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dburgstrom · 02-22-2022, 08:34 PM

Greetings,

My apologies for posting to such an old thread but I came across this via a web search as I experienced the same problem with an M1 Mac mini (2020). I read the linked documentation carefully and the problem is that Display Link is set to launch at login on Mac OS, not at startup. My computer has multiple accounts and prior to selecting an account and logging in, DisplayLink Manager is not running and so the monitors are blank. I must plug one of the two monitors directly into the computer, log in, and only then can I plug the monitor back into the dock and see the screen.

This is not my regular setup, I only took my home computer to work for a test, so it isn't an ongoing issue for me personally, but it certainly is a use case that others could experience and would be a deal-breaker for me. I verified that FileVault is turned off on my computer, so that is not the reason it does not work. It is that the extension does not load until after login, but that does not help the user to be able to see in order to log in!

Thanks,
David Burgstrom

02-22-2022, 08:34 PM	#5
dburgstrom Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1	Same issue but FileVault not enabled Greetings, My apologies for posting to such an old thread but I came across this via a web search as I experienced the same problem with an M1 Mac mini (2020). I read the linked documentation carefully and the problem is that Display Link is set to launch at login on Mac OS, not at startup. My computer has multiple accounts and prior to selecting an account and logging in, DisplayLink Manager is not running and so the monitors are blank. I must plug one of the two monitors directly into the computer, log in, and only then can I plug the monitor back into the dock and see the screen. This is not my regular setup, I only took my home computer to work for a test, so it isn't an ongoing issue for me personally, but it certainly is a use case that others could experience and would be a deal-breaker for me. I verified that FileVault is turned off on my computer, so that is not the reason it does not work. It is that the extension does not load until after login, but that does not help the user to be able to see in order to log in! Thanks, David Burgstrom