Displaylink is a DisplayPort driver used by some Lenovo Docking Stations.
I have one of these Lenovo Docking Stations that relies on Displaylink to use the 4k Monitor connected via DP to my docking station.
The docking station’s USB peripherals (keyb, mouse) all seem to work except for the DP monitor.
In order to be able to use the external monitor via the docking station, I need to install the Displaylink software.
The Displaylink sw vendor only supports Ubuntu but has released info for other parties on how to adapt it to suit their distribution (here: Porting the DisplayLink Ubuntu driver to other Linux distributions – DisplayLink Support)
I’ve tried to acquire Displaylink for Ubuntu & followed their instructions to get it to work on Clear Linux 'though I got stuck at libdrm (libdrm seems missing on Clear Linux).
Note: I did follow the instructions & recommendations on this similar topic Displaylink / EVDI in Clear Linux - #7 by rAngeles but my issue about libdrm seems to persist.
Here’s the raw output of my 1st attempt at getting Displaylink installed:
root@clr-a5fd2cfdd0664a91b1414d5864d28db8/home/amatesi/Downloads/displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34 # ./displaylink-installer.sh
DisplayLink Linux Software 5.3.1.34 install script called:
WARNING: This is not an officially supported distribution.
Please use DisplayLink Forum for getting help if you find issues.
Unsatisfied dependencies. Missing component: DKMS.
This is a fatal error, cannot install DisplayLink Linux Software.
root@clr-a5fd2cfdd0664a91b1414d5864d28db8/home/amatesi/Downloads/displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34 # swupd bundle-add kernel-native-dkms
Loading required manifests...
Downloading packs (91.47 MB) for:
- kernel-native-dkms
- linux-dev
[100%]
`Finishing packs extraction...` `Validate downloaded files` ` [100%]`
No extra files need to be downloaded
[100%]
`Installing files...` ` [100%]`
Calling post-update helper scripts
External command: none
External command: systemd-udevd.service: restarted (the binary was updated)
External command: systemd-resolved.service: restarted (the binary was updated)
Successfully installed 1 bundle
1 bundle was installed as dependency
root@clr-a5fd2cfdd0664a91b1414d5864d28db8/home/amatesi/Downloads/displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34 # ./displaylink-installer.sh
DisplayLink Linux Software 5.3.1.34 install script called:
WARNING: This is not an officially supported distribution.
Please use DisplayLink Forum for getting help if you find issues.
Unsatisfied dependencies. Missing component: libdrm.
This is a fatal error, cannot install DisplayLink Linux Software.
root@clr-a5fd2cfdd0664a91b1414d5864d28db8/home/amatesi/Downloads/displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34 # sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libdrm
Loading required manifests...
Downloading packs for:
- devpkg-libdrm
- devpkg-base
[100%]
`Finishing packs extraction...` `Validate downloaded files` ` [100%]`
No extra files need to be downloaded
[100%]
`Installing files...` ` [100%]`
Calling post-update helper scripts
Successfully installed 1 bundle
1 bundle was installed as dependency
root@clr-a5fd2cfdd0664a91b1414d5864d28db8/home/amatesi/Downloads/displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34 # ./displaylink-installer.sh
DisplayLink Linux Software 5.3.1.34 install script called:
WARNING: This is not an officially supported distribution.
Please use DisplayLink Forum for getting help if you find issues.
Unsatisfied dependencies. Missing component: libdrm.
`This is a fatal error, cannot install DisplayLink Linux Software.``