Displaylink ceases to work in 10.13.4

[donluca]

Originally Posted by AlbanRampon

Thank you for your message DonLuca,
Unfortunately, you are correct and rotation is not available on AirPlay.

I feared that would be the problem. So it's not an issue which can be solved since it's a limitation of the AirPlay protocol.

Hopefully you'll manage to come up with a good solution.
Thankfully the displaylink was my fourth monitor which served as a remote control for my Android smartphone, so it's not a huge loss, but since I've paid for the device, I really hope this will get sorted out soon (it's been almost 6 months, time flies).

[86celticsrule]

I'm curious if AirPlay will be the tool used in the ultimate solution. I have a dozen users on the same network trying to use the AirPlay solution and this driver works for one reboot if you're lucky. Will the adapter work as it did in the past? In other words, are these betas more like a release candidate or a quick patch to try?

[donluca]

I think Airplay is more like an emergency solution than anything else.

I also get *very* random behavior every time I boot my Mac.

Sometime it works, sometime it messes up all my screens, sometime it just doesn't work at all.

As of now I've just thrown my displaylink device in a drawer and will wait until a better solution comes up.

EDIT: I've read that someone here in this thread is using the Mojave beta. If you read this, can you tell me if they added the option to rotate the screen on Airplay displays? Thanks.

[Chris 100]

4.3 Beta 5 is causing loss of mouse control when the system wakes up from sleep. Its so bad I cannot even control it long enough to choose "restart" from the apple menu.

Had to disable the user agent, but now it is necessary to re-plug the monitor each time system wakes up.

Going to look and see if 4.3 Beta 3 is still around -- didn't have those problems with that version.

[State_from_Jake_Farm]

Originally Posted by Chris 100

4.3 Beta 5 is causing loss of mouse control when the system wakes up from sleep. Its so bad I cannot even control it long enough to choose "restart" from the apple menu.

Had to disable the user agent, but now it is necessary to re-plug the monitor each time system wakes up.

Going to look and see if 4.3 Beta 3 is still around -- didn't have those problems with that version.

The exact same issue occurs on my Macbook Pro as well. I had to force-shutdown my computer as I couldn't reboot or select and Finder options (including keyboard shortcuts) without the Airplay / DisplayLink agent repeatedly attempting to connect.

[AlbanRampon]

Originally Posted by donluca

I think Airplay is more like an emergency solution than anything else.

I also get *very* random behavior every time I boot my Mac.

Sometime it works, sometime it messes up all my screens, sometime it just doesn't work at all.

As of now I've just thrown my displaylink device in a drawer and will wait until a better solution comes up.

EDIT: I've read that someone here in this thread is using the Mojave beta. If you read this, can you tell me if they added the option to rotate the screen on Airplay displays? Thanks.

You are correct, we never considered AirPlay as a permanent solution because of its limitations. We even hesitated enabling this, but we believe having something temporary with limitations is better than nothing at all.
The very first developer preview of Mojave does not bring any change in this area.

Kind regards,
Alban

[MAC]

After waiting all this while, and deliberating I just decided to go back to Sierra. Today, took the time to do it and about 6 hours later I have got my display link monitors all back and happily working.

I know it sucks, but I would rather have my monitors than wait for ever.

[donluca]

Originally Posted by AlbanRampon

You are correct, we never considered AirPlay as a permanent solution because of its limitations. We even hesitated enabling this, but we believe having something temporary with limitations is better than nothing at all.
The very first developer preview of Mojave does not bring any change in this area.

Kind regards,
Alban

I see, thanks for the replies.

Can you provide a "safe" way to roll back to High Sierra 10.13.3?
I don't have a Time Machine backup and, honestly, I don't want to re-install everything from scratch.

I've read something about downloading the 10.3.3 combo update and installing that, can anyone elaborate on this?

[wild4gadgets]

+1 to everyone that has previously posted to this forum about the High Sierra issue. Downgrading to Sierra is not an option for me as my company will not allow us to use anything other than High Sierra due to security reasons. So the $200 I spent on my Targus dock has resulted in pretty much zero value to me. And Targus refuses to give me a refund since it was purchased via a dealer and not direct.

So...I have a very nice, completely useless $200 brick sitting on my desk. And to make things worse, I had to spend another $100 on dongles in order to use my displays. Which was exactly why I purchased the dock in the first place.

Get this issue fixed ASAP please....this is completely ridiculous.

[MAC]

Originally Posted by donluca

I see, thanks for the replies.

Can you provide a "safe" way to roll back to High Sierra 10.13.3?
I don't have a Time Machine backup and, honestly, I don't want to re-install everything from scratch.

I've read something about downloading the 10.3.3 combo update and installing that, can anyone elaborate on this?

Combo updates don't work I have tried. The only downloadable install I could find was Sierra, so I reverted to that. I am still exploring on how to install 10.13.3 over it; will drop in a message if I figure it out. The issue is that when-ever you try to upgrade to High Sierra, it downloads and install 10.13.5, which clearly defeats the purpose.

Now that, Mojave Beta 2 is released perhaps it's fixed or maybe not; I am hoping someone who has Mojave Beta can drop a line.

Originally Posted by wild4gadgets

+1 to everyone that has previously posted to this forum about the High Sierra issue. Downgrading to Sierra is not an option for me as my company will not allow us to use anything other than High Sierra due to security reasons.
Get this issue fixed ASAP please....this is completely ridiculous.

Hmm. I am still look at possible solutions to just upgrade back to 10.13.3 and we can perhaps keep it that for the time being at-the-least.

Originally Posted by MC Ren

You are 100% correct, this is an absolute joke!

FIX THE ISSUE ALREADY! You've had months now, maybe you should find some new developers if the ones you currently have are incapable.

+1 for that. What surprises me is why Display Link and the developers don't have an exact time line or perhaps something that says 'Okay. The fix is in Mojave'. But, all we are hearing is vague stuff.

Display Link developers, please update us!