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====== Discussion about DisplayLink support in Slackware ====== | ====== Discussion about DisplayLink support in Slackware ====== | ||
+ | Update February 03, 2020 | ||
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+ | Slackware64-current with latest kernel (5.4.17) still working fine today. | ||
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+ | Regards, | ||
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+ | F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo) | ||
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+ | Update December 30, 2019 | ||
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+ | 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, | ||
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+ | All three external monitors work "off the shelf", | ||
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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 " | ||
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+ | Regards, | ||
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+ | F. Bobbio C. (a.k.a. Akileo) | ||
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+ | Update December 09, 2019 | ||
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+ | Slackware64-current with latest kernel (5.4.2) needs a patch for evdi-kernel to be repackaged. | ||
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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 xorg-server, | ||
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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:// | ||
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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: | Update December 11, 2018: | ||
- | Displaylink | + | DisplayLink |
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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:// | ||
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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 | ||
Downgrading all x-org-server packages to 1.19.6 did not work at first. | Downgrading all x-org-server packages to 1.19.6 did not work at first. | ||
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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-2-2 --pos 1920x0 | + | xrandr --output DVI-I-1-1 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2-2 --pos 1920x0 |
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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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I am running Slackware64-current with Plasma5. | I am running Slackware64-current with Plasma5. | ||
- | I had to downgrade to xorg-server-1.19.6 with x-org-server-xephyr, | + | I had to downgrade to xorg-server-1.19.6 with x-org-server-xephyr, |
I had the same issues with Slackware64-current with KDE 4, by the way. Any pointers/ | I had the same issues with Slackware64-current with KDE 4, by the way. Any pointers/ |