Displaylink driver fedora 33

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#1

I have tried in vain to get my Dell D6000 dock to work with Fedora 33. I had it working before. I have tried to install what I could find and received this result:

● displaylink.service - DisplayLink Manager Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/displaylink.service; static)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2020-11-19 16:08:25 CST; 4s ago
Process: 10021 ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe evdi (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 13ms

I’m open to suggestions at this point. Has the intermittent display blanking issue ever been resolved?

Philip Schroeder - Cypress, TX
Dell Inspiron 5559 i7-6800u
Intel Video + AMD Radeon

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#2

Unless it has recently changed, supporl for this is really only available at https://github.com/displaylink-rpm/displaylink-rpm and in turn from https://www.displaylink.com. I tried to keep up with troubleshooting it myself, but it was really not easy nor was it faster than what they can provide and it’s stll behind.

#3

I’ve tried the links you’ve listed to no avail, the script errors out. I posted the error on another feed and received nothing much. I’m glad I can shop around for my Linux flavors, but I would like to get it working on Fedora 33.

#4

Fedora does not have any officially supported displaylink drivers. The displaylink-rpm maintainer has that as a todo. That is the best option for support today. Perhaps you can work with the maintainer to get the support needed?

Ultimately, the problem is that displaylink has made a choice to support chromeos and ubuntu only for Linux. They make it clear they only support kernels 4.10-5.5 and Fedora 33 is on 5.9 (I read the release notes).

TL;DR: From displaylink’s latest drivers:

This release has been prepared to be compatible with Ubuntu 20.04, 19.04 and 18.04. Other variants and editions may be compatible if they meet minimum O/S requirements, but are not supported by DisplayLink.

#5

I’m quite aware of this limitation. My question, assuming this limitation was whether or not a workaround existed. The issue really is that since Displaylink and its parent company have chosen to work with ChromeOS and Ubuntu it seems odd that there wouldn’t be a workaround published, since even though there are other companies making docking stations, they apparently use the Displaylink firmware. If there are any exceptions to this, docking stations that use a Fedora/,rpm friendly firmware, I and certainly thousands of other people who would prefer to use Fedora are waiting for this information. As it is, the current non-support for Dispaylink’s software makes Fedora useless for people who need multiple monitors.

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