I recently purchased an AOC E2251FWU DisplayLink monitor. When I plug this into my System76 Gazelle Professional running Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, nothing happens. Under 'displays', no additional display is detected. On Mac and Windows, this monitor is plug-and-play after installing DisplayLink's drivers.

Having read that previous versions of Ubuntu had plug and play support for DisplayLink monitors, I'm surprised that Ubuntu 13.04 does not! The 'xserver-xorg-displaylink' driver is not available in the 13.04 repositories. I read that it has become baked into the Linux kernel.

Does anybody know how to get a DisplayLink device to actually work on Ubuntu 13.04? I'm looking to get a simple extended display. I've done my due dilligence and Googled around, but no solution I can find works for me.

> uname -a

Linux tyrion 3.8.0-26-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 17 21:43:33 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux



> lsmod

Module          Size  Used by

joydev                 17377  0 

pci_stub               12622  1 

vboxpci                23194  0 

vboxnetadp             25670  0 

vboxnetflt             23479  0 

vboxdrv               320372  3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci

parport_pc             28152  0 

ppdev                  17073  0 

rfcomm                 42641  0 

bnep                   18036  2 

bluetooth             228619  10 bnep,rfcomm

ip6t_REJECT            12545  1 

snd_hda_codec_hdmi     36913  1 

xt_hl                  12521  6 

ip6t_rt                12529  3 

snd_hda_codec_via      51018  1 

coretemp               13355  0 

kvm_intel             132891  0 

nf_conntrack_ipv6      18335  7 

nf_defrag_ipv6         13201  1 nf_conntrack_ipv6

snd_hda_intel          39619  3 

kvm                   443165  1 kvm_intel

ipt_REJECT             12541  1 

xt_comment             12504  4 

arc4                   12615  2 

xt_LOG                 17400  10 

snd_hda_codec         136453  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel

xt_multiport           12597  4 

snd_hwdep              13602  1 snd_hda_codec

xt_limit               12711  13 

xt_tcpudp              12603  22 

snd_pcm                97451  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel

xt_addrtype            12635  4 

iwldvm                241872  0 

uvcvideo               80847  0 

nf_conntrack_ipv4      14487  7 

snd_page_alloc         18710  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel

nf_defrag_ipv4         12729  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4

snd_seq_midi           13324  0 

xt_state               12578  14 

snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi

mac80211              606457  1 iwldvm

videobuf2_vmalloc      13056  1 uvcvideo

videobuf2_memops       13202  1 videobuf2_vmalloc

snd_rawmidi            30180  1 snd_seq_midi

videobuf2_core         40513  1 uvcvideo

videodev              129260  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core

ip6table_filter        12815  1 

ip6_tables             27025  1 ip6table_filter

snd_seq                61554  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi

nf_conntrack_netbios_ns    12665  0 

nf_conntrack_broadcast    12589  1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns

snd_seq_device         14497  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi

snd_timer              29425  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq

nf_nat_ftp             12620  0 

nf_nat                 25867  1 nf_nat_ftp

iwlwifi               173477  1 iwldvm

nf_conntrack_ftp       13342  1 nf_nat_ftp

nf_conntrack           83275  8 nf_nat_ftp,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_nat,xt_state,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6

microcode              22881  0 

snd                    68876  16 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device

iptable_filter         12810  1 

ip_tables              26995  1 iptable_filter

psmouse                95870  0 

rtsx_pci_ms            13011  0 

cfg80211              510937  3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm

lp                     17759  0 

soundcore              12680  1 snd

mei                    41158  0 

lpc_ich                17061  0 

memstick               16554  1 rtsx_pci_ms

serio_raw              13215  0 

mac_hid                13205  0 

x_tables               29803  15 ip6table_filter,xt_hl,xt_comment,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,xt_limit,xt_state,xt_LOG,xt_multiport,iptable_filter,ip6t_rt,ipt_REJECT,ip6_tables,xt_addrtype,ip6t_REJECT

parport                46345  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc

dm_crypt               22820  1 

udl                    24771  0 

drm_usb                13134  1 udl

syscopyarea            12529  1 udl

sysfillrect            12701  1 udl

sysimgblt              12674  1 udl

rtsx_pci_sdmmc         17475  0 

ghash_clmulni_intel    13259  0 

aesni_intel            55399  4 

aes_x86_64             17255  1 aesni_intel

xts                    12885  1 aesni_intel

lrw                    13257  1 aesni_intel

gf128mul               14951  2 lrw,xts

ablk_helper            13597  1 aesni_intel

cryptd                 20373  4 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper

i915                  600396  4 

i2c_algo_bit           13413  1 i915

wmi                    19070  0 

drm_kms_helper         49394  2 udl,i915

video                  19390  1 i915

ahci                   25731  2 

drm                   286028  7 udl,i915,drm_usb,drm_kms_helper

libahci                31364  1 ahci

r8169                  67446  0 

rtsx_pci               33355  2 rtsx_pci_ms,rtsx_pci_sdmmc