How I installed DisplayLink on Fedora 39 for my AOC USB Monitor

displaylink_fedora_39_install.md

How I installed DisplayLink on Fedora 39 for my AOC USB Monitor

Steps

Updated the system and rebooted

• sudo dnf update

Install the master branch of the evdi and rebooted

• sudo dnf install pybind11-devel python3-pybind11
• git clone https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi && cd evdi
• make (might be redundant, but I am not sure)
• sudo mkdir /usr/src/evdi-1.14.3/ && sudo cp ./module/* /usr/src/evdi-1.14.3/
  • Note: 1.14.3 was the next patch number for the driver i.e the release at this time was 1.14.2 and since I am using the master branch which is newer than the release; I just upped it by one
• sudo dkms build -m evdi -v 1.14.3 --force
• sudo dkms install -m evdi -v 1.14.3

Install displaylink-rpm

• Go to the displaylink-rpm latest release page
• Downloaded the Fedora 39 v5.8.0-1 RPM
• This was just the latest release for my fedora version (39) when this was written - use the appropiate one for your OS and time
• sudo dnf install /home/user/Downloads/fedora-39-displaylink-1.14.1-2.x86_64.rpm to install the rpm

After one final reboot - I logged in then plugged in the USB monitor and it worked!

Thanks

• The displaylink-rpm repo
• The evdi repo
• https://kcore.org/2023/01/01/installing-evdi-fedora37/
• /u/daktak on https://old.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/xbdtvs/fedora_36_does_not_detect_usb_typec_monitor_with/