I am trying to set up a second usb monitor with my system. It works just fine in windows but not when I’m in linux. After a bit of searching I discovered that I need to get the DisplayLink driver.
I’ve been trying to follow the instructions from these links:
On Sat 10 Nov 2018 10:36:02 AM CST, kalliso1 wrote:
Yeah, it’s still not working. On a positive note, I think I’ve actually
got evdi installed now. I was never convinced this was the case earlier.
Hi
My evdi module wasn’t built for Leap 42.3 (as it fails with the newer
release), so not sure it’s built for the running kernel version
Can you confirm what’s installed?
uname -a
/sbin/modinfo evdi
zypper if evdi-kmp-default
I’ll probably have to do some patching to get it to work… any reason
not to upgrade to openSUSE Leap 15.0?
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Information for package evdi-kmp-default:
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Repository : home:malcolmlewis:TESTING
Name : evdi-kmp-default
Version : 1.5.0.2+git20180212_k4.4.76_1-4.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : obs://build.opensuse.org/home:malcolmlewis:TESTING
Installed Size : 2.9 MiB
Installed : Yes
Status : up-to-date
Source package : evdi-1.5.0.2+git20180212-4.1.src
Summary : DisplayLink VGA/HDMI driver
Description :
Extensible Virtual Display Interface (EVDI) is a Linux® kernel module that enables
management of multiple screens, allowing user-space programs to take control over
what happens with the image. It is essentially a virtual display you can add,
remove and receive screen updates for, in an application that uses the libevdi
library.
As for upgrading to leap 15.0…I just haven’t had the time and probably wont until closer to January/February. I’ve had a series of moves and now I’ve got several project deadlines coming up. Several versions back, I had an upgrade go drastically wrong and I had to do a fresh install. I had everything backed up, but it’s made me hesitant to do anything until my deadlines pass.
Repository : home:malcolmlewis:TESTING
Name : evdi-kmp-default
Version : 1.5.0.2+git20180212_k4.4.76_1-4.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : obs://build.opensuse.org/home:malcolmlewis:TESTING
Installed Size : 2.9 MiB
Installed : Yes
Status : up-to-date
Source package : evdi-1.5.0.2+git20180212-4.1.src
Summary : DisplayLink VGA/HDMI driver
Description :
Extensible Virtual Display Interface (EVDI) is a Linux® kernel module
that enables management of multiple screens, allowing user-space
programs to take control over what happens with the image. It is
essentially a virtual display you can add, remove and receive screen
updates for, in an application that uses the libevdi library.
As for upgrading to leap 15.0…I just haven’t had the time and probably
wont until closer to January/February. I’ve had a series of moves and
now I’ve got several project deadlines coming up. Several versions back,
I had an upgrade go drastically wrong and I had to do a fresh install. I
had everything backed up, but it’s made me hesitant to do anything until
my deadlines pass.
Hi
Well you could look at grabbing the src rpm and installing the kmp from
that so it moves out of the weak-updates…
You need to run the above command in the same directory it’s in. In
your user home directory it will create a rpmbuild directory structure
and can install the kmp as root user.
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