Linux Driver not working 14.04 Lenovo Laptop X1 Carbon

emher · 10-18-2015, 11:16 AM

* What Linux distribution are you using?
* What driver version are you using?

I just setup a display link docking station with an X1 Carbon gen3 on Ubuntu 14.04 with the 138 beta release and it kind of worked out-of-the-box. When i say kind of i am referring to known current issues:

1) The display link manger process drains ~ 50% of your CPU power (continuously!).
2) The link crashes occasionally and a reboot of the docking station is required (for me ~ once per hour).
3) The mouse flickers on the laptop screen if you use Unity (this problem is not present in Gnome 3 and Metacity).
4) If your turn of the Built-in Display (laptop display) weird things happen (in my case one of my external monitors is filled with artifacts).

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10-18-2015, 11:16 AM	#2
emher Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 5	* What Linux distribution are you using? * What driver version are you using? I just setup a display link docking station with an X1 Carbon gen3 on Ubuntu 14.04 with the 138 beta release and it kind of worked out-of-the-box. When i say kind of i am referring to known current issues: 1) The display link manger process drains ~ 50% of your CPU power (continuously!). 2) The link crashes occasionally and a reboot of the docking station is required (for me ~ once per hour). 3) The mouse flickers on the laptop screen if you use Unity (this problem is not present in Gnome 3 and Metacity). 4) If your turn of the Built-in Display (laptop display) weird things happen (in my case one of my external monitors is filled with artifacts).