Displaylink: Difference between revisions

imported>Legogris
Add pointers to get displaylink drivers set up
 
imported>Legogris
m Added clarification on adding binary to nix-store
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{{bc|<nowiki>$ services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "displaylink" "modesetting" ];</nowiki>}}
{{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. Then (example):
{{bc|<nowiki>
$ nix-prefetch-url --name displaylink.zip http://assets.displaylink.com/live/downloads/software/f1369_DisplayLink%20USB%20Graphics%20Software%20for%20Ubuntu%205.2.zip\?AWSAccessKeyId\=AKIAJHGQWPVXWHEDJUEA\&Expires\=1579838008\&Signature\=4UidRIwBYLZPHSf2EkcyLFKb%2B8o%3D
</nowiki>}}


Before the monitor can be used by {{ic|xrandr}}, you will need to run the following command, which can be added to e.g. your {{ic|~/.xprofile}}:
Before the monitor can be used by {{ic|xrandr}}, you will need to run the following command, which can be added to e.g. your {{ic|~/.xprofile}}: