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Wrong Kernel Source #581

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cement-head opened this issue May 24, 2021 · 8 comments
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Wrong Kernel Source #581

cement-head opened this issue May 24, 2021 · 8 comments

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@cement-head
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Trying to use on a System76 machine.

Script won't recognise linux-source-5.11; wants to install linux-source & linux-source-5.4

@Barabazs
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Can you post the output of the install please?

@cement-head
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Nope, locks up and crashes. No output generated.

@Barabazs
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Barabazs commented Jun 3, 2021

I'm not sure if this is related to how displaylink-debian tries to install dependencies.
All we do is specify the packages, without any version numbers.

I would appreciate it if anyone can submit install logs or additional details.

@ryepup
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ryepup commented Jul 15, 2021

I also have a System76, and working through display link troubles. I'm uninstalling some stuff to get to a "clean" state then will get an install log.

One possible clue; looks like the default linux-source package is 5.4:

$ sudo apt update
...
$ apt search linux-source
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
linux-source/focal-security,focal-updates,focal-updates 5.4.0.77.80 all
  Linux kernel source with Ubuntu patches

linux-source-5.11.0/focal,focal,focal 5.11.0-7620.21~1624379747~20.04~3abeff8~dev all
  Linux kernel source for version 5.11.0 with Ubuntu patches

linux-source-5.4.0/focal-security,focal-updates,focal-updates,now 5.4.0-77.86 all [installed,automatic]
  Linux kernel source for version 5.4.0 with Ubuntu patches
$ apt show linux-source
Package: linux-source
Version: 5.4.0.77.80
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: linux-meta
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18.4 kB
Depends: linux-source-5.4.0
Download-Size: 2,444 B
APT-Sources: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
Description: Linux kernel source with Ubuntu patches
 This package will always depend on the latest Linux kernel source code
 available. The Ubuntu patches have been applied.

@ryepup
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ryepup commented Jul 15, 2021

Ok, got an log of the install using script. Removing some progress bar noise and script's formatting I've got:

--------------------------- displaylink-debian -------------------------------

DisplayLink driver installer for Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions:

* Debian, Ubuntu, Elementary OS, Mint, Kali, Deepin and many more!
* Full list of all supported platforms: http://bit.ly/2zrwz2u
* When submitting a new issue, include Debug information

Options:

[I]nstall
[D]ebug
[R]e-install
[U]ninstall
[Q]uit

Select a key: [i/d/r/u/q]: i

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Checking dependencies

unzip is installed
linux-headers-5.11.0-7620-generic is installed
dkms is installed
lsb-release is installed
linux-source is installed
x11-xserver-utils is installed
wget is installed
libdrm-dev is installed
libelf-dev is installed
git is installed
pciutils is installed

Platform requirements satisfied, proceeding ...

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Please read the Software License Agreement available at: 
https://www.synaptics.com/node/3751?filetype=exe
Do you accept?: [Y/n]: 

Downloading DisplayLink Ubuntu driver:

--2021-07-15 19:12:55--  https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/exe_files/2021-04/DisplayLink%20USB%20Graphics%20Software%20for%20Ubuntu5.4-EXE.zip
Resolving www.synaptics.com (www.synaptics.com)... 52.39.36.8, 34.210.13.121
Connecting to www.synaptics.com (www.synaptics.com)|52.39.36.8|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 14501284 (14M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘DisplayLink_Ubuntu_5.4.zip’

<snip download progress>  
DisplayLink_Ubuntu_ 100%[===================>]  13.83M  1.42MB/s    in 8.0s    

2021-07-15 19:13:03 (1.74 MB/s) - ‘DisplayLink_Ubuntu_5.4.zip’ saved [14501284/14501284]


-------------------------------------------------------------------

Preparing for install

Archive:  DisplayLink_Ubuntu_5.4.zip
  inflating: 5.4/displaylink-driver-5.4.0-55.153.run  
Creating directory displaylink-driver-5.4.0-55.153
Verifying archive integrity...    100%   All good.
Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 5.4.0-55.153     100%  
patching file 5.4/displaylink-driver-5.4/displaylink-installer.sh
Hunk #1 succeeded at 456 (offset -1 lines).

Installing driver version: 5.4

DisplayLink Linux Software 5.4.0-55.153 install script called: install
Distribution discovered: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS

Installing

[ Installing EVDI ]
[[ Installing EVDI DKMS module ]]

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.9.1/source ->
                 /usr/src/evdi-1.9.1

DKMS: add completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j16 KERNELRELEASE=5.11.0-7620-generic all INCLUDEDIR=/lib/modules/5.11.0-7620-generic/build/include KVERSION=5.11.0-7620-generic DKMS_BUILD=1...
Signing module:
 - /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.9.1/5.11.0-7620-generic/x86_64/module/evdi.ko
This system doesn't support Secure Boot
Secure Boot not enabled on this system.
cleaning build area...

DKMS: build completed.

evdi.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.11.0-7620-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod...

DKMS: install completed.
[[ Installing module configuration files ]]
[[ Installing EVDI library ]]
cc -I../module -std=gnu99 -fPIC -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64    -c -o evdi_lib.o evdi_lib.c
cc evdi_lib.o -shared -Wl,-soname,libevdi.so.0 -o libevdi.so.1.9.1 -lc -lgcc 
cp libevdi.so.1.9.1 libevdi.so
[ Installing x64-ubuntu-1604/DisplayLinkManager ]
[ Installing libraries ]
[ Installing firmware packages ]
[ Installing licence file ]
[ Adding udev rule for DisplayLink DL-3xxx/4xxx/5xxx/6xxx devices ]
[ Adding upstart and powermanager sctripts ]

Please read the FAQ
http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/topics/103927-troubleshooting-ubuntu

Installation complete!
Adding udlfb to blacklist
Adding udl to blacklist

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Performing post install steps

Enable and start displaylink-driver service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/displaylink-driver.service → /lib/systemd/system/displaylink-driver.service.
Setup DisplayLink xorg.conf depending on graphics card
Wrote X11 changes to: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-displaylink.conf

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Performing clean-up
Removing redundant: "DisplayLink_Ubuntu_5.4.zip" file
Removing redundant: "5.4" directory

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Install complete, please reboot to apply the changes
After reboot, make sure to consult post-install guide! http://bit.ly/2TbZleK
Reboot now? [Y/n] 

At this point my X server froze, and I had to use another terminal to reboot.

Right now I'm in a semi-working state where I have multi-monitor support but my computer freezes if I try to:

  • change monitor configuration (e.g. change monitor 1 to be "portrait" using the ubuntu display settings UI)
  • unplug from my dock
  • close my laptop lid

My debug information:

--------------- Linux system info ----------------

Distro: Ubuntu
Release: focal
Kernel: 5.11.0-7620-generic

---------------- DisplayLink info ----------------

Driver version: 1.9.1
DisplayLink service status: up and running
EVDI service version: 1.9.1

------------------ Graphics card -----------------

Vendor: i915
nvidia
Subsystem: [1558:50d3]
[1558:50d3]
VGA: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics (rev 05)
NVIDIA Corporation TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060] (rev a1)
VGA (3D): 
X11 version: 1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.2
X11 configs: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-displaylink.conf

-------------- DisplayLink xorg.conf -------------

File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-displaylink.conf
Contents:
 Section "OutputClass"
    Identifier  "DisplayLink"
    MatchDriver "evdi"
    Driver      "modesetting"
    Option      "AccelMethod" "none"
EndSection

-------------------- Monitors --------------------

Providers: number : 6
Provider 0: id: 0x1b8 cap: 0x1, Source Output crtcs: 4 outputs: 5 associated providers: 5 name:NVIDIA-0
Provider 1: id: 0x30e cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 2: id: 0x2ec cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 3: id: 0x2ca cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 4: id: 0x2a8 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 1 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 5: id: 0x1e5 cap: 0x6, Sink Output, Source Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 1 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting

Ideas:

  • maybe the compilation step gets weird if I'm running a 5.11 kernel with a 5.4 linux-source?
  • maybe System76 has a weird setup for their nvidia cards? I have an nvidia card but the drv_nvidia check isn't finding it
$ lspci | grep -i nv
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
01:00.2 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 USB 3.1 Host Controller (rev a1)
01:00.3 Serial bus controller [0c80]: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 USB Type-C UCSI Controller (rev a1)

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ryepup commented Jul 16, 2021

I tried uninstalling and then changing the script to identify my nvidia card:

 drv=$(lspci -nnk | grep -i vga -A3 | grep 'in use'|cut -d":" -f2|sed 's/ //g')
-drv_nvidia=$(lspci | grep -i '3d controller' | sed 's/^.*: //' | awk '{print $1}')
+drv_nvidia=$(lspci | grep -i 'RTX' | sed 's/^.*: //' | awk '{print $1}')
 cardsub=$(lspci -nnk | grep -i vga -A3|grep Subsystem|cut -d" " -f5)

Install went basically the same as above, but my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-displaylink.conf now has all the nvidia settings.

I'm still getting freezes when I change monitor settings, going to try uninstalling/reinstalling with linux-source-5.11 instead of 5.4

@ryepup
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ryepup commented Jul 16, 2021

I tried using a kernel-specific version of linux-source, no luck:

 else
-       deps=(unzip linux-headers-$(uname -r) dkms lsb-release linux-source x11-xserver-utils wget libdrm-dev libelf-dev git pciutils)
+       deps=(unzip linux-headers-$(uname -r) dkms lsb-release linux-source-$(uname -r | cut -d'-' -f 1) x11-xserver-utils wget libdrm-dev libelf-dev git pciutils)
 fi

The install log was basically the same as above, but installing linux-source-5.11.0 instead.

@ryepup
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ryepup commented Jul 17, 2021

made a separate issue for the nvidia detection and put up a PR: #596

I think the root problem here is the upstream linux-source package hasn't been updated right. I'm unclear of the impact; I see no difference in behavior when I use linux-source-5.11.0 instead of linux-source-5.4.0, but I've got other issues conflating the matter.

Best guess is this is an issue for https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/linux-source, not displaylink-debian

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