Monitor is not detected

[karly]

Originally Posted by Gaboto

I did exactly the steps Karly said, but it doesn't work. When I connect the displaylink docking station to my USB and i check de status of the doplaylink-driver service, I get:
displaylink-driver.service - DisplayLink Driver Service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/displaylink-driver.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2021-08-18 13:12:56 -03; 4s ago
Process: 4262 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c modprobe evdi || (dkms install $(ls -t /usr/src | grep evdi | head -n1 | sed -e "s:-:/:") && modprobe evdi) (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Hm, that is too bad, but do you use a Debian or Ubuntu based OS? I know for Fedora an extra step is needed according to this: https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi/issues/297