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nixpkgs/nixos/modules/hardware/video/displaylink.nix
Steven Allen 71f94c224a nixos/hardware.displaylink: add displaylink to xserver.externallyConfiguredDrivers
Add "displaylink" to `services.xserver.externallyConfiguredDrivers`  to
let the xserver module know that said driver has already been configured
out-of-band.

Fixes #491861
2026-02-25 10:06:32 -08:00

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{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}:
let
enabled = lib.elem "displaylink" config.services.xserver.videoDrivers;
evdi = config.boot.kernelPackages.evdi;
displaylink = pkgs.displaylink.override {
inherit evdi;
};
in
{
config = lib.mkIf enabled {
boot.extraModulePackages = [ evdi ];
boot.kernelModules = [ "evdi" ];
services.xserver.externallyConfiguredDrivers = [ "displaylink" ];
environment.etc."X11/xorg.conf.d/40-displaylink.conf".text = ''
Section "OutputClass"
Identifier "DisplayLink"
MatchDriver "evdi"
Driver "modesetting"
Option "TearFree" "true"
Option "AccelMethod" "none"
EndSection
'';
# make the device available
services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands = ''
${lib.getBin pkgs.xrandr}/bin/xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0
'';
# Those are taken from displaylink-installer.sh and from Arch Linux AUR package.
services.udev.packages = [ displaylink ];
powerManagement.powerDownCommands = ''
#flush any bytes in pipe
while read -n 1 -t 1 SUSPEND_RESULT < /tmp/PmMessagesPort_out; do : ; done;
#suspend DisplayLinkManager
echo "S" > /tmp/PmMessagesPort_in
#wait until suspend of DisplayLinkManager finish
if [ -f /tmp/PmMessagesPort_out ]; then
#wait until suspend of DisplayLinkManager finish
read -n 1 -t 10 SUSPEND_RESULT < /tmp/PmMessagesPort_out
fi
'';
powerManagement.resumeCommands = ''
#resume DisplayLinkManager
echo "R" > /tmp/PmMessagesPort_in
'';
systemd.services.dlm = {
description = "DisplayLink Manager Service";
after = [ "display-manager.service" ];
conflicts = [ "getty@tty7.service" ];
serviceConfig = {
ExecStart = "${displaylink}/bin/DisplayLinkManager";
Restart = "always";
RestartSec = 5;
LogsDirectory = "displaylink";
};
};
};
}