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Displaylink installation error on Ubuntu 20.04

Hi,

I tried to install the latest displaylink version(displaylink-driver-5.4.0-55.153) but one error is popping up,

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ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for evdi: 1.9.1 not found

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.10.0-1034-oem (x86_64)

Consult /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.9.1/build/make.log for more information.

ERROR: Failed to install evdi to the kernel tree.

This is the full log,

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sudo ./displaylink-driver-5.4.0-55.153.run 

Verifying archive integrity...  100%   All good.

Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 5.4.0-55.153  100%  

DisplayLink Linux Software 5.4.0-55.153 install script called: 

Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS



Installing



[ Installing EVDI ]

[[ Installing EVDI DKMS module ]]



Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.9.1/source ->

                 /usr/src/evdi-1.9.1



DKMS: add completed.



Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...



Building module:

cleaning build area...

make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=5.10.0-1034-oem all INCLUDEDIR=/lib/modules/5.10.0-1034-oem/build/include KVERSION=5.10.0-1034-oem DKMS_BUILD=1...(bad exit status: 2)

ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for evdi: 1.9.1 not found

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.10.0-1034-oem (x86_64)

Consult /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.9.1/build/make.log for more information.

ERROR: Failed to install evdi to the kernel tree.

Please advise me how to resolve this issue?

The same happening here!

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$ sudo ./displaylink-driver-5.5.0-59.151.run
Verifying archive integrity... 100% MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 5.5.0-59.151 100%
Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

Installing
[ Installing EVDI ]
[[ Installing EVDI DKMS module ]]

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.10.1/source ->
/usr/src/evdi-1.10.1

DKMS: add completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=5.13.0-30-generic all INCLUDEDIR=/lib/modules/5.13.0-30-generic/build/include KVERSION=5.13.0-30-generic DKMS_BUILD=1...(bad exit status: 2)
sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory
ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for evdi: 1.10.1 not found
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.13.0-30-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.10.1/build/make.log for more information.

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Deleting module version: 1.10.1
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
ERROR: Failed to install evdi to the kernel tree.

DisplayLink, evdi 1.10.1, kernel 5.13.0-41-generic problem

I have exactly the same problem. :(:(

DisplayLink driver: 5.5
kernel: 5.13.0-41-generic
evdi: 1.9.1 cannot be compiled with this kernel.
ubuntu: 20.04.4

I tried to install evdi driver 1.10.1 but it supports kernel 5.15 minimum

I installed installing kernel 5.15 on my ubuntu 20.4.4

I also tried older versions of DisplayLink driver that supported this kernel. EVDI driver cannot be compiled.

Any solution to :(this problem? It seems it has been already a long time since this problem exists.

Solution found!!!!

Guys, I found a beautiful solution that worked very well for me

1. Download evdi-dkms from here
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/evdi
- I downloaded : evdi-dkms (1.9.0+dfsg-1)
2 Install it with Gdedi on your Ubuntu
3. Install the DisplayLink driver
- https://www.synaptics.com/products/d...wnloads/ubuntu
- I downloaded the next version:
DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04
Release: 5.4.1 | Sep 6, 2021
4. Install it from the terminal as usual

Be happy !!!!

Update as of Oct 6 2022

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Originally Posted by nando.vk (Post 93836)

I was following this very useful guide and it worked by simply installing the latest version of the package from step 1. through the terminal:
sudo apt install evdi-dkms
and then using Gdebi to install the .deb file. Computer booted automatically and everything worked afterwards.
Just in case this also helps someone else :)

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Originally Posted by ldm21 (Post 94367)

I just wanted to say that I signed up just to say that I had been doing several solutions for days and that was the only one that worked for me. Thank you very much

Don't. Or at least be careful.
Here the sudo apt install evdi-dkms did the install job and completely froze the machine.

Another Solution

I looked into the preinst script of the evdi package and found it was simply checking if

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/opt/displaylink/evdi.tar.gz

existed, and that was causing an eror stating

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Error: Another EVDI distribution detected

deleting the file allowed installation of the new version to proceed.

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Originally Posted by iggy12345 (Post 96577)

I looked into the preinst script of the evdi package and found it was simply checking if

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/opt/displaylink/evdi.tar.gz

existed, and that was causing an eror stating

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Error: Another EVDI distribution detected

deleting the file allowed installation of the new version to proceed.

Thank you, this is the real and clean solution.