DisplayLink USB Graphics adapter not working

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Related to Bug #1234818: 17e9:0378 [Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon] Regression: DisplayLink DL-195 fails with EAGAIN after upgrade from 3.11.0-031100 to 3.11.0-11

Ivan, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 1287966
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Under Trusty with Dell D3000 using kernel 3.14.4-031404-generic

lsusb output:
...
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 17e9:4318 DisplayLink
...

dmesg output:
...
[ 1059.314527] usb 4-1.3: new SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1059.329895] usb 4-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=17e9, idProduct=4318
[ 1059.329899] usb 4-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1059.329900] usb 4-1.3: Product: Dell USB 3.0 Dock
[ 1059.329902] usb 4-1.3: Manufacturer: DisplayLink
[ 1059.329903] usb 4-1.3: SerialNumber: 31219866
...

apport yields no significant output:
apport-collect 1287966
Package linux-lts-saucy not installed and no hook available, ignoring
Package linux-lts-trusty not installed and no hook available, ignoring

bcygan, thank you for your comment. So your hardware and problem may be tracked, could you please file a new report with Ubuntu by executing the following in a terminal while booted into the default Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline one) via:
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[Expired for linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

There are now a bunch of products out there using this chip set. Support for DL-3xxx would be SO helpful.

If anyone watching this bug does know of a recipe to get these "universal" docking stations working please share.

Just for the heck of it I jumped to the Utopic Beta and still no joy. Which is to say the USB and Ethernet ports work but still no monitor.

Dennis Gesker, please file a new report for the the specific model you have, versus reopening expired bug reports against an EoL kernel series as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack .

I'm a new to the launchpad site. I hope I opened this correctly at https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/linux-lts-utopic

Dennis Gesker, so your hardware and problem may be tracked, could you please file a new report with Ubuntu by executing the following in a terminal while booted into the default Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline one) via:
ubuntu-bug linux

For more on this, please read the official Ubuntu documentation:
Ubuntu Bug Control and Ubuntu Bug Squad: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/BestPractices#X.2BAC8-Reporting.Focus_on_One_Issue
Ubuntu Kernel Team: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/KernelTeamBugPolicies#Filing_Kernel_Bug_reports
Ubuntu Community: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette

When opening up the new report, please feel free to subscribe me to it.

As well, please do not announce in this report you created a new bug report.

Thank you for your understanding.

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Opened fresh bug at

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1376771

Pretty sure I hit all of the items in https://launchpad.net/~penalvch post #10 above.