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talk:howtos:hardware:displaylink [2018/12/11 12:54 (UTC)] 23.216.55.159talk:howtos:hardware:displaylink [2019/09/16 17:54 (UTC)] 23.223.202.190
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 ====== Discussion about DisplayLink support in Slackware ====== ====== Discussion about DisplayLink support in Slackware ======
 +Update August 16, 2019
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 +Same issue with the lastest version of the DisplayLink package and Slackware64-current.  The only way to have it working is with xorg-server 1.19.6
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 +Regards,
 +
 +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, x-org-server-xephyr, xorg-server-xnext and xorg-server-xvfb)
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 +Updated to latest package for DisplayLink:  https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/file?id=1304
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 +Updated to latest version of EVDI:  https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi/releases/tag/v1.6.0
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 +Downgraded to x-org-server packages 1.19.6
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 +Regards,
 +
 +F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo)
 +
 +
 Update December 11, 2018: Update December 11, 2018:
  
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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: 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:
  
-https://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/evdi/<br> +https://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/evdi/ 
-https://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/evdi-kernel/<br> + 
-https://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/displaylink/<br> +https://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/evdi-kernel/ 
-https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/file?id=1261<br>+ 
 +https://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/displaylink/ 
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 +https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/file?id=1261 
 https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi/releases https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi/releases
  
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 Contents of Monitors.sh Contents of Monitors.sh
-  xrandr --listproviders --setprovideroutputsource 1 0+  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 --auto --output DVI-I-2-2 --auto
-  xrandr --output DVI-I-2---pos 1920x0 --output DVI-I-1---pos 0x0 --output eDP-1 --pos 3840x312+  xrandr --output DVI-I-1---pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2---pos 1920x0 --output eDP-1 --pos 3840x312
  
  
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