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Hi @olive,

the specification is clear: Use any package which provides evdi in version 1.7.0. Your enumeration of options is correct. See also my comment in evdi-git

You could also create another package evdi-1.7 and submit it to AUR.

It is actually not very clear why there is an evdi 1.8 on the AUR.

That is a question you have to ask to the evdi package maintainer.

Is that of any use without a compatible displaylink?

No, it is not. But with Kernel 5.9 coming, the situation will change. I expect a new displaylink to be released eventually.

https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi/issues/216#issuecomment-695932604 DLM = DisplayLinkManager

Can we get clarification about what is exactly the evdi package we are supposed to use? The only evdi=1.7 is the git version, is that the version that is recommended? Usually git means latest development and unstable but maybe there is a good reason to use it here. Another possibility is to fetch an older snapshot of the evdi package (currently on the 1.8 version) and to use it. It is actually not very clear why there is an evdi 1.8 on the AUR. Is that of any use without a compatible displaylink?

I see same driver on official i-tec web site manufacturer for dock station. I can connect 2 screen 2160x1440 to my laptop FullHD and it is working to show display desktop with xrandr. But get mouse flickering and icon mouse and some squares draw on desktop (it is very borring). I use XOrg, Intel i915 and nvidia propietary driver with GTX 1660 Ti GPU card on Gigabyte laptop Aero15. Also, the numeric keyboard part stop working when i use displaylink with 2 monitors.

What is the solution to fix these annoying ugly problems ?

I have two monitors side by side. With recent updates to displaylink, when I move my mouse cursor over to the right side of the left monitor, the cursor is on the right edge of both monitors.

Any way to fix that?

Displaylink breaks with current Xorg update to 1.20.9

Downgrade all relevant xorg packages from cache (if possible):

for pkg in $(find /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ -type f -iname "xorg*1.20.8-3*"); do sudo pacman -U $pkg; done

No worries,

remove 99-displaylink.rules

sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-displaylink.rules <<< ''

disable displaylink.service

sudo systemctl disable displaylink.service

reboot

reboot

Add to your display manager autostart, e.g. xfce4-session-settings

sudo systemctl start displaylink

Or if you don't want to edit files, uninstall and reinstall it.

My setup (strict rolling release, updated every day):

Kernel: 5.8.7-arch1-1
DE: Xfce 4.14
WM: Xfwm4
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 4900H with Radeon Graphics
GPU: AMD ATI Renoir
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile/Laptop

xorg

extra/xf86-video-amdgpu 19.1.0-2
extra/xorg-server 1.20.9-2
extra/xorg-server-common

Displays

eDP Laptop Screen
HDMI-A-0 HDMI Port
DVI-I-2-1 (DisplayLink USB 3.0 Targus Dock VGA Monitor)
DVI-I-1-2 (DisplayLink USB 3.0 Thinkpad Dock HDMI Monitor)

@homelessuser: Please use a forum thread but stop spamming the package comment section with such nonsensical advice. Nobody needs to remove and install the displaylink package every time they boot their system. Maybe you mean to start the displaylink service after the X start.

Keep on investigating and when you have found the root cause of the crash, file a bug with the offending upstream package.

BTW, still working fine here with kernel 5.8.6, xorg-server 1.20.9, evdi 1.7.0

Hey guys, I've found an easier but annoying way to run DisplayLink on the latest xorg-server.

You just need to remove displaylink (and reboot) before your start x.

# add this to shutdown
sudo pacman -R displaylink

# then when you have your desktop up and running
yay displaylink

You don't need to reboot now because evdi is installed

Just unplug your displaylink screen, plug it back in and turn it on in arandr or xfce4-display-settings or whatever you're using.

Also make sure you're on

evdi-git 1.7.0.r6.g9b124a6-1

I'm running evdi-git 1.7.0 and xorg-server 1.20.9-2 with 2 displaylink screens and an hdmi screen, plus laptop screen.

I just can confirm the segmentation fault after upgrading to xorg-server-1.20.9 and that downgrading it via

sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-server-1.20.8-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

helps.