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Old 11-10-2024, 10:37 PM   #1
jbize@godswind.org
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Default DisplayLink on Debian 12 (bookworm) / GNOME?

I am running Debian 12 Bookworm (GNOME) and I have an old USB3 docking station (Plugable UD-3900) that requires the DisplayLink driver.

I have installed evdi-dkms, libevdi0, and libevdi0-dev (ver 1.12.0+dfsg-0.3) via apt. However, there is no bookworm package that provides a displaylink driver service. In fact, the evdi-dkms description warns that this is not a complete driver.

So how do I proceed? I've tried several different things, including the following:
However, these fundamentally seem to all work from the same source: displaylink-driver-6.1.0-17.run

Executing that attempts to build evdi ver 1.14.7 which will not compile on Debian 12. The log shows many errors such as:
Code:
/var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.14.7/build/evdi_fb.c: In function ‘evdifb_create’:
/var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.14.7/build/evdi_fb.c:408:23: error: ‘struct drm_fb_helper’ has no member named ‘info’
  408 |         efbdev->helper.info = info;
      |                       ^
So clearly Debian 12 libraries are incompatible with the new version of 1.14.7.
  • Is there another version of the driver package that will work?
  • Has anyone gotten DisplayLink to work on Debian 12?
  • Are there any other suggestions?
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Old 11-11-2024, 12:52 AM   #2
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Default Solved DisplayLink with Debian 12 Bookworm

Well,

I kept plugging away and stumbled into the solution...

For anyone that's interested:
  • I uninstalled the three evdi related packages via apt (evdi-dkms, libevdi0, and libevdi0-dev). (They're a red herring.)
  • I downloaded the Legacy Driver 'DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu6.0-EXE.zip' from https://www.synaptics.com/products/d...wnloads/ubuntu
  • I then unzipped it, made the .run file executable, and ran it with sudo.

That's all it took and my USB3 docking station works on my (stable) Debian 12 box.
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