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  1. Support f.lux on Windows

    Flux will reduce the amount of blue light emitted by the screen which aids going to bed. As it stands, there is no support for color calibration to DisplayLink connected monitors. DCC/CI commands are supported, but there are issues that make it not a viable solution (http://superuser.com/questions/257606/is-there-a-work-around-to-configure-brightness-or-color-on-a-displaylink-monitor).

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    • Make DisplayLink driver available for installation and update from Ubuntu repository

      Contact Canonical to make DisplayLink driver available for installation and update from Ubuntu repository, like AMD and nVidia driver packages.

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      • macOS High Sierra 10.13.4

        The driver (DisplayLink Installer 4.1.11) doesn't work anymore withe macOS High Sierra bêta 10.13.4 (17E139)

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          We are aware that installing macOS release Version 10.13.4 will cause DisplayLink connected displays to go blank after the OS upgrade, with the current DisplayLink driver [4.1] installed. Functionality such as Ethernet and audio, where implemented, is unaffected. We have alerted Apple to this issue and are working hard to find a resolution. These features continue to work as expected in 10.13.3.

          In the meantime, we are releasing a new driver [4.3] that will enable clone mode, but not mirror or extended mode displays in 10.13.4. If you require mirror or extended mode displays, we recommend that you stay on macOS 10.13.3 at this time.

          We understand that this loss of functionality on OS upgrade is potentially disruptive for our users and customers. Please be assured that this issue has the highest business priority in DisplayLink. We thank you for your patience and will provide an update on this situation,…

        • Linux wayland support

          Displaylink does not seem to work with wayland yet, which is starting to be the standard, replacing Xorg, on linux soon:

          https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandByDefault
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server_protocol)

          Would be great if you could also support wayland!

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          • Support linux with nvidia/amd drivers

            support displaylink with proprietary drivers from nvidia and amd

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            • Linux: reach Windows feature parity (mirroring, scaling, and rotating)

              Currently unsupported / broken in DisplayLink on Linux:

              - Display mirroring
              - Display scaling
              - Display rotation

              This really limits what you can actually do with DisplayLink on Linux - i.e. you can only currently have an extended display activated with no scaling or rotation. You can't even use only the DisplayLink connected display on its own.

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              • Make the Linux driver open source and get it into the kernel

                If the DisplayLink driver existed in the kernel, it would be SO much easier for the users to get it working. In my role as Chief Digital Officer for a large company (of 8000 people), I would probably have bought 500 of these devices IF the driver were just upstream (you know, how Linux devices normally "just work" without the aggro common in the Windows world). However, the annoyance of a manual driver install, especially when it's broken on updates to newer kernels, is just something I wouldn't want to invest in. Please consider that proprietary drivers are serious impediment…

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                • ARM linux support

                  Better Linux support, a direct driver for X11 and support ARM devices and not crypted logs.

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                    I’ve updated this to be for ARM Linux support. EVDI is designed as an open source component to be adapted for different graphics architectures.

                    The logs from the DisplayLink binary component are encrypted to protect IP. This is the same on all OSes for DisplayLink binary components.

                  • Increased Mouse lag since the W10 Redstone / DP Driver 8.0 Update.

                    I have increased Mouse lag since the W10 Redstone / DisplayLink Driver 8.0 Update. I have a 3-screen Setup here. Surface Pro 3 + the DisplayLink USB Docking Station with 2 additional Screens. Working on those 2 external Screens got a bit tedious since the W10 Redstone / DisplayLink 8.0 Update. Maybe I´m too sensitive, but I feel enough mouse lag on the external Screens to slow down my daily work a bit. I´m using the DisplayLink Adapter since 2 years now and there were highs and lows regarding lag, but Version 7.9 on Windows 10 1511 was really good.…

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                    • Support Night Shift and f.lux for Mac OS

                      As documented, there is work underway for Windows to support f.lux. However, I haven't seen any clear communication that support Night Shift of f.lux on Mac OS is in the works as neither are supported via DisplayLink. It would be really nice to have these options on Mac.

                      https://superuser.com/questions/257606/is-there-a-work-around-to-configure-brightness-or-color-on-a-displaylink-monitor)

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                      • Support WIndows 10 Night Light

                        With the Windows 10 Creators Update, you can now lower the amount of blue light emitted from your PC with the new Night light feature.

                        Settings > System > Display

                        This feature doesn't work on my HP s140u monitor using DisplayLink 8.4.2250.0. I'm guessing it might not work on lots of other devices too.

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                        • Fix issues with Mac OS Sierra driver

                          Fix issues with Mac OS Sierra drivers

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                          • Fix some applications not running on laptop GPU

                            Hi since the Windows 10 Anniversary update games or utilities i have in Steam valve dont seem to use the GPU on my laptop but instead use intel graphic the laptop i have is a Lenovo Y50

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                              46 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                              The change is needed in the operating system kernel mode graphics driver. Microsoft is looking into scheduling this development. In the meantime, provided you have purchased a platform allowing you to, the workaround is to disable the low end GPU so Windows uses the only one left. Today, Windows will always use the POST graphics card.

                            • Add support for VMware USB passthrough so guest OS can have dedicated display output

                              For DL-3xxx and DL-5xxx devices especially.

                              This is already working for MacOS but not working for Windows (as mentioned in DisplayLink KB 544870) and Linux.

                              This will allow multiple DisplayLinks to be used on single VM hosts behaving like thin clients, which is an enormous user base and thus market potential.

                              61 votes
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                              • Fix linux driver scaling

                                Scaling doesn't work with the linux DisplayLink driver. This makes it impossible to use displays of different DPI together. By scaling I mean, for example:

                                xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --auto --scale 2x2

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                                • Ubuntu drivers eating a lot of CPU. Not always but at least 50% of the times

                                  I have actually a very slow PC because of this:
                                  PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
                                  1541 root 20 0 2343424 51804 2624 S 111.9 1.4 198:49.14 DisplayLinkMana
                                  in other words, DisplayLinkMana(ger) eats a lot of CPU. from 50 to more than 100%

                                  sometimes not.

                                  I think this is an issue, that should be fixed.

                                  Thank you.

                                  alfonso

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                                  • Alert to security issues if staying on older macOS

                                    UPDATE macOS, abandon this unstable and insecure devices instead. Apple says DisplayLink is incorrect and opens you to a world of security flaws. I can open a port on the Ethernet using simple SSH commands that shouldn’t be that easy.

                                    You advise not to update. Apple says the opposite and you are misleading customers into possible security issues. Reported and under review by Apple. Good luck, you have truly done your Apple patrons wrong in more than one way.

                                    If you can’t build an alpha in a year, this beta should land about the same time I land on mars.

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                                    • Android portrait

                                      Add screen rotation to Android client. I have a display link monitor than can be turned to portrait mode. But, by default, my device displays in a box unless I turn the device to landscape... It then fills the screen. I would ask that the app allow me to hold the phone in portrait and display to my portrait monitor full screen. It does display correctly for a short time before rotating fully.

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                                      • Support for Dell XPS in Ubuntu 16.10

                                        It seems to me that many people are reporting instability issues for Ubuntu 16.10 using the latest 1.2.65 driver. Severe instabilities occur for certain types of hardware that was supported in Ubuntu 16.04.

                                        I have a Dell XPS 13 (9343) and DL-3100. The screen keeps disappearing and re-appearing. It happens really randomly and sometimes many times per minute, other times it might be once per 20 minute. The displays go to black and everything crashes. It crashes often, but not always. This makes the applications stuck to that display crash as well. It is very poor performance (lag/hanging/high CPU usage)…

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                                        • Issues with OSX using 802.1x using System Keychain

                                          We just deployed a few hundred of these devices (The Dell D6000)and the OSX devices will not use the system keychain to authenticate to 802.1x, This works properly with the onboard NIC, Apple USB-C Adapter, Belkin USB-C Adapter.

                                          We use an OSX Profile that states how to connect to 802.1x with ethernet using system credentials. This does not work with the Displaylink Dock. I can however manually input credentials manually and it works, but no user accounts are allowed to authenticate only machine accounts.

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