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Unable to install 1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04

Despite rebooting many times, all I get is this:

Code:

Verifying archive integrity... All good.

Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 1.2.58  100%  

DisplayLink Linux Software 1.2.58 install script called: install

Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

WARNING: Version 1.1.61 of EVDI kernel module is already running.

Please reboot before attempting to re-install DisplayLink Linux Software.

Installation terminated.

Have you uninstalled the previous version with

Code:

sudo displaylink-installer uninstall

first?

Cheers,
Michal

> running the uninstaller and having it miserably fail

How did it fail?

> still won't fix anything

Attach logs so we know what we're dealing with (so far we don't even know what you're connecting).
http://support.displaylink.com/knowl...to-displaylink

Cheers,
Michal

I've had enough and I've now banned DNB. If John can't behave professionally on a public forum, I don't have to tolerate that either! Nobody is paid to be insulted.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlukaszek (Post 81246)

Have you uninstalled the previous version with

Code:

sudo displaylink-installer uninstall

first?

Cheers,
Michal

Thanks, that worked. I didn't notice those instructions anywhere.

Hi,

Sorry, I did not check this post. I open a new one since I still have the problem:

I was trying to reinstall the driver on my system after a distribution upgrade (ubuntu 15.10 -> 16.04.1).

I have the following WARNING and I guess I am stuck with the previous instalation:

DisplayLink$ sudo ./displaylink-driver-1.2.58.run
[sudo] password for ------:
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 1.2.58 100%
DisplayLink Linux Software 1.2.58 install script called: install
Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
WARNING: Version 1.0.68 of EVDI kernel module is already running.
Please reboot before attempting to re-install DisplayLink Linux Software.
Installation terminated.

Any idea on how I can remove the previous version? I tried to use the uninstall provided by this version, but it keep stating the same message.

Note: I did not uninstall the previous version with

sudo displaylink-installer uninstall

I don't have the file anywhere since I did the uninstall...

Thanks in advance

It seems that I was able to fix this myself.
I used the previous version available to perform the uninstall:

sudo ./displaylink-driver-1.0.335.run uninstall

Then reboot and install the latest version.

sudo ./displaylink-driver-1.2.58.run

So far so good.

sudo displaylink-installer uninstall

The command "sudo displaylink-installer uninstall" worked to enable installation. You should put it into the installation script with a prompt y/n