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I have recently moved from Windows to Ubuntu 12.10. I have an AOC portable laptop monitor (Model number e1649Fwu), which works solely through USB.

It works fine on Windows, but I cannot work out how to find/install drivers for Ubuntu. I found this forum thread.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Update: It now displays the purple Ubuntu start-up screen, but an error is displayed on the second monitor when login is complete. I get Ubuntu as expected on my primary screen, and on the second screen it gives a general protection fault.

I followed the steps on this Ask Ubuntu question about installing a USB-link monitor, but the displaylink.c file throws C errors when I run:

./configure && make && make install

I tried to fix these by modifying the C code, but no luck. I also tried using the xorg.conf file used in this tutorial, but this also doesn't work.

Am I right in thinking that it is just a matter of getting the xorg.conf file correct now?

This is a picture of the error shown on the second screen:

error on second screen

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Since it's a DisplayLink device, try to use one of the how-to's for DisplayLink & Ubuntu, e.g. How do I use a DisplayLink monitor?

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  • Thanks, that led me to some more useful information. However, everything I've seen says you should start with: sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-displaylink This doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.10. I read something about DisplayLink now being included in the Kernel. Does that mean that it's not necessary to install it from xserver first?
    – Sixhobbits
    Dec 21, 2012 at 12:26
  • You're right, it should not be necessary anymore because of the kernel driver udlfb. (libdlo.freedesktop.org/wiki/displaylink-mod). Does your screen turns green? If yes, the kernel successfully loaded the driver. Check loaded modules using lsmod.
    – falstaff
    Dec 21, 2012 at 14:28
  • Thanks, falstaff. I've edited the original post to summarize progress I've made. If you have more ideas, I'd be very appreciative.
    – Sixhobbits
    Dec 23, 2012 at 12:27
  • Here is a photo of the error shown on the 2nd monitor: docs.google.com/open?id=0ByEENivQuwUBZ0VKSEd2LVVad2s
    – Sixhobbits
    Dec 23, 2012 at 12:33
  • I have attached your picture to the question for immediate reference. I hope you don't mind :)
    – Mochan
    Dec 23, 2012 at 12:39
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how do to install the display drivers for a displaylink usb monitor on 13.04?

Some peple are saying it worked on earlier versions of ubuntu with a manual kernal upgrade. Someone else said Fedora 18 supports it out of the box...

Also, here is support for a raspberry pi!!! http://imkiyoung.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/raspberry-pi-and-aoc-e1649fwu-usb-powered-led-monitor/

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Much later but on Ubuntu 20.04, the AOCI1659FWUX model portable monitor works straight out of the box (almost) if you download the driver from here: https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu Unzip and install it as instructed here: https://engineerworkshop.com/blog/adding-a-portable-usb-monitor-to-ubuntu-how-to-set-up-a-displaylink-driver/

But make sure your laptop has two USB 3.0 ports. Mine has 2 next gen 3.2 which are backwards compatible so no squiggly lines, just works and I am able to use portrait orientation and landscape.

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  • It stopped working all of a sudden.
    – mLstudent33
    May 9, 2022 at 1:41

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