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Updated example for latest driver version 6.0 (released 2024-05-01) |
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===DisplayLink monitors=== | ===DisplayLink monitors=== | ||
In order to use | In order to use DisplayLink monitors over USB, such as the ASUS MB16AC, the DisplayLink driver needs to be installed:<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos"> | ||
services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "displaylink" "modesetting" ]; | |||
</syntaxhighlight>The module <code>nixos/modules/hardware/video/displaylink.nix</code> should also work for wlroots compositors. | |||
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 2024-06-27, 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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Latest revision as of 00:28, 28 June 2024
DisplayLink monitors
In order to use DisplayLink monitors over USB, such as the ASUS MB16AC, the DisplayLink driver needs to be installed:
services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "displaylink" "modesetting" ];
The module nixos/modules/hardware/video/displaylink.nix should also work for wlroots compositors.
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 2024-06-27, version 6.0.0 support in NixOS is pending merge of nixpkgs#317292
After you have downloaded the driver, run something like the following, adjusting the version number in displaylink-600.zip to match the version supported in NixOS at the moment:
$ 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
Connecting a second external monitor
In order to add a second external monitor you can add the following to your configuration:
services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands = ''
${lib.getBin pkgs.xorg.xrandr}/bin/xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 2 0
'';