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[ Mac OS X ]
DisplayLink software can be downloaded and installed from the DisplayLink website
from a CD-
ROM
following the steps below.
Select the 'DisplayLink Software Installer' to begin installation of the DisplayLink driver on your Mac.
This will run a standard Mac installer and will require a reboot once it has completed
[ Ubuntu ]
The latest software for Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS can be downloaded from the
DisplayLink website
or
from a
CD-ROM we’re offering
. The minimum supported kernel version is 3.16 and xorg version 1.16. These were
provided in the 14.04.2 point release.
It might be necessary to manually opt into this new stack on previous 14.04.0 and 14.04.1 releases by
running following command which will install the linux-generic-lts-utopic and xserver-xorg-lts-utopic
packages:
“sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-lts-utopic libegl1-
mesa-drivers-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-input-all-
lts-utopic”
If you are on an amd64 system that boots with UEFI, you will also need the matching signed kernel:
“sudo apt-get install linux-signed-generic-lts-utopic”
Once a.zip file is downloaded:
1.
IMPORTANT
: Make sure your Ubuntu distribution is up to date by running
“
sudo apt-get
update”
and then
“
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade”
from a Terminal. If the distribution is not
up to date, you may find issues with blank or corrupted USB displays.
2. Extract the
“
.run”
file from the .zip file.
3. Make the
“
.run”
file executable by right clicking on the file and choose "Properties".
