Any ETA on a 64-bit Capable Driver? [Archive]

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tysonedwards

11-16-2009, 03:00 AM

Is there any word on when we can expect to see a 64-bit capable driver?

I use a Macbook Pro exclusively. It is configured with a SSD and 8GB RAM.

If at all possible, I would like to be able to run in 64-bit when I am at my desk and have my additional monitors available to me.

Dr_Zeus

12-02-2009, 09:25 PM

sys288

12-05-2009, 10:17 PM

Yes, Ditto.
Im running out of patience, running 10.6.2 and would like all my monitors to work

MCV

12-09-2009, 07:50 PM

Hell, I'll go ahead and ask too -- even though it seems this questions is going unanswered for quite some time now...

Any idea when the 64-bit version might be available for testing?

Biskit

12-12-2009, 02:36 AM

I am also running my MacBook Pro in 64-bit mode exclusively after the release of VMWare in 64-bit mode. Any eta on the driver?

MCV

12-12-2009, 03:53 AM

Does anyone monitor this forum?

olk

12-12-2009, 06:02 PM

I am also interested to get 64-bit support. This is only obstacle at the moment, even drobo got recently 64-bit support..

MCV

12-13-2009, 04:04 AM

This week will be one month since this question was originally asked and, even though others have joined in stating they are also interested in an answer, it has gone completely ignored. At a minimum, isn't it common courtesy to at least answer the question with an "I don't know" answer than completely ignore it? Doesn't that send the message, "We have your money already. We don't care about you any more."? Right is right and wrong is wrong. This... is WRONG.

andreahaku

12-16-2009, 06:28 PM

1.5b7 seems to work with Snow Leopard 64b. Look for the related thread for download link.

Andrea

MCV

12-18-2009, 01:01 AM

1.5b7 seems to work with Snow Leopard 64b. Look for the related thread for download link.

Andrea

You sure you started up in 64-bit mode? Reboot and hold down the "6" & "4" keys. See if your display still works.

troykelly

12-22-2009, 09:16 AM

It would appear that DisplayLink are yet to catch up to the rest of us.

From http://www.displaylink.com/support/mac_downloads.html

We have a beta driver available to support the upcoming release of Apple's new operating system, Snow Leopard. This release also brings improvements to existing supported versions of Mac OS X

Erm - Snow Leopard is not upcoming. It was released on August 28, 2009.

The last beta version of the DisplayLink driver was released on 19th October 2009. For those playing at home, that's ~after~ the public release date of Snow Leopard by 35 business days. That's well over a month to either remove the "upcoming" comment and save some embarrassment, or get their stuff together and release a working 64bit version.

What is really rubbing salt in the wound is

PLEASE NOTE: This driver is not compatible with 64-bit Snow Leopard. We are currently focusing on 32 bit development, and will aim to release a 64-bit compatible driver later in the year.

We are nine days away from the end of the year. How much ~later~ in the year would they like it to be before a working (non-beta) 10.6 64bit driver is released?

I am riled up because I purchased a "Mac Compatable" monitor from Mimo Monitors (http://www.mimomonitors.com/). I checked that it supported OSX, but obviously I didn't check hard enough. I don't consider "beta" drivers support, and given that our machines all currently run in 64 bit mode - we are currently without a platform to work with these monitors at all.

RazFandango

12-22-2009, 02:41 PM

I have also been waiting on a 64-bit Capable Driver, one that runs when you boot Snow Leopard in 64-bit mode, and to say I'm disappointed in the complete negligence of the DisplayLink developers is an understatement.

64-bit technology is not a new concept, nor is Snow Leopard considering it's been out for nearly 4 months now.

Announcing the beta release of a driver with a deadline of the year's end is not uncommon, but being completely silent on delivering that beta-so-it-has-the-risk-of-being-buggy driver, or an update on development, or even announcing a delay on its release, is grounds enough to understand that DisplayLink is overselling itself.

So perhaps we'll just have to vote with our wallets and look elsewhere if a 64-bit capable driver isn't here by 11:59:59PM on December 31st.

troykelly

12-22-2009, 10:09 PM

I think we perhaps need to attack this from two angles.

Firstly, we need to ensure that DisplayLink understand that there is a large enough group of people who are seeking the 64bit version of the driver. So, as much as I am not a fan of "me too" posts in forums, given that this doesn't support voting - anybody with a need for working 64bit drivers should make themselves known.

Secondly, and I would suggest - more importantly, we need to make the manufacturers of the products that we are purchasing aware that simply "outsourcing" driver development to DisplayLink is unacceptable.

Log support tickets, call help lines, whatever needs to be done. But, contact your hardware supplier and ask them where a 64bit driver is?

(For that matter, ask where a non-beta 10.6 driver is :mad:)

xcomme

12-27-2009, 07:33 PM

Too bad that Mimo claims their products are compatible with Mac OS 10.6 SL. Unfortunately I still could not find 64bit driver like others. My iMo Touch Pivot just sits quietly on my desktop.

The_Tsar@pacbell.net

12-29-2009, 08:50 PM

Hit and miss on my Mimo 710s waking up after system (iMAC with 10.6.2 O/S) in Sleep Mode.

I just received a MIMO 710S for Christmas. Install latest Beta DisplayLink driver for my iMac. All seems to work well, except when attempting to "wake" up system after iMac is in Sleep Mode.

Most of the time the Mimo display unit will not wake up (black screen) and the iMac screen freezes without mouse. Must completely re-start system - then work fine until next sleep.

robthecomputerguy

02-07-2010, 04:40 AM

I intend to use 64 bit mode in SL and expect a driver to be released for this before now... There is no "we're concentrating on 32 bit mode"... write the driver so it works in 64 bit mode. If you need to hire someone who can do that for you then hire someone who has that knowledge! Get to it already! I bought TWO of these boxes just a few weeks ago and I want this done !

Admin

02-25-2010, 06:15 PM

Hi All,

Thanks for your patience regarding 64 bit Snow Leopard support. Please check out our recent announcement (http://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=245) regarding the beta release of a driver to support 64 bit versions of Snow Leopard.

Regards

Seb

John Booty

02-26-2010, 04:27 PM

Thank you for your hard work.

I am frustrated with the lack of proper 3D acceleration on your Mac products, but as a software developer myself I understand that you are caught between a rock and a hard place -- hungry users on one side, and Apple's lack of cooperation on the other.

Thank you for all you've accomplished so far.