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  1. 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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      Gathering Feedback  ·  6 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • 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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        Gathering Feedback  ·  12 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • I need full OpenGL-Support

        I need full OpenGL-Support,

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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.

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          • Better linux support

            Better linux support, updated drivers, Fedora support (that means distributing an RPM)

            Fix the issue where closing X for the first time means that the devices are no longer recognized by xrandr

            Fix the slowness disparity between running it in linux and running it in windows

            windows = no lag
            linux = lag

            Improve your linux drivers.

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              10 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

              Thanks for the feedback. The Ubuntu release is provided to give the tools to be able to port to other Linux flavours.

              An RPM has already been created and available here: http://nothen.com.ar/en/support-for-displaylink-adapters-on-linux/

              We would be happy for the community to maintain packages for other Linux variants, based off the DisplayLink Ubuntu package.

              The issues you are seeing with stability and performance are more due to the X system. DisplayLink do not intend to start changing the Linux OS to address these issues.

              The performance is slower than Windows due to the way we get screen update changes. A change on any screen makes all pixels update on all screens, giving us many pixels to encode and send over USB. If the Linux graphics subsystem just notified of the areas of the screen which had changed, this would minimise the changes needed to be encoded by DisplayLink and remove the…

            • 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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              • 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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                • add brightness support to non-windows OSes

                  It's stated in the documentation that color correction and brightness do not work. I'm mostly interested in controlling the birghtness - is display link working on these features for non-windows OSes?

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                  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

                    Will you be supporting Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? Got an ETA?
                    It would be great if you would add/post a deb or even better a ppa site.

                    Thanks,
                    Dennis

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                    • Windows 10 Anniversary Update Compatability

                      Making the software and hardware more compatible with Windows 10

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                        17 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                        I’m marking this complete, as Windows 10 Anniversary update has the best compatibility for DisplayLink. This is due to a new interface for DisplayLink graphics developed between DisplayLink and Microsoft being available, as covered here:

                        http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/525125

                        This thread is becoming a place for any user to post problems on Windows 10, hence marking it complete, rather than people expecting the problem they are seeing is being worked on. If you have problems getting the device to work on Windows 10, please refer to this article, and if this does not solve the issue, please contact us:

                        http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/942862

                        The original idea for this was to improve application compatibility with DisplayLink on Windows 10 under the new architecture. This is something we are looking into, with Microsoft. It is caused because DisplayLink now appears as its own video driver, rather than part of existing video cards. This means applications that use a…

                      • 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

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                        • fix windows 10 anniversary

                          a bundle download that resolves all problems when updating to windows 10 anniversary would be nice

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                          • Allow gamma custom ranges in the Ubuntu driver to allow for night time color changes software to work (f.lux, Redshift, etc...)

                            Gamma color calibration seems to be unavailable for the Displaylink on Ubuntu.
                            Allowing it will enable night time screen color changing software to work and also allow manual customization with xrandr commands.

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                            • Netflix support on Android device

                              Netflix support from Android device

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                              • Better Mac OS X support

                                Better Mac OS X support

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                                  0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                                  This needs a better description as to specific issues on Mac that need addressing. Some issues are already documented and being worked on by DisplayLink. as documented in knowledgebase articles.

                                • Stop Recommending to disable Windows Update

                                  Do not recommend installing the msi version of DisplayLink Drivers and then disabling Windows Update. I don't think a vendor should be recommending to customers to turn off Windows Update. DisplayLink should work out a way of getting the 2 working together. Happy to discuss further.

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                                  • 3 Monitor Support on Chrome OS

                                    As DisplayLink support is not embedded in the ChromeOS 51 build and later, you should add 3+ monitor support for ChromeOS. At this point someone would only be able to run it off of a Chromebook/Chromebox with higher ram (8-16GB+). But adding this support would mean A LOT more business use cases being satisfied.

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                                      0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                                      DisplayLink imposes no limit on the number of DisplayLink enabled displays that can be connected on Chrome OS from R51 onwards.

                                      Any limitations found will be OS restrictions rather than something added by DisplayLink.

                                    • Support linux with nvidia/amd drivers

                                      support displaylink with proprietary drivers from nvidia and amd

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                                      • Sales Support improvements

                                        Get better customer service and sales support at Display Link. Dealing with voice mails and forms is a waste if time. Do any humans work for this company!

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                                          0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                                          DisplayLink does NOT design, manufacture, distribute or sell any end product. DisplayLink is a semiconductor company. We are delighted to provide email support as debugging graphics issues are impossible by phone as we need data for a diagnosis.

                                          The assistance for installation, and sales support, is coming from the product manufacturer and the seller as they know best the product they decided to build.

                                        • touchscreen support

                                          The screen connected to my displaylink device (Toshiba dynadock) is touchscreen capable. It works beautifully with my Windows laptops but when I connect my Nexus android tablet to the dynadock, the touchscreen capabilities of my screen are ignored.

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                                            2 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                                            The touch screen controllers are separate from DisplayLink and there is no touch screen technology built into our ICs.

                                            Touch screen support is enabled by customers integrating DisplayLink and a touch screen controller into the same product.

                                            This means that the drivers for the touch screen controller differ between products and are not part of the DisplayLink driver.

                                            For touch support on Android, the touch screen drivers would need to be integrated into the Android OS, and this is not something DisplayLink can do as we do not own the OS on phones or tablets.

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