managed to compile and install (I will explain what I did just in case someone has the same problem than me)
So far so good: DisplayLink seems to work good for me on Ubuntu 18.04 with a 5.1.9 kernel and 2 screens plugged on a amazon dock I did Code:
./displaylink-driver-5.1.26.run --noexec --keep cd displaylink-driver-5.1.26 sudo displaylink-installer.sh install then I downloaded evdi v1.6.1 on https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi/releases since it has support for 5.0 and 5.1 kernels rm the content of /usr/src/evdi-5.1.26 unzipped evdi-1.6.1.zip and copied evdi-1.6.1/module/* in /usr/src/evdi-5.1.26 retried HTML Code:
sudo displaylink-installer.sh install reboot |
06-18-2019, 09:44 AM | #3 |
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Didn't need DisplayLink drivers on 5.x kernels with D6000
FWIW - on Ubuntu 18.04 I started using UKUU to get the latest 5.1 stable kernels, and the whole experience has just been far better than the stock 4.15 kernel, HWE 4.18 kernel and HWE-Edge 5.0 kernels provided in the main Ubuntu repos.
I have a Dell D6000 dock and a Dell XPS 9370 and I'm still able to use the dock without issue, plugged into a single 4k monitor via the HDMI interface. The DisplayLink drivers never worked with the 2 DVI ports, and I haven't tested those with the 5.1 kernel yet, so all I can claim is at least feature parity. I have successfully uninstalled the DisplayLink and EVDI drivers without losing any functionality. In fact, I no longer have the DisplayLink process hogging between 20-50% CPU constantly, so a big win there. I did have a quick skim of the LWN kernel archives to see if there was any obvious support gained by the kernel but didn't find anything relevant, so I'm at a loss for why this even works. Other than that, battery life on the laptop has improved even when disconnected from the dock (even when I hadn't yet removed the DisplayLink drivers and service). And both bluetooth and wifi are slightly more reliably when it comes to suspend/resume. I'd be interested to know if others are able to forego the DisplayLink driver with other hardware and an upgrade to the 5.1 stable kernels. |
06-19-2019, 03:55 PM | #4 |
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We have two D6000 and we never been able to get the displaylink working correctly on linux. It's a pain.
On Ubuntu (tried different version) sometimes it works with the two displayport, but randomly goes blank. I tried the official and the githib repo On Fedora DP never worked. On both works without driver just with one hdmi. We ended using the hdmi on the d6000 and another phisical from the notebook. |
07-01-2019, 06:00 PM | #5 |
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I have Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS and Linux Kernel 5.1.9, too.
My adapter (UGA-165) worked plug-and-play, however, the colors were distorted. I then downloaded the 5.1 Displaylink drivers for Ubuntu and had exactly the same issues as you, and managed to install it, too, I just had to do one thing differently, Instead of: - unzipped evdi-1.6.1.zip and copied evdi-1.6.1/module/* in /usr/src/evdi-5.1.26 I had to: - extract evdi-1.6.1.zip - cd into evdi.1.6.1/modules - run tar -zcvf evdi-5.1.26.tar.gz . - replace displaylink-driver-5.1.26/evdi-5.1.26.tar.gz with the one I've just created on the previous step, since the installer will extract and use that The driver installed, but now, it's not recognizing the monitor anymore. The adapter just blinks twice and nothing happens. I'll keep this updated if I manage to get it working. -- Edit I see that during the installer, it says: Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx/4xxx/5xxx/6xxx devices But I'm using UGA-165. I wonder if that's why it's not working? -- Edit 2 Uninstalled displaylink-driver-5.1.26 and installed displaylink-driver-4.4.24 using the same techniques as above, but got the same results. Installer says: Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx/5xxx devices Wondering if I should do something else for the UGA-165 Last edited by lukinhasb; 07-01-2019 at 06:09 PM. |
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