USB to DVI DisplayLink with OpenSUSE 12.2 and KDE with xrandr / KRandR

futureboy · July 11, 2013, 3:05pm

lwfinger:

All kernels have issues. It depends on your hardware and usage as to what
issues are significant. For instance, my hardware is not exotic at all, and I
use only the frame buffer video driver. With that setup, I have been able to run
every kernel distributed by openSUSE since I got the machine in 2008.

Although, the distributed kernels work, I am a kernel tester and developer, thus
I usually run kernels that are very new. At the moment, that is 3.10.0, and I
will run 3.11-rc1 as soon as available. Of course, that means I compile my own
kernels. Assuming that you do not want to do that, you can get the latest
openSUSE kernels at openSUSE:Kernel of the day - openSUSE. Just
follow the instructions on that wiki page. Be aware that if you use any drivers
that are not in the kernel, you may have to build them yourself. Such drivers
include the Broadcom wl and proprietary graphics drivers.

I gave this a whirl on another machine with an ATI card. It works! No issues, same Kernel. The only issue I have is that it is slow and jerky on both screens as though the frame-rate dropped in half or something. When I disable the USB DisplayLink card it goes back to normal.

Thoughts?