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Make sure that UEFI/secure boot is disabled!
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When you are logging into your session you are using X server (X11) and not Wayland.
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After install you must reboot to apply the changes.
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After reboot, make sure DispayLink is running by running debug i.e:
sudo ./displaylink-debian.sh --debug
Then check DisplayLink info
section, i.e:
---------------- DisplayLink info ----------------
Driver version: 5.1.26
DisplayLink service status: up and running
EVDI service version: 1.6.0
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Check providers to see if your monitors were detected, i.e:
xrandr --listproviders
If you get a list of more then one provider, it means your displays were properly detected.
If that's not the case and you have an Intel graphics card try following suggestion, if that doesn't work try this.
If you have Nvidia or ATI/AMD graphics card, try removing: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-displaylink.conf
file followed by reboot and check again if you're getting more then one provider.
If none of the suggestions in Prerequsites section solved your problem, make sure to consult Troubleshooting most common issues.
Only do this in case your monitors weren't automatically detected.
First run xrandr --listproviders
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The output should be similar to this:
Providers: number : 5
Provider 0: id: 0x44 cap: 0x9, Source Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 2 associated providers: 0 name:Intel
Provider 1: id: 0x138 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting
Provider 2: id: 0x116 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting
Provider 3: id: 0xf4 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting
Provider 4: id: 0xd2 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting
Notes:
- Provider 0 is the actual graphics provider and 1-4 are DisplayLink providers.
- All providers have 0 associated providers. Which means that we will have to connect all the DisplayLink providers to the main provider.
We can do this with the command xrandr --setprovideroutputsource <prov-xid> <source-xid>
In this case we would run:
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 2 0
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 3 0
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 4 0
If we would re-run xrandr --listproviders
this would output:
Providers: number : 5
Provider 0: id: 0x44 cap: 0x9, Source Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 2 associated providers: 4 name:Intel
Provider 1: id: 0x138 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 2: id: 0x116 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 3: id: 0xf4 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 4: id: 0xd2 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
For further reference I suggest reading: How to use xrandr
There are couple of tools to help you configure screen layout of your external monitors.
Depending on your setup, to place DVI-1-0 virtually-right of the eDP1 display you'd run:
xrandr --output DVI-1-0 --auto --right-of eDP1
For further reference I suggest reading: How to use xrandr
If you're GNOME desktop user, simply run:
gnome-control-center display
Another very easy and intuative (gui) tool is arandr
(Another XRandR GUI)
Make sure to install it first: sudo apt-get install arandr
Since hotplug doesn't work (on Debian and Kali) and every time you connect your computer to Displaylink you'll need to re-configure your displays.
I've set-up couple of aliases which help me accomplish this in semi-automated manner.
Every time I connect my computer to DisplayLink ...
I simple run two
which is an alias for setting up two external displays as primary and secondary, whilst turning off laptop built in display. So I can close the lid.
Every time I want to diconnect my displays I run one
. Which turns off both external displays, turns on built in laptop display and makes it a primary (default behaviour).
I did this by simply adding following code to my ~/.bashrc
# two
alias two="xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0 && xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 2 0 && xrandr --output VIRTUAL1 --off --output DVI-1-0 --primary --auto --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output DP1 --off --output HDMI2 --off --output HDMI1 --off --output eDP1 --off --output DVI-2-1 --auto --pos 1680x0 --rotate normal"
# one
alias one="xrandr --output VIRTUAL1 --off --output DVI-1-0 --off --output DP1 --off --output HDMI2 --off --output HDMI1 --off --output eDP1 --primary --mode 1366x768 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output DVI-2-1 --off"
Note, in case you're editting ~/.bashrc
, make sure you run source ~/.bashrc
to appy the changes without having to log in/out.
It's recommended to run the uninstall and install procedure separately instead of relying on the reinstall option.
sudo ./displaylink-debian.sh --uninstall
- reboot
sudo ./displaylink-debian.sh --install