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@bnavigator: not sure how useful that is, but it's all I can see when updating in Manjaro:

[...]
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx/5xxx devices
Installing DLM systemd service
Extracting DisplayLink Driver Package

(xfce4-terminal:7643): dbind-WARNING **: 10:09:54.209: Couldn't register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
xfce4-terminal: Unknown option "-title"
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
    Aborting...

If you could tell me if there's anything specific I can do to get more info, I'd gladly include more.

Am a Manjaro user. I was able to install by using pamac in the command line with no issues. I finally got my extended display back, woo hoo!

Nothing sets evdi-git as dependency. AUR just displays it as possible provider for evdi (if you use a version below 1.8.0)

evdi-git is now moved to 1.8.0 which does not build for kernel 5.10 and breaks displaylink.

Suggest setting evdi package as dependency.

Instead of:

evdi<1.8.0 (evdi-git)
evdi>=1.7.0 (evdi-git)

Use:

evdi<1.8.0 (evdi)
evdi>=1.7.0 (evdi)

@DavidH:I'm getting the same error. What works:

1) install edvi 1.7.2-1 and check that it is bound to your active kernel correctly (i.e. sudo modprobe evdi)

2) install displaylink 5.3.1.34-4 with

yay displaylink (strange, but this avoids the "Unknown option -title" error)

3) Enable and start the displaylink service:

sudo systemctl enable displaylink.service

sudo systemctl start displaylink.service

This should switch to your external screen immediately.

@DavidH: I'm getting pretty much the same error (Unknown option -title) on Manjaro with Xfce. However, I've used it before, so I'm stuck on v5.3.1.34-2 (which works), but not sure if it's possible for you to install an older version.

Hi,

I’ve been trying to install the displaylink driver in Manjaro (besides getting it to work which is a different story). Just the installation of the 5.3.1.34 version. It keeps failing with the following log:

==> Retrieving sources...
   -> Found displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34.zip
   -> Found udev.sh
   -> Found 99-displaylink.rules
   -> Found displaylink.service
   -> Found displaylink-sleep.sh
 ==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
     displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34.zip ... Passed
     udev.sh ... Passed
     99-displaylink.rules ... Passed
     displaylink.service ... Passed
     displaylink-sleep.sh ... Passed
 ==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
 ==> Extracting sources...
   -> Extracting displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34.zip with bsdtar
 ==> Removing existing $pkgdir/ directory...
 ==> Entering fakeroot environment...
 ==> Starting package()...
 Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx/5xxx devices
 Installing DLM systemd service
 Extracting DisplayLink Driver Package
 # Failed to parse arguments: Unknown option -title
 ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
     Aborting...

I’m using the 5.9.11-3 kernel, have Gnome, have the headers installed, it chooses the 1.7.3 evdi package… Not sure what else is/could be relevant.

Does it work for others (on a fresh-ish install)?

The latest Release of xorg-xserver 1.20.10-1 has fixed the crashing for me. No need to downgrade or pinning the xorg packages to 1.20.8-3 anymore.

I think the pinned comment still holds. Recently I did updated my Arch again, and when using cinnamon or mate desktops, I can make it work with the comment from sickcodes on 2020-10-15 23:26 on the AUR evdi page (i.e. removes the udev rules.d file + disable displaylink service, then reboot, then start the displaylink service. I then have a flickering mouse pointer which is quite distracting.

When using Gnome Desktop, I don't need to do any of that.

Downloading xorg-server-git or downgrading xorg-server didn't do anything for me - xorg still crashes whenever I try to start with cinnamon or mate.

Revision: 1) downgrading xorg-server even further (to 1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-2) did resolve the xorg crashing issue; i previously only downgraded to 1.20.4. I now have the most up-to-date evdi and displaylink installed and I run it on the (current) LTS kernel. 2) The reason why GDM started is because it doesn't use Xorg-server, but Wayland (I didn't know that yet...)