Modified script Debian Friendly - Page 3

stuguy909 · 08-27-2015, 07:56 PM

completely reloaded Debian with lxdm instead of kdm this time. Fresh system, absolutely nothing installed other than base packages, GUI, and SSH. downloaded you scripts. unzipped. installed:

Code:

displaylink-driver-1.0.68# ./displaylink-installer.sh install
DisplayLink Linux Software 1.0.68 install script called: install
Distribution discovered: Debian GNU/Linux 8.1 (jessie)
Init daemon detected : systemd
Linux Headers found : linux-headers-3.16.0-4-amd64
Installing
Configuring EVDI DKMS module
Registering EVDI kernel module with DKMS
Building EVDI kernel module with DKMS
Installing EVDI kernel module to kernel tree
EVDI kernel module built successfully
Installing x64/DisplayLinkManager
Installing libraries
Installing firmware packages
Installing license file
Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx/5xxx devices
Adding blacklist udlfb module
Starting DLM systemd service

I am rebooting now and we will see. My Dock is still unplugged, btw. I will plug in after reboot and booted into GUI.

Edit: I installed DKMS, of course.

stuguy909 · 08-27-2015, 08:04 PM

Drum Roll.............

Had to start the displaymanager.service manually.

Code:

# systemctl start displaylink.service
# systemctl status displaylink.service
● displaylink.service - DisplayLink Manager Service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/displaylink.service; static)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2015-08-27 15:01:58 CDT; 6s ago
  Process: 1832 ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe evdi (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 1837 (DisplayLinkMana)
   CGroup: /system.slice/displaylink.service
           └─1837 /usr/lib/displaylink/DisplayLinkManager

$ xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 3
Provider 0: id: 0x46 cap: 0xb, Source Output, Sink Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 4 associated providers: 0 name:Intel
Provider 1: id: 0x12d cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting
Provider 2: id: 0xfa cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting

guerrierk · 08-27-2015, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuguy909

Drum Roll.............

Had to start the displaymanager.service manually.

Code:

# systemctl start displaylink.service
# systemctl status displaylink.service
● displaylink.service - DisplayLink Manager Service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/displaylink.service; static)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2015-08-27 15:01:58 CDT; 6s ago
  Process: 1832 ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe evdi (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 1837 (DisplayLinkMana)
   CGroup: /system.slice/displaylink.service
           └─1837 /usr/lib/displaylink/DisplayLinkManager

$ xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 3
Provider 0: id: 0x46 cap: 0xb, Source Output, Sink Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 4 associated providers: 0 name:Intel
Provider 1: id: 0x12d cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting
Provider 2: id: 0xfa cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting

Yeah! You can now use xrandr to set the new provider to your Intel (provider 0). After that, you should have your screen into screen manager.

Just a question : have you 2 displaylink connected ?

I work around a best detection method to start automatically the displaylink service. I will post when I found it.

If someone have any informations about it, it could be useful for me ;-)

Thx

stuguy909 · 08-27-2015, 08:21 PM

Thank you for the help. I do, however, want to identify the changes in your script in the Debian driver install that makes this process work in the Debian 8.1 driver install thread. I worked through a lot of steps, but I always hit a challenge at the next level. First it was the kernel header problem, Debian uses Makefile instead of Zbuild, that was easy enough, a simple symbolic link fixed that. Then there was the problem with the systeminitdaemon, which you found that there needed to be a systemd entry in the script because DisplayLink only supports Ubuntu setup at the moment. Then there was a problem with the blacklist, my system looked like it was doing everything correctly, but your configuration does it differently. I guess the overall process I did myself just wouldn't work for me. I just want to be sure, for the record, that everyone who reads this or my thread, they understand the overall process and what needs to be accomplished to get the driver working just in case they can't download a simple script.

guerrierk · 08-27-2015, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuguy909

Thank you for the help. I do, however, want to identify the changes in your script in the Debian driver install that makes this process work in the Debian 8.1 driver install thread. I worked through a lot of steps, but I always hit a challenge at the next level. First it was the kernel header problem, Debian uses Makefile instead of Zbuild, that was easy enough, a simple symbolic link fixed that. Then there was the problem with the systeminitdaemon, which you found that there needed to be a systemd entry in the script because DisplayLink only supports Ubuntu setup at the moment. Then there was a problem with the blacklist, my system looked like it was doing everything correctly, but your configuration does it differently. I guess the overall process I did myself just wouldn't work for me. I just want to be sure, for the record, that everyone who reads this or my thread, they understand the overall process and what needs to be accomplished to get the driver working just in case they can't download a simple script.

About the linux headers problem, I have modified the test in the script : it was a Kbuild file that was tested, but the path is different on debian and ubuntu. So I test if the package linux-headers for the current kernel is installed.

I have modified the check_distro method to set correctly the init daemon on debian.

I have added the blacklist udlfb module too.

At this time, the driver is correctly installed and is usable.

The configuration must be done manually by xrandr and the screen configuration in settings panel...

So the next steps are to load dynamically the displaylink service and set the new provider automatically (and maybe activate the screen at the left of current screen...)

stuguy909 · 08-27-2015, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guerrierk

So the next steps are to load dynamically the displaylink service and set the new provider automatically (and maybe activate the screen at the left of current screen...)

Yes. Currently, this is not hot pluggable. I had hell testing this. I had to use xrandr to set my laptop screen to provider 0 0 before I reconnected the DisplayLink docking station. Then I had to re-run the xrandr setprovider stuff and use the system monitor settings program to reactivate and reposition my screens. What a pain! I haven't tested a reboot yet....

drndrn · 09-01-2015, 06:49 AM

thanks for your work, really appreciate

runejuhl · 09-01-2015, 09:43 PM

Hi guerrierk,

Thanks for the script. Worked beautifully on Debian stretch. I noticed it didn't detect my init system, so I made a small patch for you. Any reason why you haven't used BitBucket/GitHub/own git/etc. for it?

Anyway, thanks again. Now to figure out how to get my brand new ASUS MB168+ to fully work under Linux -- missing autorotate and brightness settings...

Hm. For some reason the forum software chokes on the patch, so I'm unable to submit it in cleartext. I've base64-encoded the patch instead...

Code:

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guerrierk · 09-02-2015, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by runejuhl

Hi guerrierk,

Thanks for the script. Worked beautifully on Debian stretch. I noticed it didn't detect my init system, so I made a small patch for you. Any reason why you haven't used BitBucket/GitHub/own git/etc. for it?

Anyway, thanks again. Now to figure out how to get my brand new ASUS MB168+ to fully work under Linux -- missing autorotate and brightness settings...

Hm. For some reason the forum software chokes on the patch, so I'm unable to submit it in cleartext. I've base64-encoded the patch instead...

Code:

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Hi runejuhl,

Thanks for your patch. I have updated my script and re-uploaded it. I'm still working on other features.

AtoutSerenite · 09-02-2015, 08:21 AM

Has anyone worked out the permission problem on the download? Do you have to post before downloading?

08-27-2015, 08:21 PM	#24
stuguy909 Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 37	Thanks Thank you for the help. I do, however, want to identify the changes in your script in the Debian driver install that makes this process work in the Debian 8.1 driver install thread. I worked through a lot of steps, but I always hit a challenge at the next level. First it was the kernel header problem, Debian uses Makefile instead of Zbuild, that was easy enough, a simple symbolic link fixed that. Then there was the problem with the systeminitdaemon, which you found that there needed to be a systemd entry in the script because DisplayLink only supports Ubuntu setup at the moment. Then there was a problem with the blacklist, my system looked like it was doing everything correctly, but your configuration does it differently. I guess the overall process I did myself just wouldn't work for me. I just want to be sure, for the record, that everyone who reads this or my thread, they understand the overall process and what needs to be accomplished to get the driver working just in case they can't download a simple script.

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09-01-2015, 06:49 AM	#27
drndrn Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 1	thanks for your work, really appreciate

09-02-2015, 08:21 AM	#30
AtoutSerenite Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 1	Has anyone worked out the permission problem on the download? Do you have to post before downloading?