Monday, August 5, 2024

Slackware64-current Kernel 6.10.3 EVDI-Kernel

Update 08-23-2024:  Version 1.14.6 of evdi (https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi/releases/tag/v1.14.6) introduced support for  the 6.10 kernel and preliminary support for the 6.11 kernel.

I use a Dell USB 3.0 docking station for multiple monitors, which uses a DisplayLink chipset.  After the latest kernel upgrade to 6.10.3, evdi-kernel did not want to repackage, due to missing module/evdi.ko and would not proceed.  Once I copied evdi.ko, evdi 1.14.5 did repackage and installed, but it could not load the evdi module.  I took a look at evdi 1.14.4 which would not repackage either and found that it was due to module/evdi_gem.c so I copied evdi_gem.c from 1.14.5 into 1.14.4 and repackaged and installed 1.14.4 successfully.  Once I rebooted, I could use my dual monitors again

Regards,

F. Bobbio C.

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