psypete
04-07-2023, 01:44 AM
Hi there,
I have a Dell D6000 Universal Dock that I need to unplug my HDMI cable into and plug into my laptop to use my monitor, and I would love it if I could just keep it plugged into the dock.
However, I am an insane person, because my laptop runs Alpine Linux. Alpine is a non-glibc Linux distribution, so I understand why this isn't supported yet. However, I'm halfway decent at software development, and would be happy to help support this platform.
Here is how far I've gotten:
1. Install Alpine Linux 3.17.1
2. Install the linux-lts-dev package
sudo apk add linux-lts-dev
3. Install dkms
git checkout https://github.com/dell/dkms.git
cd dkms
git checkout v3.0.10
sudo make install
4. Download displaylink Ubuntu installer and unpack it
- Go to https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu-5.6.1?filetype=exe and download
- Go to download directory
- Unpack file
unzip "DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu5.6.1-EXE.zip"
mkdir displaylink
bash displaylink-driver-5.6.1-59.184.run --target displaylink
cd displaylink
5. Patch the evdi source code
mkdir evdi.tmp
tar -C evdi.tmp -xvzf evdi.tar.gz
cd evdi.tmp
patch -p1 <<'EOPATCH'
diff -Naur foo2/library/evdi_lib.c foo/library/evdi_lib.c
--- foo2/library/evdi_lib.c 2022-07-13 09:58:06.000000000 -0400
+++ foo/library/evdi_lib.c 2023-04-06 21:22:50.248134186 -0400
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
+
// ********************* Private part **************************
#define MAX_DIRTS 16
EOPATCH
tar -cvzf ../evdi.tar.gz .
cd ..
6. Truncate the Makefile.gcc-plugins script
sudo truncate -s 0 /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
7. Run the displaylink installer
sudo env SYSTEMINITDAEMON=runit ./displaylink-installer.sh
Amazingly, the installer seems to have worked. I'm going to reboot and see what else needs to be done to make it work, probably involving making dkms work properly on Alpine :(
I have a Dell D6000 Universal Dock that I need to unplug my HDMI cable into and plug into my laptop to use my monitor, and I would love it if I could just keep it plugged into the dock.
However, I am an insane person, because my laptop runs Alpine Linux. Alpine is a non-glibc Linux distribution, so I understand why this isn't supported yet. However, I'm halfway decent at software development, and would be happy to help support this platform.
Here is how far I've gotten:
1. Install Alpine Linux 3.17.1
2. Install the linux-lts-dev package
sudo apk add linux-lts-dev
3. Install dkms
git checkout https://github.com/dell/dkms.git
cd dkms
git checkout v3.0.10
sudo make install
4. Download displaylink Ubuntu installer and unpack it
- Go to https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu-5.6.1?filetype=exe and download
- Go to download directory
- Unpack file
unzip "DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu5.6.1-EXE.zip"
mkdir displaylink
bash displaylink-driver-5.6.1-59.184.run --target displaylink
cd displaylink
5. Patch the evdi source code
mkdir evdi.tmp
tar -C evdi.tmp -xvzf evdi.tar.gz
cd evdi.tmp
patch -p1 <<'EOPATCH'
diff -Naur foo2/library/evdi_lib.c foo/library/evdi_lib.c
--- foo2/library/evdi_lib.c 2022-07-13 09:58:06.000000000 -0400
+++ foo/library/evdi_lib.c 2023-04-06 21:22:50.248134186 -0400
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
+
// ********************* Private part **************************
#define MAX_DIRTS 16
EOPATCH
tar -cvzf ../evdi.tar.gz .
cd ..
6. Truncate the Makefile.gcc-plugins script
sudo truncate -s 0 /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
7. Run the displaylink installer
sudo env SYSTEMINITDAEMON=runit ./displaylink-installer.sh
Amazingly, the installer seems to have worked. I'm going to reboot and see what else needs to be done to make it work, probably involving making dkms work properly on Alpine :(