How can I get a DisplayLink USB monitor work under Ubuntu?

On Aug 3, 2015, Displaylink finally released the USB Monitor driver for Ubuntu.

Link: http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu.php

I have an AOC usb monitor and Ubuntu 14.04. After installing the driver, my usb Monitor start working.

If the driver works for your monitor, please let other people know by posting it. Many people waiting for this driver. I've been waiting for 2 years. :-)

Maybe this will get you a little bit further.

General DisplayLink adapter information for Linux is available here.

Also, if your primary graphics adapter is from NVIDIA, you should read this.

Good Luck

UPDATE: April 2019 -> DisplayLink with kernel > 5.0.5 also works.

UPDATE: March 2019 -> DisplayLink with kernel > 4.18.20

It is now possible to install the driver with new versions of kernels. I am writing this after updating to 4.20.13

You will have to use a script, however, which you can obtain from HERE (Github).

Once you have the script, remove the currently installed driver/module and install the new version. Script will download all dependencies for you. To remove old/install new apply the below steps:

sudo ./displaylink-debian.sh --uninstall
sudo dkms remove evdi/1.6.0 --all -q
sudo systemctl stop dlm.service
sudo systemctl disable dlm.service
sudo rm -f /lib/systemd/system/dlm.service
sudo rmmod evdi
sudo displaylink-debian.sh --install

Enjoy

February 2019 -> Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Installation:

Download driver from HERE. Then unzip, make sure it's runable and install (change the below file names to your versions):

$ unzip DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu 4.4.zip
$ chmod 775 displaylink-driver-4.4.24.run
$ ./displaylink-driver-4.4.24.run

Thats it! Once installed you can connect your DisplayLink to the PC and it should fly.

Few notes:

Make sure you have dkms installed on your system.

$ sudo dpkg -l | grep dkms
ii  dkms          2.3-3ubuntu9.2        all          Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework

Also note, it works perfectly with the 4.15.0-45-generic kernel. However, I tried with the newest kernel 4.20 and the driver will not work - evdi for dkms will not compile. I haven't tried other kernels - if I try I will update the answer - but beware of this issue!

You can check your current kernel like this:

$ uname -r
4.15.0-45-generic

EDIT: (14.02.2019)

Ok, so I decided to try some kernels and it seems that 4.18.20-041820-generic is the most recent working. Nothing higher worked for me.