#Linux multimon install#
#Linux multimon drivers#
#Linux multimon update#

Screens always have different framebuffers, but can share a single X server connection. Monitors are comparatively new (they came with the xrandr extension), while screens are pretty old, and rarely used today. You usually have a single X screen with multiple monitors (by displaying different parts of the single framebuffer on different monitors).

Please let us know if that helps get things working how they should, and we’ll go from there.Start an RDP connection which will use those two screens. Reconnect the adapters to the system, if the displays are not detected, please reboot the system.

#Linux multimon install#

Now download and install the 8.6 M1 DisplayLink software, found here ->.Once the Cleaner has been run, reboot (even if not prompted to).Download and run the DisplayLink Installation Cleaner utility, found here -> and ensure it displays “Cleaning Complete” when done (video walk-through if you need it -> ).Don’t worry if these entries are not present or if the process does not work, just move onto the next step Uninstall any and all software with ‘DisplayLink’ in the title that is present from within the Control Panel -> Programs and Features.Please keep them disconnected until the last step. Disconnect the graphics adapters from the system.

#Linux multimon drivers#

Our first step is to reset the dock and perform a ‘clean’ installation of the required DisplayLink drivers to help ensure both are in a good state. Thank you for providing the PlugDebug log files, the first thing I noticed is the DisplayLink drivers are out of date compared to the Intel Graphics Drivers, this may be causing some problems. I can also check to see if your system’s hardware will be compatible with one of our docking stations that works better with Linux. If you would, please boot to Windows and keep the hub connected and both monitors attached and attach the output of our diagnostic utility PlugDebug ( ) to an email to with the subject line “Ticket #261095 - Attention Pat” as this will allow us to examine some log files from your system to help determine the next steps.

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu and may be compatible with the Ubuntu driver however we have not tested this and do not recommend this configuration.Īs for the flashing, this can be caused by a variety of issues, I would like to start by getting some additional information from your system.

#Linux multimon update#

We’re hoping that will change as development continues, and we’ll certainly update our product listings to reflect this change if and when things get to the point where we can recommend it with confidence.ĭisplayLink, the manufacturer of the chipset and software used in our USB graphics adapters and docking stations does provide drivers for Ubuntu Linux here ( ) and provides limited support for Linux through their support site here ( ). (Plugable’s founder has even submitted driver code over the years.) Unfortunately USB graphics support in Linux hasn’t reached the point where we can recommend this combination. We support Linux on our products whenever possible. We do not support our USB graphics adapters with Linux operating systems. Thanks for reaching out to us, I am sorry this is not working as expected.