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forza · 09-26-2011, 08:38 AM

I've had this problem ever since I've had my DisplayLink devices.

I've got two DL devices and three Dell 20" monitors (2 x DL + 1 x DVI via Display Port adapter). I have a 2011 MacBook Pro i7 running Lion.

The monitors are arranged left to right as DL1 - DVI - DL2. On each restart of my MacBook it's a lottery as to where the DL attached monitors will be. Sometimes it's correct, sometimes they are swapped, and very occasionally they both appear to the left or right of the DVI connected monitor. Also, from time to time, the desktop wallpaper will go back to a previously selected one.

As I said, this problem has been present with DisplayLink drivers v1.5 (on Snow Leopard), v1.6 (on Snow Leopard x64) and v1.7 (on Lion). I've always considered it a minor annoyance but nonetheless there's something not quite right somewhere in the mix between OSX and the DL drivers.

09-26-2011, 08:38 AM	#4
forza Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 16	I've had this problem ever since I've had my DisplayLink devices. I've got two DL devices and three Dell 20" monitors (2 x DL + 1 x DVI via Display Port adapter). I have a 2011 MacBook Pro i7 running Lion. The monitors are arranged left to right as DL1 - DVI - DL2. On each restart of my MacBook it's a lottery as to where the DL attached monitors will be. Sometimes it's correct, sometimes they are swapped, and very occasionally they both appear to the left or right of the DVI connected monitor. Also, from time to time, the desktop wallpaper will go back to a previously selected one. As I said, this problem has been present with DisplayLink drivers v1.5 (on Snow Leopard), v1.6 (on Snow Leopard x64) and v1.7 (on Lion). I've always considered it a minor annoyance but nonetheless there's something not quite right somewhere in the mix between OSX and the DL drivers.