DisplayLink

Install - Ubuntu 16.04

{http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/file?id=1087 Download} binaries from official website.

#Verify device is recognised
sudo lsusb -d 17e9:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 17e9:4301 DisplayLink
# install required packages
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-xenial linux-signed-generic-lts-xenial dkms

wget ... && unzip ...
~/Downloads/DisplyLink$ sudo ./displaylink-driver-4.2.29.run 
Verifying archive integrity...  100%   All good.
Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 4.2.29  100%  
DisplayLink Linux Software 4.2.29 install script called: install
Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
WARNING: Version 1.5.0 of EVDI kernel module is already running.
Please uninstall all other versions of DisplayLink Linux Software before attempting to install.
Installation terminated.

Install - Ubuntu 16.04 (old)

sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-xenial
sudo apt-get install dkms
# define the version to get as the latest available version
version=`wget -q -O - http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu | grep "download-version" | head -n 1 | perl -pe '($_)=/([0-9]+([.][0-9]+)+)/'`
# define download url to be the correct version
dlurl="http://www.displaylink.com/"`wget -q -O - http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu | grep "download-link" | head -n 1 | perl -pe '($_)=/<a href="\/([^"]+)"[^>]+class="download-link"/'`
driver_dir=$version

Verify installed driver version

sudo displaylink-installer

Extracting the driver components

The Ubuntu driver components can be extracted for repackaging using the command:

./displaylink-driver-0.9.68.run --noexec --keep

The following files will be extracted:

• ./
• displaylink-installer.sh - The installation shell script.
• evdi-1.0.68-src.tar.gz - The open source code, from GitHub
• LICENSE
• ella-dock-release.spkg - The firmware image for DL-3xxx and DL-5xxx devices. This will be programmed into the DisplayLink IC, if the current firmware version in the device does not match this version.
• firefly-monitor-release.spkg - The firmeware image for DL-4xxx devices. This will be programmed into the DisplayLink IC, if the current firmware version in the device does not match this version.

• ./x86 and ./x64
• DisplayLinkManager - The user mode binary driver for DisplayLink devices
• libevdi.so - The pre-built library taken from the open source evdi project code
• libusb-1.0.so.0.1.0 - The standard, unmodified library to access our DisplayLink USB devices. The source code for this is also available.

Hardware

StarTech.com USB 3.0 to DisplayPort External Video Card Multi Monitor Adapter - USB to DP Adapter 2560x1600

Product code: USB32DPPRO

Issues

• Mouse Flickering after adding 3rd Monitor Ubuntu Xorg package
• mouse cursor flashing after adding third monitor through usb 3.0 displaylink monitor Ubuntu Xorg package
• Screen freezes after opening an application, only a spinning wheel is visible Official DispalyLink

References

• How to install DisplayLink software on Ubuntu DisplayLink Support
• Porting Ubuntu driver to other distribution DisplayLink Support
• Install Display Link Ubuntu Official
• Supported Chips on Linux Wikimedia
• DisplayLink driver installer for Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Elementary OS, Mint, Kali and Deepin Linux Github repo
• how-to-configure-displaylink-displays-on-ubuntu