Software Constantly Crashing Issue

LinkGoesBowling · 10-12-2026, 09:57 PM

I'm running Linux Mint (an Ubuntu-based Linux distro) on an HP Envy PC. I'm using an HP dual output USB adapter to use 2 vertical monitors, outputting to one using DisplayPort and one using DVI.. I have a center landscape monitor as well, running through HDMI with the PC's built in port.
The issue: The DisplayLink software keeps crashing in the middle of nowhere and sometimes puts windows from one display to another (ex. Minecraft window on center monitor goes onto one of the vertical monitors) and it even sometimes confuses the vertical monitors and swaps their configurations so sometimes they will be upside down or the PC will put my mouse on the left monitor when I move the mouse to the right.
Here are some things I've tried:

Using the 6.14 Linux Kernel instead of 7.0
Updated Xorg from 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.8 to 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.9
Reduced restart delay from 5 seconds to 100ms (helped recover faster, but still crashing)
Disabled page flipping
Same crashes happen in both Ubuntu downloads (APT installation and .run)

I also found an Xorg core dump that terminated with SIGABRT. The process was /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg, running under lightdm.service.

Code:

#2  __GI_abort (libc.so.6)
#3  OsAbort (Xorg)
#5  FatalError (Xorg)
#8  modesetting_drv.so + 0x9fdc
#9  RRCrtcSet (Xorg)
#10 ProcRRSetCrtcConfig (Xorg)

rboerner · 10-13-2026, 11:01 AM

If you have not done so already, you can report this issue to DisplayLink directly by following the process outlined here --> https://support.displaylink.com/know...to-displaylink

LinkGoesBowling · 10-14-2026, 08:45 PM

Update: This was in the default Cinnamon. I also tested in XFCE, which had worse crashes because it would also make the vertical monitors mirror the center one and put them in landscape mode (go back to default settings). I was unable to replicate the crashes in Wayland Cinnamon and Software Rendering Cinnamon because those Mint flavors were so unreliable for other reasons.

10-12-2026, 09:57 PM	#1
LinkGoesBowling Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2026 Posts: 2	Software Constantly Crashing Issue I'm running Linux Mint (an Ubuntu-based Linux distro) on an HP Envy PC. I'm using an HP dual output USB adapter to use 2 vertical monitors, outputting to one using DisplayPort and one using DVI.. I have a center landscape monitor as well, running through HDMI with the PC's built in port. The issue: The DisplayLink software keeps crashing in the middle of nowhere and sometimes puts windows from one display to another (ex. Minecraft window on center monitor goes onto one of the vertical monitors) and it even sometimes confuses the vertical monitors and swaps their configurations so sometimes they will be upside down or the PC will put my mouse on the left monitor when I move the mouse to the right. Here are some things I've tried: Using the 6.14 Linux Kernel instead of 7.0 Updated Xorg from 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.8 to 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.9 Reduced restart delay from 5 seconds to 100ms (helped recover faster, but still crashing) Disabled page flipping Same crashes happen in both Ubuntu downloads (APT installation and .run) I also found an Xorg core dump that terminated with SIGABRT. The process was /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg, running under lightdm.service. Code: #2 __GI_abort (libc.so.6) #3 OsAbort (Xorg) #5 FatalError (Xorg) #8 modesetting_drv.so + 0x9fdc #9 RRCrtcSet (Xorg) #10 ProcRRSetCrtcConfig (Xorg)

10-13-2026, 11:01 AM	#2
rboerner Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 639	If you have not done so already, you can report this issue to DisplayLink directly by following the process outlined here --> https://support.displaylink.com/know...to-displaylink

10-14-2026, 08:45 PM	#3
LinkGoesBowling Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2026 Posts: 2	Update: This was in the default Cinnamon. I also tested in XFCE, which had worse crashes because it would also make the vertical monitors mirror the center one and put them in landscape mode (go back to default settings). I was unable to replicate the crashes in Wayland Cinnamon and Software Rendering Cinnamon because those Mint flavors were so unreliable for other reasons.