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===DisplayLink monitors===

In order to use ~~Displaylink~~ monitors over USB, such as the ASUS MB16AC, the ~~displaylink~~ driver needs to be installed:

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.

~~{{bc|<nowiki>$ services~~.~~xserver~~.~~videoDrivers = [ "~~displaylink~~" "modesetting" ];<~~/~~nowiki>}}~~

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.

~~The module `nixos/modules/hardware/video/displaylink.nix` should also work for wlroots compositors.~~

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

~~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. The currently expected~~ version for the driver can be found ~~under:~~ https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu-6.0?filetype=exe

Then (example):<syntaxhighlight lang="console">

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 ===DisplayLink monitors===
-In order to use Displaylink monitors over USB, such as the ASUS MB16AC, the displaylink driver needs to be installed:
+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.
-{{bc|<nowiki>$ services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "displaylink" "modesetting" ];</nowiki>}}
+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.
-The module `nixos/modules/hardware/video/displaylink.nix` should also work for wlroots compositors.
+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
-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. The currently expected version for the driver can be found under: https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu-6.0?filetype=exe
 Then (example):<syntaxhighlight lang="console">