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DisplayLink is a company that develops USB-related display technology.

The DisplayLink company develops USB display adapters and technology such that (multiple) monitors can be connected to computers using a USB line. Companies such as Toshiba and Lenovo use this technology in their USB monitors and provide drivers from DisplayLink.

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Can DisplayLink really deliver the advertised "2x 4K@60Hz" over a single 5Gbps connection?

I have two 4K monitors which I hook up to my laptop for video editing. I got a Docking Station from i-tec which is advertised as "USB 3.0 / USB-C / Thunderbolt 3" and "up to 2x 4k@60Hz". The monitors are connected to the dock with DP cables. In…
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Why am I having issues setting a DisplayLink on my two monitors with my Linux computer?

I am having issues setting a DisplayLink on my two monitors with my computer. I am running Manjaro i3 edition with Linux 52 on a ThinkPadT460. I went through this set of instructions: yay -S linux52-headers reboot yay -S evdi displaylink reboot sudo…
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Windows 7 slowly freezing (app by app)

I think this is different from other "win 7 freeze" questions. :) I consider myself pretty experienced user but this is just too much for me. Let me explain what happens: Some program freezes randomly I try to open task manager but it won't open…
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Asus USB Display via Displaylink Screen Artifacts and Touchpad Delay

System Information Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Product Name: GS63VR 7RF Version: REV:1.0 Display Model MB169B+ DisplayLink Version 1.4.210 When the display is plugged in to a USB port two things happen: The touchpad on the…
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xrandr --scale not working with DisplayLink

xrandr's --scale option doesn't work for me on my DisplayLink display. The screen flickers off and back on, but the scale does not change. Can anyone else confirm/deny this issue with their own hardware? Presumably this would be a bug with the…
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DisplayLink not detected by Xrandr

I'm trying to set up an HP DisplayLink USB video adapter on Debian 6 to work aside the notebook's integrated Intel i915 video card. I use a vanilla 3.11.1 kernel in which the options for VGA arbitration, fbdev framebuffer and DisplayLink driver are…
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Can I split the rendering in external displays between the GPU and CPU?

If MacBook Pro with an M4 chip has a GPU chip that is only compatible with two external displays, can I have two external displays rendered with the GPU and one additional display rendered via Display Link? Or once I add the third I am only able to…
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Any way to get Night Shift to work on external monitors?

I have external monitors connected via DisplayLink from my MacBook Pro M1 (macOS Monterey 12.2.1) Night Shift and f.lux won't work on the external displays (it only affect the main display) Anyone know any workaround to help my eyes? (Or is there…
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Manually apply f.lux settings to directly to monitor

I recently started my first full-time job (web development), and I've read that applying slight f.lux color settings even during the day can greatly reduce eye strain. I would like to do this, but my two external monitors are connected to my laptop…
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Why does the DisplayLinkManager perform so many I/O write operations?

I use Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate with 4 monitors connected with DisplayLink DVI > USB adapters. I noticed that the DisplayLinkManager process performs many I/O write operations, as the screenshot below illustrates (over 60 GB if I/O writes for 8…
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2 monitors on GTX 690 + 1 monitor on DisplayLink = "Unable to save display settings"

I use Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate. I have three monitors: one monitor is connected to one of my Nvidia GTX 690's DVI ports. one monitor is connected to a USB port using a DisplayLink DVI > USB adapter Everything works fine. I want to connect a…
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What 10m USB extension cable can I use for a USB display?

The Lenovo LT1421 is a 14 inch monitor that can be connected using a USB B mini to USB A cable. It is shipped with a 1.8 meter cable which is too short for my purpose. USB is limited to 5 meter, but there exist "active" USB cables that boost the…
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Is there cli command to list monitors connected by usbc

I'm having permanent problems with multiple monitors connected to my laptop using different usb-c docks. They work most of the time but sometimes start dying and I'm trying to find out why. I tried lsusb, which works for for everything except…
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Would it be possible to use a laptop that has USB-C (DisplayPort or similar) as a display for another device?

I am wondering: Now that video is delivered over USB-C (I suppose over DisplayPort but I don’t know if there are other protocols as well), would it be possible to use a laptop as display for another device, and use a client application as a windowed…
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Options for external monitors on dual booting laptop with only VGA and HDMI

About a year ago I purchased a fancy new core i7 SSD laptop with nvidia optimus geforce 660M. It's still dual booting windows 7 and ubuntu flawlessly. There's one major problem though - the lack of ports for connecting external displays, the laptop…
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