DisplayLink Feature Suggestions
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add support for the VMWare SVGA Driver so that virtual machine guests can use display link
When using virtual machines it would be really handy to have them display via usb adapters on spare monitors or PIP overlays in fancy monitors.
Many virtualisation engineers would be buying your products, many times.
64 votesThe new DisplayLink architecture in Windows 10 Anniversary update onwards now enables support for Virtual machines.
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Allow auto hide of the taskbar on multiple displays
In the previous windows version DisplayLink_7.5M1 the auto-hide of the taskbar applied across all screens. This no longer happens in the latest version DisplayLink_7.9M2.
1 voteNow works as expected so marking completed. Thank you Gil!
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Instead of simply crashing, alert the user to a monitor hardware malfunction
I recently found out through a very circuitous process that my monitor is failing. But in this process, instead of alerting me to any issue, the drivers would crash and the icon would disappear from my system tray, making me think your software was malfunctioning. Instead, such a crash should be caught with exception handling, and then alert the user there is a hardware malfunction.
1 voteWe already try to gracefully restart whenever possible. You might encounter an unforeseen case not handled properly which would need crash dumps to be investigated.
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Use GPU rendering to lower CPU usage
Can we access the GPU to take advantage of OpenGL, etc, to avoid the heavy CPU (and laptop battery) usage?
3 votesDisplayLink software already checks the CPU and GPU resources available on a platform and uses these to provide the best user experience possible.
This is why some compatibility issues can be resolved by updating to the latest graphics drivers available for your primary graphics card,
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Multi-Head 4k over USB3.X
multi-head 4k over USB3.X
2 votesThis is already supported today by connecting multiple DL-5000 series devices to the same USB bus.
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Mac OS X and Windows 7 Pro work around for USB Monitor(s) (SIIG USB 2.0 to VGA Pro) Corruption – Vertical Black Bars
Mac OS X and Windows 7 Pro work around for USB Monitor(s) (SIIG USB 2.0 to VGA Pro) Corruption – Vertical Black Bars
Using:
OS X 10.10.5 (Windows 7 Pro, see additional comments below)
DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Mac OS X Version 2.4
SIIG.com - USB 2.0 to VGA Pro
3 HP Monitors (Model: HP S2031) (one connected via HDMI to DVI Adapter, one connected via Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter, and one connected via SIIG.com – USB 2.0 to VGA ProIssue:
Corruption on the left and right sides of attached USB monitor (black vertical bars on left…
6 votesThank you for taking the time to write this. We have now released 2.5 for OS X.
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Support Windows 10 Mobile Continuum
In the MS world, Disply Link support is good when running Windows on a laptop or a tablet. When it comes to Windows phones. it is the opposite: nothing, nada.
Ask Microsoft, They are so in need of trendy feature to boost their market share in mobile phone business, I am ready to bet they would finance the development.
86 votesA driver for Continuum was done and demonstrated. However, for phones, it will need your phone manufacturer to integrate the driver as the phone does not behave like a desktop Windows.
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Linux kernel version 4 unsupported.
Just tried building the displaylink driver using the displaylink-installer.sh on my Fedora Rawhide machine and look at the results!
./displaylink-installer.sh -?
DisplayLink Linux Software 1.0.68 install script called: -?
Distribution discovered: "Fedora release 24 (Rawhide)"
Unsatisfied dependencies. Missing component: Kernel version 4.2.0-0.rc5.git3.1.fc24.x86_64 is too old. At least 3.14 is required.
This is a fatal error, cannot install DisplayLink Linux Software.Hmm, 4 is older than 3!?!? Who Knew?!?! Need to fix the script.
4 votesThis should now be fixed in the latest Ubuntu release
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Fix drivers with amd catalyst 15.7
Fix drivers with amd catalyst 15.7
1 voteThis should be fixed in v7.9 software. There is a release candidate available here, which should fix the issue until the release is out..
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very quickly release the drivers for Windows 10
Windows 10 gets released at the end of July. I am already using the Tech Review. There will be a big need and demand for a product like your to compatible with Windows 10 - even right now with those of us that have switched ove.
32 votesWIndows 10 is now supported from v7.9 software onwards. The driver is available from http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/downloads.php
All DisplayLink products supported under Windows 8 will work with Windows 10. -
Update Monitors Page
http://www.displaylink.com/shop/monitors
Many of the displaylink monitors listed on your page are no longer available. Can you mark them as such to make it easier for your customers?
Also, wouldn't it make sense to include the monitor SIZE in each description instead of making your customers search for them?
3 votesThanks for the reminder. The monitors page is now updated to remove products that were no longer available.
We are looking at a redesign of the shop at the moment to allow product searches and adding a monitor size is something we could do at this point. -
tell me how to send you the Support Files I collected with your Support Tool
tell me how to send you the Support Files I collected with your Support Tool
2 votesThe artciles describing how to collect the log files have now been updated with a contact email address to send the files to.
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126 votes
The V2.5 release is now available to support OS X 10.11.
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post the software for the Auvio HBMI converter
The user guide said I could download it from this website and it is no where to be found. Waste of $60
2 votesAll generic software for DisplayLink devices can be downloaded here: http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/index.php
This link has now been added to the support homepage. -
Support linux on ALL your devices
I just purchased a displaylink USB 3 based device; reading the forums I didn't pickup the difference between USB 2.0 being supported and USB 3.0 not being supported. This is nonsense. Content protection on the monitor, I don't care about being able to use protected content; I'd like to just be able to use the monitor I paid for. But no.
I think you should support Linux with USB 3.0 devices to use non-DRM content.
576 votesUbuntu is now supported by DisplayLink and can be downloaded from here:
http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu
The Ubuntu driver is designed with open source components and packaging which enables it to be ported and distributed for other linux distros. DisplayLink does not intend to officially support more than Ubuntu. For more information, see our article here:
http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/679060
If you have further suggestions about Linux support, please raise separate specific feature requests.
If you have any problems or need support, please use the Linux forum here:
http://www.displaylink.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29Please DO NOT use the comments thread to report problems. We have no way of following up on problem reports here. Use the forum instead.
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