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How I add exacalty this diff? When I add the whole code to the bottom or top of PKGBUILD it fails. I can't find anywhere a tutorial how add a diff to PKGBUILD.

Thanks so much for sharing, @kleofas. Now my 3rd monitor works again! It also works with the standard evdi package I just upgraded -- version 1.12.0-1

Confirming -- DisplayLink 5.6.1 and evdi 1.12.0 is a working combination.

Perhaps this should be indicated in the dependencies, since these contain a breaking API change?

(Yes, these are both "patch releases" according to semver, and even evdi documentation mandates major version update (i.e. 2.0.0 instead of 1.12.0) on incompatible API chagnes, but hey, whatever.)

I've modified the PKGBUILD to use the new version of upstream displaylink driver. After installing evdi-git and the updated package, my displaylink works like a charm.

Just use --editmenu and apply the diff below:

7,9c7,9
< pkgver=5.6
< _releasedate=2022-05
< _pkgfullver=5.6.0-59.176
---
> pkgver=5.6.1
> _releasedate=2022-08
> _pkgfullver=5.6.1-59.184
18c18
< changelog="displaylink-release-notes-${pkgver}.txt"
---
> #changelog="displaylink-release-notes-${pkgver}.txt"
20c20
<         displaylink-release-notes-${pkgver}.txt
---
> #        displaylink-release-notes-${pkgver}.txt
24c24
<       displaylink.service 
---
>         displaylink.service 
26,27c26,27
< sha256sums=('ca15c82af195f50acc670a6b00b29d6709731e095113619330d45692f5243aed'
<             '529d8344f5cc1117388ddf2215c744baa920c7df4dbf40c3e5ddf2b4e82ba8e3'
---
> sha256sums=('89279748a9e276073ddfff7e949f2b92e30dc19f29a34c40ffcd3356c6d730c2'
> #            '1aae2005e7719e91179ed52ba85b11b35120c05116c94c4aa384394c4f6e8043'

I have commented out the changelog in order not to be bothered by the lack of an updated file, although I updated it's sha256sum. Note that the release notes file downloaded from the upstream page differs from the one included in the zip archive. The sum is calculated out of the one available to download directly from the site.

Release notes of Displaylink 5.6.1 mention

Extensible Virtual Display Interface version included: v1.12.0 (ae5b3d0)

So updating the package should fix this.

However, with evdi 1.11 currently not being available as package, this would make DisplayLink no longer installable.

Still, the upgrade scenario needs to be covered. Evdi is released to Github a good while before the driver, so this AUR will break on each Evdi minor version increase without a maximum version defined.

Could you please set the maximum version of evdi<1.12.0

+1, as DisplayLink 5.6 is not working with evdi 1.12.

However, with evdi 1.11 currently not being available as package, this would make DisplayLink no longer installable.

An idea to solve this could be to create and maintain a package "evdi-displaylink", which always builds the latest version of evdi which works with the current displaylink package. Then displaylink shoul depend on that package.

Could you please set the maximum version of evdi<1.12.0

The driver is only compatible with a specific minor version of evdi.

Hi there,

I cannot connect to displays through my displaylink docking-station since the update to evdi 1.12

Kernel: 5.10.131

Did anyone else experience problems as well?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2038687#p2038687