Your screens have been stopped by the system

[compaq]

This only happened when I updated to Tahoe 16.0.1. I cannot use my second screen. It stays open for a while then stops with an error message: "Your screens have been stopped by the system. This can happen if the hard disk space is low. Please free up some space and re-enable the screens using switches in Displays tab"

I have 12gb space left so I don't think that's the issue. I can toggle the switch but it will happen again after some time. Sometimes I think it's crashing, I have to reopen the display link manager app.

I have already tried reinstalling and using the DisplayLink End User Cleaner. I've been using DisplayLink for the last 3 years and usually issues like this I'm just updating the app. Now I'm stuck with this issue and my second monitor is not usable.

[Szymon]

12GB of free disk space is often already low enough for macOS to stop selected processes to conserve resources. Please keep at least ~20GB of free disk space for macOS to maintain stability.

Regards,
Szymon

[chrishands]

I cleared 40GB of disk space, and I am still getting my screens randomly switched off.
Also using Tahoe, but this problem is only since updating DisplayLink Manager to 14.1.0

[Szymon]

Would you share a screenshot of Storage Settings window?



Regards,
Szymon

[compaq]

I agree, I don't think it's the disk space. I used this for 3 years now, I've experienced full disk space and I did not encounter this issue. This issue also started when I updated to macOS 26.0.1 and also updated DisplayLink Manager to 14.1.0

You could take our word for it, we have no reason to lie about the disk space. I have 12gb, chris has 40gb disk space. I think it's kind of weird for an app to require a 20gb free space to function.

[bonykillery]

That sounds frustrating! Since you’ve already reinstalled and used the DisplayLink Cleaner, you might want to check that both your DisplayLink drivers and GPU drivers are fully updated, and that DisplayLink Manager has all the required macOS permissions (Screen Recording, Accessibility, Full Disk Access). Try disconnecting the second monitor, restarting your Mac, and reconnecting it. If the issue persists, testing on a new macOS user account can help determine if it’s a user-specific problem. If nothing works, it could be a compatibility issue with macOS 16.0.1, so contacting DisplayLink support with your system logs may provide a solution.

[Szymon]

Originally Posted by compaq

You could take our word for it, we have no reason to lie about the disk space. I have 12gb, chris has 40gb disk space. I think it's kind of weird for an app to require a 20gb free space to function.

It's not the app requirement. It's the macOS requirement. If you see this message:



It is a result of macOS stopping apps due to low disk space and 12GB is definitely low for recent macOS versions.

Sorry to make you feel I'm suggesting dishonesty. My follow up requests are based on experience where a user had a lot of free disk space but this was total free disk space, while what matters is free disk space on the partition where the OS resides. Hope this context helps and I hope we will find a solution for your problem.

Regards,
Szymon

[james.garrett]

I have 28GB free and I'm getting this error message non stop, every few hours.

[gstilphen]

Just chiming in. This 100% has nothing to do with storage or MacOS triggering a low disk space alert. I have been dealing with it every few minutes, dramatically impacting my daily work and likely forcing me to seek an alternative dock that does not require display link. I haven’t cleaned out anything but still have 128GB left and my memory swap is only touching maybe ~15-20gb of that at any given moment. This only became an issue after the latest updates of DisplayLink.

[Szymon]

Hi gstilphen,

Please take a screenshot of storage settings window and post here


Regards,
Szymon