Just tried installing DisplayLink driver (latest one from the website) on Ubuntu 18.04.6 and ran into two missing packages: (1) bison, and (2) flex.

After installing these two, I still cannot complete the installation. The terminal output is shown below, and the log file is VERY long so I cannot post it here. Any ideas what's wrong? How do I fix this?

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displaylink$ sudo ./displaylink-driver-5.2.14.run
Verifying archive integrity... 100% All good.
Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 5.2.14 100%
DisplayLink Linux Software 5.2.14 install script called: install
Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
Installing
Configuring EVDI DKMS module
Registering EVDI kernel module with DKMS
Building EVDI kernel module with DKMS
ERROR (code 3): Failed to build evdi/5.2.14. Consult /var/lib/dkms/evdi/5.2.14/build/make.log for details..

i cant see suppport with ubuntu 18 LTS..
only show ubuntu 20, 16 ... any idea?

Hello

I need your help, I'm using ubuntu in version 18.04
The DisplayLink software version is 5.2.14

Output after installation

Verifying archive integrity ... 100% All good.
Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 5.2.14 100%
DisplayLink Linux Software 5.2.14 install script called: install
Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
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-ubuntu-1604 / DisplayLinkManager
Installing libraries
Installing firmware packages
Installing license file
Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx / 4xxx / 5xxx / 6xxx devices

My notebook is a Sansug ATIV BOOK 6
I have a Dell monitor

I need your help because I can't make my monitor work, when I used windows 10 it worked

FYI

I have a AOC E1659FWU monitor which I have had problems connecting to extend the desktop using Ubuntu 18.04. Had problems getting the screen to connect. Changed monitor 2 (AOC) to 1024x768 and all is working fine.

Hi I currently use UbuntuStudio 18.04 in my laptop - Lenovo Ideapad 100.

My Displaylink equipped monitor is a Samsung LD190G with a variant of the DL-1x5 chip.
It works using Windows 7, and Ubuntu version 16.04.

However, with UbuntuStudio 18.04 (as well as Windows 10), the system no longer shows an image on the monitor.
The chip can still be detected but there is no image and the monitor seem to ignore the fact that it is connected to the laptop.

To sum it up:

Monitor works with Windows 8, 7, and below
Monitor works with Ubuntu 16.04 and below

Monitor does not work with Windows 10
Monitor does not work with Ubuntu 18.04

Can someone shed some light why this is so?

P.S. The monitor also works with my Android phone.

YES ... Ubuntu 18.04 is working in combination with SecureBoot, DisplayLink driver 5.1, three external Displays AND the Nodebook display.

For SecureBoot you need to sign the kernel module. Therefore just run:

apt-get install mokutil;
openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout mokutil.key -outform DER -out mokutil.der -nodes -days 36500 -subj "/CN=Ubuntu self-signed drivers/";
/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file sha256 mokutil.key mokutil.der $(modinfo -n evdi);
mokutil --import mokutil.der;
mokutil --list-new;
reboot;

These drivers really should support Wayland.

Hi there, it worked after disabling Secure Boot in UEFI (BIOS): https://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/1181617-how-to-use-displaylink-ubuntu-driver-with-uefi-sec

All displays working properly.

Worked for me:
root@grahamshp:/home# /home/graham/Downloads/displaylink-driver-4.2.29.run
Verifying archive integrity... 100% All good.
Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 4.2.29 100%
DisplayLink Linux Software 4.2.29 install script called: install
Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
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-ubuntu-1604/DisplayLinkManager
Installing libraries
Installing firmware packages
Installing licence file
Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx/5xxx devicesPlease read the FAQ
http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/topics/103927-troubleshooting-ubuntu
root@grahamshp:/home# graham@grahamshp:~$ xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 2
Provider 0: id: 0x44 cap: 0x9, Source Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 2 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 1: id: 0x1108 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
graham@grahamshp:~$ cat /etc/*release*
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

graham@grahamshp:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
eDP-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
1920x1080 60.02*+ 40.03
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-I-1-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 575mm x 323mm
1920x1080 60.00*+ 60.00 50.00 59.94 24.00 23.98
1680x1050 59.88
1280x1024 60.02
1280x960 60.00
1360x768 60.02
1280x800 59.91
1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
1024x768 60.00
800x600 60.32 56.25
720x576 50.00
848x480 60.00
720x480 60.00 59.94
640x480 60.00 59.94
720x400 70.08
graham@grahamshp:~$ uname -a
Linux grahamshp 4.15.0-34-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 27 15:21:48 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

DVI-I-1-1 is the one using Displaylink and this was without any reboot just run the commands plug in the device and worked

When can we expect to have a working system with Kernel 5.1.x?

Hi, this is a weird one. I am using Ubuntu 19.04 and have correctly downloaded the display link drivers and it was working fine.....yesterday. 1 of my 2 screens is now black and will not display anything. I have not downloaded anything new, it was working this morning and then just stopped. I tested the screen on windows and it is working fine, so it isn’t a hardware fault. I uninstalled and re installed the drivers and still nothing. Any hints or tips that I haven’t thought about?

Will you add support to Ubuntu 18.10? If so, when is the target date? Thanks!

Hi, has anyone else reported immediate resume after suspend or hibernate under kernel 5.18 and the new DisplayLink driver (5.1)? Reverting back to 4.4 DisplayLink fixed the issue.

Hi, I have the D3100 and have the DELL XPS 13 with preinstalled UBUNTU 18.04 (VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver))

I have a DELL ultrasharp 34 monitor. And I am using the docking station to connect it to via HDMI.

I have downloaded the driver for the docking station, correct version and it seems to have installed successfully, and run the version as instructed ... but it doesn't seem to work ... the docking station seems to be connected but I get a bad signal with the monitor

The monitor gets 1/4 snow, 3/4 blue screen. 1/4 snow has a static background image of something ....but overall non-functional.

Hi, I have the D3100 and have the DELL XPS 13 with preinstalled UBUNTU 18.04 (VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver))

I have a DELL ultrasharp 34 monitor. And I am using the docking station to connect it to via HDMI.

I have downloaded the driver for the docking station, correct version and run the version as instructed ... but it doesn't seem to work ... I get a bad signal with the monitor

The monitor gets 1/4 snow, 3/4 blue screen. 1/4 snow has a static background image of something ....but overall non-functional.

When can we expect to have a working system with Kernel > 4.18?

Got it working, but very unstable for kernel 4.20. Any roadmap for driver to kernel 4.20?

Hi all, this worked for me
https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/displaylink-debian/blob/master/post-install-guide.md
a bit buggy when using gnome to set up the monitors but working ok in ubuntu 18.04

Hi there,

I have a Linux machine (Ubuntu 18.04); I went through the steps to download and install the driver to for the DisplayLink device, but I am still unable to connect to the external monitors. Doesn't look like the device is being recognized at all. I've tried a bunch of things from the internet, but nothing seems to be working!

Could you please assist?

Cheers

How can you charge people money for a product that does mot work? It's a joke to get your driver installation to work in Ubuntu 18.X regardless of kernel version.