Displaylink: Difference between revisions

imported>Spikespaz
m also works for wayland
imported>Cillian.deasy
m Updated download links to displaylink 5.8
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The module `nixos/modules/hardware/video/displaylink.nix` should also work for wlroots compositors.
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. The currently expected version for the driver can be found under: https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu-5.7?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-5.8?filetype=exe.


Then (example):
Then (example):


{{bc|<nowiki>
{{bc|<nowiki>
$ nix-prefetch-url --name displaylink.zip https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/exe_files/2023-04/DisplayLink%20USB%20Graphics%20Software%20for%20Ubuntu5.7-EXE.zip
$ nix-prefetch-url --name displaylink-580.zip https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/exe_files/2023-08/DisplayLink%20USB%20Graphics%20Software%20for%20Ubuntu5.8-EXE.zip
</nowiki>}}
</nowiki>}}