Help: I need to constantly restart displaylink manager after logout + login

EdwardPierce · 04-17-2023, 04:37 PM

I've noticed the same thing.

M1 MacBook Air, Plugable docking station, Samsung and LG monitors. I haven't been able to fix the problem, but I noticed that it got much worse when I switched to OS 13.3.1.

My work-arounds are to not manually put the computer to sleep, but instead let it go idle when I'm not using it. It will go into power save mode on it's own after a couple of minutes anyway and shouldn't use too much juice, especially if you're using it most of the day. When you do need to sleep it, you can avoid the constant quit/re-launch by going into the Activity Monitor --> Memory ---> DisplayLink. Double click on DisplayLink, and then force quit. This will let boot up the program once instead of a bunch of times (in my experience at least).

I suspect this is a compatibility issue between the DisplayLink software and the new version of Mac OS.

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04-17-2023, 04:37 PM	#9
EdwardPierce Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 1	I've noticed the same thing. M1 MacBook Air, Plugable docking station, Samsung and LG monitors. I haven't been able to fix the problem, but I noticed that it got much worse when I switched to OS 13.3.1. My work-arounds are to not manually put the computer to sleep, but instead let it go idle when I'm not using it. It will go into power save mode on it's own after a couple of minutes anyway and shouldn't use too much juice, especially if you're using it most of the day. When you do need to sleep it, you can avoid the constant quit/re-launch by going into the Activity Monitor --> Memory ---> DisplayLink. Double click on DisplayLink, and then force quit. This will let boot up the program once instead of a bunch of times (in my experience at least). I suspect this is a compatibility issue between the DisplayLink software and the new version of Mac OS.