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dkasak · 06-10-2016, 05:14 AM

The page http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu only shows version 1.0.335, but I've found package wrappers that imply there is a version 1.1.68. Version 1.0.335 package wants to install evdi-1.0.68, which doesn't build for my kernel ( though the later one for 1.1.68 does ).

By the way, hiding binary kernel drivers behind an open-source wrapper still makes the binary kernel driver illegal.

So anyway where can I get the latest driver?

Alternatively, is there a way I can avoid having to use the binary driver? I've seen ( https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/DisplayLink ) that you can build udl and udlfb kernel modules, which I've done, but nothing gets detected ( no additional /dev/fb* device ).

06-10-2016, 05:14 AM	#1
dkasak Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 4	Where can I download from? The page http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu only shows version 1.0.335, but I've found package wrappers that imply there is a version 1.1.68. Version 1.0.335 package wants to install evdi-1.0.68, which doesn't build for my kernel ( though the later one for 1.1.68 does ). By the way, hiding binary kernel drivers behind an open-source wrapper still makes the binary kernel driver illegal. So anyway where can I get the latest driver? Alternatively, is there a way I can avoid having to use the binary driver? I've seen ( https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/DisplayLink ) that you can build udl and udlfb kernel modules, which I've done, but nothing gets detected ( no additional /dev/fb* device ).