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  1. 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.

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      15 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • In windows 7 drivers, allow to not display the Display link icon in the icon tray. This could be done with a simple check box

      In windows 7 drivers, allow to not display the Display link icon in the icon tray. This could be done with a simple check box

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        0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

        Today, this is at the discretion of the hardware vendor to select if they want the UI on their product. Switching to Gathering Feedback, but, with Windows 7 almost already 3 years out of mainstream support from Microsoft, DisplayLink is unlikely to create new features for that OS.

        If you don’t mind getting your hands dirty and have sufficient access rights on the machine, you can use http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/528017

      • 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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        • Support linux with nvidia/amd drivers

          support displaylink with proprietary drivers from nvidia and amd

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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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              • Fix issues with Mac OS Sierra driver

                Fix issues with Mac OS Sierra drivers

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                  10 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • No display driver due to secure boot

                  It would be good to mention that due to secure boot settings
                  it can happen that the evdi.ko driver is actually not loaded.
                  In this case no displays are found.

                  A solution is to switch off the secure boot - see:

                  https://askubuntu.com/questions/762254/why-do-i-get-required-key-not-available-when-install-3rd-party-kernel-modules

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                  • Some applications detect DisplayLink as incompatible display driver. Problem exists with Adobe Premiere Elements 14, X-Plane, GoPro Quik

                    When using DisplayLink some applications show incompatible display driver error. Problem exists with Adobe Premiere Elements 14, X-Plane, GoPro Quik on Windows 10 and I'think at last since version 8 of drivers. Solution is to open them on laptop screen and then switch to displays connected via DisplayLink (in my case i-tec USB 3.0 docking station). It would be nice if it could be solved.

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                    • I need full OpenGL-Support

                      I need full OpenGL-Support,

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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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                          Gathering Feedback  ·  1 comment  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • 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.

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                            Gathering Feedback  ·  0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Deploy Display Link using SCCM 2012 Task Sequence

                            Corporate: How to deploy Display Link Software using SCCM 2012 Task Sequence.

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                              Gathering Feedback  ·  0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • stop update the displaylink driver automatically

                              My surface pro connect a USB displaylink to external monitor, however, the driver version 7.9M3 & 7.9M4 have problems to display correctly with some web sites, for example, http://www.ifeng.com when browsed by Microsoft Edge. The driver version 7.9M0 has no such problem. I tried to reinstall version 7.9 M0 several times, but it keeps update it to 7.9M4 stupidly! Suggest: reminds users of the new version driver available, let user decide if he/she wants to upgrade it! It's really stupid to update automatically without

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                                13 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                                It’s not “stupid” but necessary due to changes in Intel graphics drivers your machine uses. We do not put any update in Windows Update as critical unless we absolutely have to.

                                Please create a support ticket with your log files so we can investigate your particular case. Details on support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/544810-how-can-i-report-windows-installation-issues-to-di

                              • uninstall incompatible drivers

                                how to uninstall incompatible drivers

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                                  DisplayLink cannot be responsible for uninstalling 3rd party software. This needs to be done by a user so they understand what is happening.

                                  We alert the user that there is incompatible software installed, and provide a link to describe how to remove it. It is then the choice of the user to uninstall, rather than DisplayLink software automatically uninstalling other software.

                                • 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…

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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.

                                  • 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.

                                    • 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…

                                      • Allow to not display the Display link icon in the icon tray. This could be done with a simple check box

                                        Allow to not display the Display link icon in the icon tray. This could be done with a simple check box.

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                                        • Fix the display link ubuntu. When another monitor is plugged in and when at stand alone, monitors turn off and on or the displaylink fails.

                                          Fix the display link Ubuntu. When another monitor is plugged in and when at stand alone, monitors turn off and on or the display link fails. My laptop is a dell.

                                          Ubuntu 16.04

                                          lshw -c video output

                                          WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
                                          *-display
                                          description: VGA compatible controller
                                          product: 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
                                          vendor: Intel Corporation
                                          physical id: 2
                                          bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
                                          version: 09
                                          width: 64 bits
                                          clock: 33MHz
                                          capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                                          configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
                                          resources: irq:27 memory:c0000000-c03fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:3000(size=64)
                                          WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program…

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