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Since these drivers depend on binary unfree blobs, you will need to first add it to your Nix store. Go to https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu to get the appropriate driver version and note the download URL you get after accepting the EULA. | Since these drivers depend on binary unfree blobs, you will need to first add it to your Nix store. Go to https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu to get the appropriate driver version and note the download URL you get after accepting the EULA. | ||
As of 2024-05-01, the current latest version for the driver can be found at https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu-6.0?filetype=exe | As of 2024-05-01, the current latest version for the driver can be found at https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu-6.0?filetype=exe. As of 2024-06-27, version 6.0.0 support in NixOS is pending merge of [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/317292 nixpkgs#317292] | ||
After you have downloaded the driver, run something like the following, adjusting the version number in <code>displaylink-600.zip</code> to match the version supported in NixOS at the moment:<syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | |||
$ nix-prefetch-url --name displaylink-600.zip https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/exe_files/2024-05/DisplayLink%20USB%20Graphics%20Software%20for%20Ubuntu6.0-EXE.zip | $ nix-prefetch-url --name displaylink-600.zip https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/exe_files/2024-05/DisplayLink%20USB%20Graphics%20Software%20for%20Ubuntu6.0-EXE.zip | ||
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