window content stretched on Mountain Lion

stevedave · 10-01-2012, 07:18 PM

Yeah I've moved on.. I ditched the displaylink software and box and got a apple thunderbolt display. Yes its 1k but guess what.. it works. And no need for 2 monitors anymore, and the hope that they will fix this issue. Because if they haven't fix an issue like this yet.. chances are they wont.

Good news though.. apple has this thing were you do 0 down and you get 0% apr for 12 months on stuff. So really.. out of pocket its not bad.

So sell this craptastic box they built and spend your monies elsewhere is what I say. =)

gkra · 10-01-2012, 08:07 PM

If only ditching it were an option. I had to go through crazy justifications for this box (NewerTechnology's unit) because DisplayLink had at least admitted support for Mac OS X, whereas the only options from CDW didn't have any Mac support whatsoever. And work will absolutely not pay for a Thunderbolt display, which wouldn't fix the problem of having two external displays on this MBP, anyway.

I feel a little betrayed after having to deal with 6 months of justifications and procurement delays, only to have it (a) hard-lock my MBP if I switch to the Login Window while logged in (via the Fast User Switching menu), and now, post Mountain Lion upgrade, having stupid graphics and font rendering issues.

Thankfully I tend to use the secondary display primarily for text apps or apps where the primary content is text, and most of them are displaying properly (Tweetbot, Messages and Cisco Jabber for the corporate WebEx account being the notable exceptions so far.)

So, I wait patiently for DisplayLink to fix things. At least with the DisplayLink adapter, I don't need to reboot my mac every time i want to plug it in.

paulgee31 · 10-03-2012, 07:55 AM

Here are the log from my Digimate 24" Monitor. Firefox stretching is my biggest issue, font corruption etc.

cmwade77 · 10-03-2012, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gkra

If only ditching it were an option. I had to go through crazy justifications for this box (NewerTechnology's unit) because DisplayLink had at least admitted support for Mac OS X, whereas the only options from CDW didn't have any Mac support whatsoever. And work will absolutely not pay for a Thunderbolt display, which wouldn't fix the problem of having two external displays on this MBP, anyway.

I feel a little betrayed after having to deal with 6 months of justifications and procurement delays, only to have it (a) hard-lock my MBP if I switch to the Login Window while logged in (via the Fast User Switching menu), and now, post Mountain Lion upgrade, having stupid graphics and font rendering issues.

Thankfully I tend to use the secondary display primarily for text apps or apps where the primary content is text, and most of them are displaying properly (Tweetbot, Messages and Cisco Jabber for the corporate WebEx account being the notable exceptions so far.)

So, I wait patiently for DisplayLink to fix things. At least with the DisplayLink adapter, I don't need to reboot my mac every time i want to plug it in.

Ditching is an option, J5Create has drivers on their facebook page that work great with OS X 10.8.2 and even work with USB 3.0, so their devices work. You can easily buy one of them and use it. Ok, now I am sounding like an advertisement for J5Create and that is not the point, I am simply pointing out that there are other options that are currently working.

desiac · 10-14-2012, 03:14 AM

based on my troubleshooting, i think its a mixture of the model of mac and monitor. i have 2 of these adaptors, 2 macs both running ML. works perfectly on my 2 year old MBP but on 2 month old fully spec'd mini server at home, as soon as i upgraded to ML i lost the res. there are other working options out there (fixed my issue), hopefully there will be a fix from displaylink soon.

bhhales · 10-19-2012, 06:23 PM

I updated my earlier post as well with these new findings...

This week, I booted as I normally do only to have the os seem to "forget" my settings for my Westinghouse LCM-22w3 hooked up to the display link. And now, magically, the correct resolution options are available. This was without any other change that I can think of, it just suddenly re-identified the monitor and offered the correct resolutions. Maybe the recent OS patch helped, I don't know.

So try removing and re-installing the monitor, and see if it helps for you.

10-01-2012, 08:07 PM	#2
gkra Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 5	Blah... If only ditching it were an option. I had to go through crazy justifications for this box (NewerTechnology's unit) because DisplayLink had at least admitted support for Mac OS X, whereas the only options from CDW didn't have any Mac support whatsoever. And work will absolutely not pay for a Thunderbolt display, which wouldn't fix the problem of having two external displays on this MBP, anyway. I feel a little betrayed after having to deal with 6 months of justifications and procurement delays, only to have it (a) hard-lock my MBP if I switch to the Login Window while logged in (via the Fast User Switching menu), and now, post Mountain Lion upgrade, having stupid graphics and font rendering issues. Thankfully I tend to use the secondary display primarily for text apps or apps where the primary content is text, and most of them are displaying properly (Tweetbot, Messages and Cisco Jabber for the corporate WebEx account being the notable exceptions so far.) So, I wait patiently for DisplayLink to fix things. At least with the DisplayLink adapter, I don't need to reboot my mac every time i want to plug it in.

10-14-2012, 03:14 AM	#5
desiac Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 5	experiance based on my troubleshooting, i think its a mixture of the model of mac and monitor. i have 2 of these adaptors, 2 macs both running ML. works perfectly on my 2 year old MBP but on 2 month old fully spec'd mini server at home, as soon as i upgraded to ML i lost the res. there are other working options out there (fixed my issue), hopefully there will be a fix from displaylink soon.

10-19-2012, 06:23 PM	#6
bhhales Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 2	Problem went away I updated my earlier post as well with these new findings... This week, I booted as I normally do only to have the os seem to "forget" my settings for my Westinghouse LCM-22w3 hooked up to the display link. And now, magically, the correct resolution options are available. This was without any other change that I can think of, it just suddenly re-identified the monitor and offered the correct resolutions. Maybe the recent OS patch helped, I don't know. So try removing and re-installing the monitor, and see if it helps for you.

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10-01-2012, 07:18 PM	#1
stevedave Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 7	Yeah I've moved on.. I ditched the displaylink software and box and got a apple thunderbolt display. Yes its 1k but guess what.. it works. And no need for 2 monitors anymore, and the hope that they will fix this issue. Because if they haven't fix an issue like this yet.. chances are they wont. Good news though.. apple has this thing were you do 0 down and you get 0% apr for 12 months on stuff. So really.. out of pocket its not bad. So sell this craptastic box they built and spend your monies elsewhere is what I say. =)