10.7.3 incompatibility?

chaz4070 · 02-08-2012, 03:33 PM

Both of my screens are rotated so I haven't tried this but has anyone that doesn't have a rotated screen tried an NVRam reset (more widely known as PRAM)? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379

I would unplug the adapter, reset the NVRam and then plug in the adapter.

Resetting NVRam usually clears resolution settings and I'm thinking its worth a shot.

To the DisplayLink Team: I'm still very disappointed that you cannot be bothered to update the Mac software page to exercise caution when updating due to some known issues. I think it is ridiculous that people would have to come to the forum and research this. My $.02

philip · 02-09-2012, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by chaz4070

Both of my screens are rotated so I haven't tried this but has anyone that doesn't have a rotated screen tried an NVRam reset (more widely known as PRAM)? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379

I would unplug the adapter, reset the NVRam and then plug in the adapter.

Resetting NVRam usually clears resolution settings and I'm thinking its worth a shot.

To the DisplayLink Team: I'm still very disappointed that you cannot be bothered to update the Mac software page to exercise caution when updating due to some known issues. I think it is ridiculous that people would have to come to the forum and research this. My $.02

If only it was that simple, I've done PRAM resets and SMC resets to fix this issue to no avail. I even reinstalled lion from the recovery partition.

Sofiaan · 02-09-2012, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philip

If only it was that simple, I've done PRAM resets and SMC resets to fix this issue to no avail. I even reinstalled lion from the recovery partition.

That sucks

Did you restore lion to 10.7.2? I did that and got my display working again and rotated. At first, the screen displayed garbage, but came good after changing the settings in the display preference.

*edit* I also reinstalled the display link driver ver 1.7.

Sofiaan · 02-09-2012, 09:39 PM

It looks like the DL team have put a warning message in RED next to the Mac driver download section of the site. Thank you for doing this, and hopefully that will help people who haven't updated yet. Fingers crossed a real solution is near.

chaz4070 · 02-09-2012, 11:09 PM

Yeah I saw they finally added a warning to the Mac page. Only took 'em a week and I know I asked at least twice in this thread for it. Better late than never I suppose.

I'm a little disheartened that the DL team hasn't posted anything in a few days - I'm getting ready to reinstall Lion again and just go to 10.7.2 - I was holding out but with no updates/ETA I don't think I want to wait any longer.

Triptoph · 02-10-2012, 04:40 PM

Hi DisplayLink Team,

Are you guys ready to give us a rough ETA for a fix?

As a software engineer I find it easy to put myself into your shoes; the lack of openness from apple regarding these changes is frustrating. Thank you for the work.

I really need to learn to wait a few weeks before installing those damn updates!

Checking back daily,

Tony

PhoenixRebourne · 02-10-2012, 05:48 PM

I'm not sure how helpful this is. I can get the DisplayLink adapter plugged in and have it be black, but I can get my other displays to display like normal. When I do this SystemUIServer is constantly consuming 1.2% of my CPU, and my Mac get's pretty hot. As soon as I unplug it, it drops down to 0%, where it probably should be, and the fans turn off as the computer quickly cools down.

To replicate:
I have a Thunderbolt-to-DVI adapter that came with my Mac and a USB-to-DVI adapter from DisplayLink. Begin with nothing plugged in. Plug in the Thunderbolt display. Plug in the DisplayLink adapter. Unplug and then replug the Thunderbolt adapter.

Maybe this has already been posted / discovered, but I thought I might as well mention it in case it hadn't.

eazywig · 02-11-2012, 09:34 AM

I'm using a BVU195 to connect a 1920x1200 display in portrait mode to a mid 2010 iMac 27". After applying 10.7.3 patch I faced the problem described in this forum. All connected displays turned to blue.
Starting up the iMac in safe mode and launching display preferences resetted the orientation of the display connected to the displaylink adapter to landscape. After a newly restart the displaylink adapter can be used again, but only in landscape mode :-(.
Nevertheless thanks for posting this solution!!!

pomaceous76 · 02-23-2012, 10:43 PM

I can confirm that eazywig's method of going into safe mode and then restarting my MBA brought my AOC e1649fwu back to life, albeit in landscape mode. The one difference was that in when I was in safe mode, the AOC didn't show in Display Preferences. Therefore I wasn't able to reset the rotation back to landscape mode. It didn't seem to matter because my end result was the same as eazywig's: a working DisplayLink monitor.

Needless to say, I won't be touching portrait mode until DisplayLink figures this out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eazywig

I'm using a BVU195 to connect a 1920x1200 display in portrait mode to a mid 2010 iMac 27". After applying 10.7.3 patch I faced the problem described in this forum. All connected displays turned to blue.
Starting up the iMac in safe mode and launching display preferences resetted the orientation of the display connected to the displaylink adapter to landscape. After a newly restart the displaylink adapter can be used again, but only in landscape mode :-(.
Nevertheless thanks for posting this solution!!!

GodwinC · 02-11-2012, 10:39 AM

That is the nature of USB.. it uses a lot of CPU power.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhoenixRebourne

I'm not sure how helpful this is. I can get the DisplayLink adapter plugged in and have it be black, but I can get my other displays to display like normal. When I do this SystemUIServer is constantly consuming 1.2% of my CPU, and my Mac get's pretty hot. As soon as I unplug it, it drops down to 0%, where it probably should be, and the fans turn off as the computer quickly cools down.

To replicate:
I have a Thunderbolt-to-DVI adapter that came with my Mac and a USB-to-DVI adapter from DisplayLink. Begin with nothing plugged in. Plug in the Thunderbolt display. Plug in the DisplayLink adapter. Unplug and then replug the Thunderbolt adapter.

Maybe this has already been posted / discovered, but I thought I might as well mention it in case it hadn't.

02-08-2012, 03:33 PM	#1
chaz4070 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 5	Anyone tried NVRam reset? Both of my screens are rotated so I haven't tried this but has anyone that doesn't have a rotated screen tried an NVRam reset (more widely known as PRAM)? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379 I would unplug the adapter, reset the NVRam and then plug in the adapter. Resetting NVRam usually clears resolution settings and I'm thinking its worth a shot. To the DisplayLink Team: I'm still very disappointed that you cannot be bothered to update the Mac software page to exercise caution when updating due to some known issues. I think it is ridiculous that people would have to come to the forum and research this. My $.02

02-10-2012, 04:40 PM	#6
Triptoph Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3	Eta? Hi DisplayLink Team, Are you guys ready to give us a rough ETA for a fix? As a software engineer I find it easy to put myself into your shoes; the lack of openness from apple regarding these changes is frustrating. Thank you for the work. I really need to learn to wait a few weeks before installing those damn updates! Checking back daily, Tony

02-10-2012, 05:48 PM	#7
PhoenixRebourne Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1	SystemUIServer I'm not sure how helpful this is. I can get the DisplayLink adapter plugged in and have it be black, but I can get my other displays to display like normal. When I do this SystemUIServer is constantly consuming 1.2% of my CPU, and my Mac get's pretty hot. As soon as I unplug it, it drops down to 0%, where it probably should be, and the fans turn off as the computer quickly cools down. To replicate: I have a Thunderbolt-to-DVI adapter that came with my Mac and a USB-to-DVI adapter from DisplayLink. Begin with nothing plugged in. Plug in the Thunderbolt display. Plug in the DisplayLink adapter. Unplug and then replug the Thunderbolt adapter. Maybe this has already been posted / discovered, but I thought I might as well mention it in case it hadn't.

02-11-2012, 09:34 AM	#8
eazywig Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2	Booting in safe mode to reset display orientation works for me I'm using a BVU195 to connect a 1920x1200 display in portrait mode to a mid 2010 iMac 27". After applying 10.7.3 patch I faced the problem described in this forum. All connected displays turned to blue. Starting up the iMac in safe mode and launching display preferences resetted the orientation of the display connected to the displaylink adapter to landscape. After a newly restart the displaylink adapter can be used again, but only in landscape mode :-(. Nevertheless thanks for posting this solution!!!

02-09-2012, 09:39 PM	#4
Sofiaan Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 14	It looks like the DL team have put a warning message in RED next to the Mac driver download section of the site. Thank you for doing this, and hopefully that will help people who haven't updated yet. Fingers crossed a real solution is near.

02-09-2012, 11:09 PM	#5
chaz4070 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 5	Yeah I saw they finally added a warning to the Mac page. Only took 'em a week and I know I asked at least twice in this thread for it. Better late than never I suppose. I'm a little disheartened that the DL team hasn't posted anything in a few days - I'm getting ready to reinstall Lion again and just go to 10.7.2 - I was holding out but with no updates/ETA I don't think I want to wait any longer.