I have a USB DisplayLink device that I've been able to get working with a custom Xorg configuration file. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 with the X server from saucy as a result of installing the saucy X server and kernel: sudo apt-get install -install-recommends xserver-xorg-lts-raring I'm running the following kernel and X versions. Yeah, I’ve just downgraded all the xorg packages and got a fully working system again. Find More Posts by cacarr. Linux – Using a displaylink adapter with the Xorg modesetting driver – Super User. Luckily one of our fellow awesome arch user has fixed it and shared a repo. I am now using DisplayLink.
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I have a USB DisplayLink device that I've been able to get working with a custom Xorg configuration file. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 with the X server from saucy as a result of installing the saucy X server and kernel:
I'm running the following kernel and X versions:
Kernel:
The problem I'm currently having is not being able to use both an external DisplayPort and an external USB DisplayLink display at the same time. I can use either the USB DisplayLink display or the DisplayPort display, but never both at the same time.
Here's my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
The idea is simply to have a dual-display machine. Any ideas on why it can't start both the displays? Currently with the above setup, it only runs the DisplayLink USB display, the Intel display just shows console output.
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