Ubuntu – How to get a DisplayLink USB monitor work under Ubuntu

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I have a DisplayLink-based external USB monitor, which has both power and data over USB, and seems to work perfectly under Windows 7, but only can display a text console under Ubuntu 10.10, and that I can only use when I am actually switched to it. So the only Use I can have so far is to have some text-based monitoring or console that I can watch while working on the graphic display.

I know there are some development done for DisplayLink, but I never could get it to actually run properly.

Yes, I tried the detailed setup described in other posts, but they did not work, and instead crashed my X that I had to restore.

Merci 🙂

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On Aug 3, 2015, Displaylink finally released the USB Monitor driver for Ubuntu.

Link: http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu.php

I have an AOC usb monitor and Ubuntu 14.04. After installing the driver, my usb Monitor start working.

If the driver works for your monitor, please let other people know by posting it. Many people waiting for this driver. I've been waiting for 2 years. :-)

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Install the xserver-xorg-video-displaylink to add drivers for this display.

You will need to configure the monitor by creating an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Instructions can be found in /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-displaylink/examples/

Ubuntu – How to configure a displaylink USB monitor

This may help you get it going.

Displaylink Doublesight DS-90U monitor working

1) Install dependencies required to build displaylink X server...

apt-get install xinit xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-dev xfonts-base libusb-dev xorg-dev git-core build-essential

2) Downloaded and fixed source for xserver-xorg-video-displaylink from Launchpad and extract the source code.

tar xvfz xserver-xorg-video-displaylink_0.3.orig.tar.gz
cd xf86-video-displaylink

Edit src/displaylink.c

#graphical
gedit src/displaylink.c

#command line
nano src/displaylink.c

comment (add a # to the front) out the following lines...

//#include "xf86Resources.h"
//#include "xf86RAC.h"
//      pScrn->racMemFlags = RAC_FB | RAC_COLORMAP | RAC_CURSOR | RAC_VIEWPORT;
//      pScrn->racIoFlags = RAC_FB | RAC_COLORMAP | RAC_CURSOR | RAC_VIEWPORT;
//      xf86CrtcScreenInit (pScreen);`

3) build and install

./configure && make && make install
sudo cp  /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/displaylink_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/

4) create /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen         0  "DisplayLinkScreen" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "DisplayLinkDevice"
    Driver      "displaylink"
    Option      "fbdev" "/dev/fb0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "DisplayLinkMonitor"
    # DS-90U is 1024x600 9-inch monitor - remove or change the DisplaySize for other devices
    DisplaySize  190 115
EndSection
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "DisplayLinkScreen"
    Device      "DisplayLinkDevice"
    Monitor     "DisplayLinkMonitor"
EndSection

5) Plug in the Displaylink monitor into a USB port (screen should go green)

6) Reboot or restart X

source

instructions

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