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====== Discussion about DisplayLink support in Slackware ====== | ====== Discussion about DisplayLink support in Slackware ====== | ||
- | Greetings, fellow Slackers, | + | Update December 30, 2019 |
- | I am running Slackware64-current with Plasma5. | + | |
- | I had to downgrade to xorg-server-1.19.6 with x-org-server-xephyr, | + | Slackware64-current with latest kernel (5.4.6) and nvidia-driver and nvidia-kernel using evdi, evdi-kernel and displaylink as listed below works fine with the latest versions of nettle, xorg-server, |
- | I had the same issues with Slackware64-current with KDE 4, by the way. | + | All three external monitors work " |
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+ | # Load evdi after reboot | ||
+ | modprobe evdi | ||
+ | cd / | ||
+ | ./ | ||
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+ | # Create missing nvidia device nodes after reboot | ||
+ | / | ||
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+ | More information on my " | ||
Regards, | Regards, | ||
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F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo) | F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo) | ||
- | Akileo, that page you link to contains two workarounds that //do not// require downgrading | + | Update December 09, 2019 |
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+ | Slackware64-current with latest kernel (5.4.2) needs a patch for evdi-kernel | ||
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+ | The whole thread where I found it can be found here: https:// | ||
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+ | All three packages can be repackaged using the SBo scripts: | ||
+ | 1) evdi-kernel: | ||
+ | 2) evdi: https:// | ||
+ | 3) displaylink: | ||
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+ | I had to rename the .zip for DisplayLink to displaylink-driver-5.2.14.zip for it to be repackaged without any issues | ||
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+ | Download the latest compressed files from https:// | ||
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+ | I can still not use the latest | ||
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+ | Regards, | ||
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+ | F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo) | ||
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+ | Update August 16, 2019 | ||
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+ | Same issue with the lastest version of the DisplayLink package and Slackware64-current. | ||
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+ | Regards, | ||
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+ | F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo) | ||
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+ | Update February 26, 2019 | ||
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+ | DisplayLink package version 5.1.26 with Slackware64-current (kernel version 4.19.25) shows screen with lines of different colors and second monitor does not work with x-org-server packages on 1.20.3 (xorg-server, | ||
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+ | Updated to latest package for DisplayLink: | ||
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+ | Updated to latest version of EVDI: https://github.com/ | ||
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+ | Downgraded to x-org-server packages 1.19.6 | ||
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+ | Regards, | ||
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+ | F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo) | ||
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+ | Update December 11, 2018: | ||
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+ | DisplayLink package version 4.4.24 with Slackware64-current | ||
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+ | The package downloaded from DisplayLink did not install this time. I had to repackage the packages using the ones from SBo and evdi packages for 1.5.1: | ||
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+ | https://www.slackbuilds.org/ | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | with a small modification for the displaylink.SlackBuild | ||
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+ | Downgrading all x-org-server packages to 1.19.6 did not work at first. | ||
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+ | Contents of HDMIMonitors.sh | ||
+ | xrandr --listproviders --setprovideroutputsource 1 0 | ||
+ | xrandr --output DVI-I-1-1 --auto | ||
+ | xrandr --output DVI-I-1-1 --pos 0x0 --output HDMI1 --pos 1920x0 --output eDP1 --pos 3840x312 | ||
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+ | Contents of Monitors.sh | ||
+ | xrandr --listproviders --setprovideroutputsource 1 0 --setprovideroutputsource 2 0 | ||
+ | xrandr --output DVI-I-1-1 --auto --output DVI-I-2-2 --auto | ||
+ | xrandr --output DVI-I-1-1 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2-2 --pos 1920x0 --output eDP-1 --pos 3840x312 | ||
I tried both of them, and rebooted after each change. | I tried both of them, and rebooted after each change. | ||
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It uses the DisplayLink chipset. | It uses the DisplayLink chipset. | ||
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+ | Regards, | ||
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+ | F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo) | ||
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+ | Akileo, that page you link to contains two workarounds that //do not// require downgrading xorg-server. Have you tried them? What was the result? \\ --- // | ||
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+ | Greetings, fellow Slackers, | ||
+ | I am running Slackware64-current with Plasma5. | ||
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+ | I had to downgrade to xorg-server-1.19.6 with x-org-server-xephyr, | ||
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+ | I had the same issues with Slackware64-current with KDE 4, by the way. Any pointers/ | ||
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+ | Regards, | ||
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+ | F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo) |