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  1. Add support for Ubuntu 16.10

    Ubutun 16.10 is just days away and the DisplayLink drivers don't work for it and cause X to crash.

    [26700.930972] ------------[ cut here ]------------
    [26700.930995] kernel BUG at /build/linux-B4zRAA/linux-4.8.0/mm/usercopy.c:75!
    [26700.931021] invalid opcode: 0000 [#2] SMP
    [26700.931038] Modules linked in: evdi(OE) nls_iso8859_1 uas usb_storage nvram msr vmnet(OE) vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock vmw_vmci vmmon(OE) ccm rfcomm cmac cdc_mbim snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib cdc_ncm qcserial usb_wwan usbserial qmi_wwan cdc_wdm usbnet uvcvideo mii videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_core videodev media btusb btrtl bnep arc4 i2c_designware_platform i2c_designware_core snd_soc_skl snd_soc_skl_ipc snd_soc_sst_ipc snd_soc_sst_dsp snd_hda_ext_core hp_wmi snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_soc_sst_match snd_soc_core snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_codec_generic snd_compress ac97_bus intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec kvm_intel snd_hda_core iwlmvm…

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      • Support for Surface book 2

        Surface book 2 - you need to restart for it to work. If you unplug the displaylink then plug back in you have to restart again. Displaylink manager 84

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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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          • LG L206WU USB monitors working with Windows 10 Anniversary

            Update DisplayLink Drivers to support LG L206WU USB monitors with Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

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            • 16.04 LTS is comming ... And Displaylink, are you ready ?

              16.04 LTS release comming next month, The display link drivers for linux is ready for?
              The latest drivers support 14.04 LTS

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              • Linux Driver Management integration

                Integrate Solus' Linux Driver Management (https://solus-project.com/2018/01/26/linux-driver-management-1-0-released/) to better support Linux distros.

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                • I want to use displaylink in Android kitket.

                  Hello.
                  Used properly, in my displaylink in the Android Lollipop. I want to use displaylink in Android kitket.
                  Do you have plans to support Android kitket?

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                  • Fix issues with Mac OS Sierra driver

                    Fix issues with Mac OS Sierra drivers

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                    • to integrate a PAUSE function into your firmware, that freezes the displayed content anc can eb activated/de-activated by keyboard.

                      Freeze functions on classical projectors were very popular, in particular for people facilitating workshops or holding seminars. With the introduction of LCD screens this feature disappeared. Display link could easily re-introduce this. Ideally, hitting a (user-definable) key combination would turn PAUSE on and off. In addition the status (frozen / unfrozen) should be displayed with the application icon.

                      Please go ahead :-)

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                      • integrate with package managers

                        It would be lovely if i could keep up with the latest display link drivers and software using brew or apt-get. I don't think that's super hard... better apple/linux support probably a priority... but yeah. I think you have a huge market with people who want the reliability of Apple and the display real estate offered by display link (since apple wants you to use their wimpy graphics cards, or pay through the nose for $1000 retina displays).

                        (I have 4 display link driven 24 inch screens connected to my mac, with the 2 supported by my laptop --…

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                          Thanks for the suggestion. For Linux we intend to supply and support a driver for Ubuntu, but have designed it to be repackaged for distribution to other Linux distributions.

                          We cannot be the experts to maintain this for all Linux distros. We intend to provide the tools to enable it to be ported and added to package managers by those familiar with the particular distro they wish to package it for.

                          If you have repackaged it for a package manager, please let us know and we can build a list of supported distros.

                        • Please allow the DisplayLink Driver to be disabled.

                          As someone who uses a dedicated GPU in alternation with the Integrated GPU. It is BEYOND frustrating when my Nvidia GPU will not switch on because of the DisplayLink driver software. There is no option in windows itself to turn it off, and there is nothing provided by DisplayLink either.

                          It cripples productivity when I have to UNINSTALL the DL driver just to use my dedicated GPU.

                          Please fix this before you guys release any additional updates as this has been going on for a LONG time now.

                          I love my AOC usb monitor. It's great, only after I install…

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                          • Silent uninstall of Windows DisplayLink Driver 7.7 M4 without rebooting computers?

                            How can I silently uninstall the DisplayLink_7.7.M4.exe application? I am packaging the software for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 SP1 Configuration Manager, I set the uninstall string to "MsiExec.exe /X{099F2D54-39A8-470C-A3DA-E2F123F5A6D7} /NORESTART /qn Reboot=ReallySuppress" but the computers are still rebooting. Any ideas on how to silently uninstall it without causing a reboot?

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                              The reason a reboot is needed is that the DisplayLink graphics driver is uninstalled. It is not possible to complete a graphic driver uninstall on Windows without rebooting the system. This is a Windows restriction.

                            • 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.

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                              • Don't require drivers to be installed for disabled display adapters

                                I have a machine with an integrated display adapter and a PCI adapter running Windows 10. The integrated controller is not supported by Windows 10 and I have disabled it using device manager (I don't have an option to disable it in BIOS). When I attempt to install the DisplayLink core software, it re-enables the disabled adapter and then tells me it cannot install the software because there are no drivers for the adapter that I had disabled.

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                                • Home PC System/Networking Product

                                  I would like to see a product that will allow me to have one main computer in my house and then have various monitors/keyboards located in other rooms be able to access and use the one computer through my network. 1 PC = less cost and less problems (I hope).

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                                    • Connecting via Cat6 instead of USB3

                                      Would be nice to rackmount a few of my PCs in the garage and just gave displaylink devices on the desks kinda like dumb terminals. 3m USB 3 cable limit doesnt allow for this. Maybe its possible with usb extenders. But to get the hot and loud gaming PC's out of the rooms will be a win.

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                                      • Not working on ubuntu 16.04

                                        After I upgraded to 16.04 LTS, I could not use my DisplayLinks graphics/ethernet adapter for graphics (ethernet works fine). I recently installed the newest driver (1.2.65) but I get this error:

                                        Warning: dlm.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units.
                                        Job for dlm.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status dlm.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

                                        I run journalctl as suggested by the error message and here is what I get:

                                        26 16:27:28 myhost systemd[1]: Starting DisplayLink Manager Service...
                                        -- Subject: Unit dlm.service has begun start-up
                                        -- Defined-By: systemd
                                        -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel

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