I noticed the evdi kmod is there. Maybe

I noticed the evdi kmod is there. Maybe that?
14 Replies
j0rge
j0rge•7mo ago
what is this for?
1/4 Life
1/4 Life•7mo ago
displaylink
j0rge
j0rge•7mo ago
hah yeah I mean why is this like an external module? some non-free part of the spec or something?
1/4 Life
1/4 Life•7mo ago
right, non-free not upstream
j0rge
j0rge•7mo ago
what do I lose by not having this?
1/4 Life
1/4 Life•7mo ago
Displaylink support It was an issue opened by a user that got us to add it
j0rge
j0rge•7mo ago
how does fedora work with displayport without this though?
1/4 Life
1/4 Life•7mo ago
Hold on, brain fart Displaylink
1/4 Life
1/4 Life•7mo ago
DisplayLink | Synaptics
DisplayLink Graphics Our DisplayLink technology makes it simple to connect any display to any computer that supports USB or Wi-Fi and provides universal solutions for a range of corporate, home and embedded applications where easy connectivity of displays enhances productivity. With DisplayLink, expanding your visual workspace has never been eas...
j0rge
j0rge•7mo ago
oh so is this like on the steam deck dock?
1/4 Life
1/4 Life•7mo ago
Not even there, just some lapdocks, third party docks, and external displays over USB It's somewhat common
j0rge
j0rge•7mo ago
oh, looks like we don't add it to the asus images so I can have them try an asus image and if it's evdi then that might be a way to rule it out?
# Don't install evdi on asus because of conflicts
if grep -qv "asus" <<< "${AKMODS_FLAVOR}"; then \
rpm-ostree install \
/tmp/akmods-rpms/kmods/*evdi*.rpm \
; fi && \
# Don't install evdi on asus because of conflicts
if grep -qv "asus" <<< "${AKMODS_FLAVOR}"; then \
rpm-ostree install \
/tmp/akmods-rpms/kmods/*evdi*.rpm \
; fi && \
oh but that swaps out the kernel 😕
1/4 Life
1/4 Life•7mo ago
Could try unloading evdi kernel module Without swapping images And disabling the DisplayLink service
j0rge
j0rge•7mo ago
recommending that in the issue