@jnvandermeer What version of evdi are you using? Following your suggestions in downgrading xorg and co. did not work for me.
I'm currently using evdi-pre-release 1.5.0-9 and displaylink 4.2.29-1
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Package Details: displaylink 6.0-0
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| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/displaylink.git (read-only, click to copy) |
|---|---|
| Package Base: | displaylink |
| Description: | Linux driver for DisplayLink devices |
| Upstream URL: | https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics |
| Keywords: | dock gpu graphics usb |
| Licenses: | GPL2, custom, LGPL2.1 |
| Submitter: | Hideaki |
| Maintainer: | endorfina |
| Last Packager: | endorfina |
| Votes: | 104 |
| Popularity: | 2.96 |
| First Submitted: | 2015-08-04 23:24 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2024-05-06 08:33 (UTC) |
Dependencies (5)
- evdiAUR (evdi-amd-vmap-textureAUR, evdi-compat-gitAUR, evdi-gitAUR)
- libusb (libusb-gitAUR)
- gawk (gawk-gitAUR, busybox-coreutilsAUR) (make)
- grep (grep-gitAUR, busybox-coreutilsAUR, grep-compatAUR) (make)
- wget (wget-gitAUR, wurlAUR) (make)
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singing_kettle commented on 2018-05-21 20:41 (UTC)
jnvandermeer commented on 2018-05-21 08:07 (UTC)
I use 2 external screens - 1 on USB-C, 1 on displaylink (VGA) with a Dell XPS13 9360.
I can confirm that downgrade to 1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-2 of the 3 packages as described by K5HV makes my external displaylink display work again.
I also had to downgrade xf86-video-intel, as well, or else it won't allow xorg-server <1.20. The version I picked for downgrade of xf86-video-intel was: xf86-video-intel-1:2.99.917%2B767%2Bg7e9e92c8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
So you have to specify both within a single 'downgrade' command.
IN ADDITION, you have probably to use the linux-lts kernel to boot up.
And to top it all off, finally, if you use cinnamon and you get these strange black artefacts around your windows (on your external screens only) that blotch out your background image or background gradient, you'll have to use ALT-F2 + 'r' to restart cinnamon. This is probably a cinnamon bug, though, that I haven't seen anywhere reported yet.
Feel free to edit if it's too much info -- thanks for the comment @K5HV and @PlusMinus for maintenance.
K5HV commented on 2018-05-20 19:01 (UTC)
I've resolved my problem with 4.2.29-1. My evdi version was too old. But it seems that current displaylink is not compatible with xorg-server==1.20. It was crashing X. Downgrade to xorg-server (and xorg-server-common and xorg-server-xwayland) to 1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-2 fixed it for me (for now)
PlusMinus commented on 2018-03-19 13:02 (UTC)
Ah sorry, it was a local build I tried but didn't commit because it wasn't worth it.
brandimarte commented on 2018-03-19 12:23 (UTC)
@PlusMinus, how did you get the version 4.2.29-2? In my case there is only 4.2.29-1 available...
Thanks!
PlusMinus commented on 2018-03-16 07:45 (UTC) (edited on 2018-03-19 13:01 (UTC) by PlusMinus)
This config works for me right now:
$ yaourt -Qi displaylink evdi-pre-release | grep -A1 Name
Name : displaylink
Version : 4.2.29-1
--
Name : evdi-pre-release
Version : 1.5.0-3
uberGeek commented on 2018-03-15 20:00 (UTC)
Failed to work with 4.2.29-1. Diamond BVU5500H USB to HDMI 4K/2K, DisplayLink DL-5500, USB vendor:product 17e9:4301. Reverted to 4.1.9-1 and all was well. Thank you.
tomterl commented on 2018-03-14 12:32 (UTC) (edited on 2018-03-14 14:46 (UTC) by tomterl)
My device, too, stopped working as a display-provider - building and downgrading to 4.1.9 (wasn't in my cache, was scared for a moment ;-) ) worked as well.
Device: 17e9:4307 DisplayLink USB3.0 Dual Video Dock
Edit: w/r to debugging: I wouldn't know where to start, dmesg/journal are inconclusive either ("evdi: starting logging at level 5" is the only message)
Edit 2: nonsense removed
PlusMinus commented on 2018-03-14 12:23 (UTC)
Same, anybody got time to debug?
K5HV commented on 2018-03-14 11:43 (UTC)
I have the same problem with Dell D3100 as @xtorello. Downgrade to 4.1.9 helped.
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