I want to get this i-tec USB 3.0 Docking Station running with Ubuntu 18.04. I downloaded the drivers for Ubuntu from here, untipped the file and followed the install instructions in the READ ME.pdf (with content similar to this one)
I got this output of the installation script:
Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 19.04 sudo ./displaylink-driver-5.2.14.run [sudo] password for florian: Verifying archive integrity... 100% All good. Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 5.2.14 100% DisplayLink Linux Software 5.2.14 install script called: install Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Installing Configuring EVDI DKMS module Registering EVDI kernel module with DKMS Building EVDI kernel module with DKMS Installing EVDI kernel module to kernel tree EVDI kernel module built successfully Installing x64-ubuntu-1604/DisplayLinkManager Installing libraries Installing firmware packages Installing licence file Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx/4xxx/5xxx/6xxx devices Please read the FAQ Installation complete! The device is connected via USB:
$ lsusb | grep DisplayLink Bus 002 Device 005: ID 17e9:4307 DisplayLink However seems like it should contain something like this which is missing in my output:
Starting DLM upstart job displaylink start/running, process XXXX What's going wrong here?
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FWIW. i-tec USB 3.0 / USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 Dual Display Docking Station works for me with Ubuntu 19.04 and DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu on Dell XPS 13 9365 with Intel 615
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 615 (rev 02) See the log below (it seems to be identical to the log from 18.04)
$ ./displaylink-driver-5.2.14.run Verifying archive integrity... 100% All good. Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 5.2.14 100% DisplayLink Linux Software 5.2.14 install script called: install Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 19.04 Installing Configuring EVDI DKMS module Registering EVDI kernel module with DKMS Building EVDI kernel module with DKMS Installing EVDI kernel module to kernel tree EVDI kernel module built successfully Installing x64-ubuntu-1604/DisplayLinkManager Installing libraries Installing firmware packages Installing licence file Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx/4xxx/5xxx/6xxx devices Please read the FAQ Installation complete! lsusb Bus 002 Device 007: ID 17e9:6000 DisplayLink 2 external monitors are detected:
$ xrandr --listproviders -v xrandr program version 1.5.0 Providers: number : 3 Provider 0: id: 0x47 cap: 0x9, Source Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 5 associated providers: 2 name:modesetting Provider 1: id: 0x23f cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting Provider 2: id: 0x1f9 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting Server reports RandR version 1.5 Only 2 external monitors can be connected to this dock. 2-port splitter connected to any DP, or HDMI of the dock does not work.
Charging does not work. There is a workaround. Charging works when connected via "i-tec USB-C Travel Adapter PD/Data".
