Howto install displaylink drive with ubunut 10.04

[Face_Man]

well,

i really had problem getting my USB Display Adapter (Kensington Universal Multi-Display Adapter )to work and i hope this could help others.


Installation Guide:

1- update your linux kernel to linux kernel 2.6.34
open Terminal:

 
cd ~/Desktop
mkdir kernel-2.6.34
cd kernel-2.6.34

for 32

 
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid/linux-headers-2.6.34-020634_2.6.34-020634_all.deb
dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.34-020634_2.6.34-020634_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid/linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb
dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid/linux-image-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb
dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb

for 64

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid/linux-headers-2.6.34-020634_2.6.34-020634_all.deb
dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.34-020634_2.6.34-020634_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid/linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_amd64.deb
dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid/linux-image-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_amd64.deb
dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_amd64.deb

2- install Dependencies
open Terminal:

sudo apt-get -y install libusb-dev xorg-dev xserver-xorg-video-displaylink  git-core

3- install libdlo

cd ~/Desktop
mkdir libdlo
cd libdlo
wget http://people.freedesktop.org/~berniet/libdlo-0.1.2.tar.gz
tar -xzpf libdlo-0.1.2.tar.gz
cd  libdlo-0.1.2
./configure && sudo  make install

4- Edit /etc/gdm/Init/Default

sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default

add the following lines to the file /etc/gdm/Init/Default after the defintion of the gdmwhich() function.

XRANDR=`gdmwhich xrandr`
if [ "x$XRANDR" != "x" ] ; then
    $XRANDR -o 0
fi

like this

gdmwhich () {
   ....
}
        
XRANDR=`gdmwhich xrandr`
if [ "x$XRANDR" != "x" ] ; then
    $XRANDR -o 0
fi
        
sysresources=/etc/X11/Xresources

5- Edit xorg.conf

        Section "ServerLayout"
            Identifier     "Layout0"
            Screen      0  "DisplayLinkScreen"  0 0
            Screen  	1  "Screen0" RightOf "DisplayLinkScreen"
            InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
            InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
            Option	    "Xinerama" "0" #Could not get this to work it has to be disable
        EndSection
            
        ##################################################{Files and Modules
        Section "Files"
            ModulePath      "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers"
            ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
            ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers"
            ModulePath      "/usr/local/lib"
        EndSection
        
        ##################################################}
            
        ##################################################{Input Devices
        Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier     "Mouse0"
            Driver         "mouse"
            Option         "Protocol" "auto"
            Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
            Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
            Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        EndSection
            
        Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier     "Keyboard0"
            Driver         "kbd"
        EndSection
        ##################################################{
            
        ##################################################{Default Device
        Section "Monitor"
            Identifier     "Monitor0"
            VendorName     "Unknown"
            ModelName      "Unknown"
            HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
            VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
            Option         "DPMS"
        EndSection
        Section "Device"
            Identifier      "Device0" # use "lspci | grep VGA" to get your Device info
            Driver          "nvidia"
            VendorName      "NVIDIA Corporation"
            Option          "NoLogo"	"True"
        EndSection
        Section "Screen"
            Identifier     "Screen0"
            Device         "Device0"
            Monitor        "Monitor0"
            DefaultDepth    24
            SubSection     "Display"
                Depth       24
                Modes       "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1366x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800"  "1280x768"  "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
            EndSubSection
        EndSection
        ##################################################{
        
        ##################################################{DisplayLink
        Section "Monitor"
            Identifier     "DisplayLinkMonitor"
        EndSection
        Section "Device"
            Identifier  "DisplayLinkDevice"
            Driver		"displaylink"
            Option  	"fbdev" "/dev/fb0"
        EndSection
        Section "Screen"
            Identifier      "DisplayLinkScreen"
            Device          "DisplayLinkDevice"
            Monitor         "DisplayLinkMonitor"
            SubSection "Display"
                Depth       24
                Modes       "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1366x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800"  "1280x768"  "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
            EndSubSection
        EndSection
        ##################################################{

reboot and enjoy your USB graphic card .

with updating to the new linux kernel i was able to get the maximum screen resolution for my USB graphic card (1920x1080).
However, I could not get compiz to work, therefore if anyone get compiz to work Plz post how its done.

References
Linux Kernel 2.6.34 installation guide for Ubuntu Linux 10.04 | Ramoonus.nl
freedesktop.org DisplayLink Wiki - HowTo
Noonday Blog Archive Linux USB video adapter

[peterum]

i somehow dont get this to work with my displaylink usb adapter and my tv as 2nd monitor...it only shows the starting screen on my tv and if i choose my tv as screen0, it doesnt use the right solution (so i dont have an taskbars) and i get a black screen on my laptop monitor

ur post helped me alot, since i didnt even get the starting screen on my tv before, but it'd be nice if some1 could give me any further help

here's my xorg.conf:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

############ Original Video Settings ###########

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x720"
EndSubSection
EndSection

#################################################

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Server Layout"
Screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
Screen 1 "DisplayLinkScreen" LeftOf "Default Screen"
Option "Xinerama" "0" #Could not get this to work it has to be disable
EndSection

#################################################

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers"
ModulePath "/usr/local/lib"
EndSection

############### DisplayLink Stuff ###############

Section "Device"
Identifier "DisplayLinkDevice"
driver "displaylink"
Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DisplayLinkMonitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "DisplayLinkScreen"
Device "DisplayLinkDevice"
Monitor "DisplayLinkMonitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x720"
EndSubSection
EndSection

the solution 1280x720 is the solution that works with the adapter and my tv in windows 7

[Face_Man]

well, there is not much you could find on web and if you compare the Mac and Windows drive to the Linux drive you will be shocked. maybe this is the best you can get for now, i am using the displaylink however i cannot move between my screen and there is no compositing manager.

could u post the output of
ls /dev/fb*

also
uname -r


and make sure the xserver-xorg-video-displaylink package is install

i somehow dont get this to work with my displaylink usb adapter and my tv as 2nd monitor...it only shows the starting screen on my tv and if i choose my tv as screen0, it doesnt use the right solution (so i dont have an taskbars) and i get a black screen on my laptop monitor

ur post helped me alot, since i didnt even get the starting screen on my tv before, but it'd be nice if some1 could give me any further help

here's my xorg.conf:



the solution 1280x720 is the solution that works with the adapter and my tv in windows 7

[peterum]

thx for the quick reply!

output of ls /dev/fb*

/dev/fb0

output of uname -r:

/dev/fb0

the xserver-xorg-video-displaylink package is installed

[Face_Man]

output of uname -r:

the "uname -r" output should look like this :
2.6.34-020634-generic

[peterum]

lol, oops...c&p didnt work right...here's my uname -r

2.6.34-020634-generic

[Face_Man]

what is the output for

lspci | grep VGA

[peterum]

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)

is it important to have my displaylink usb adapter plugged in when doing that?

[Face_Man]

is it important to have my displaylink usb adapter plugged in when doing that?

no

[Face_Man]

Goto http://www.ubuntugeek.com/intel-grap...nty-users.html

and install you driver and edit you xorg.conf file to use the driver.