<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">It's not Thunderbolt 2 (which has the same connecter as Mini DisplayPort) is it?</span></font></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 17 Apr 2020, 16:47 Chris McCormick, <<a href="mailto:chris@mccormick.cx">chris@mccormick.cx</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey all,<br>
<br>
In 2017 I bought a new laptop because my laptop stopped working after I <br>
zapped it. After I got home from the shop I turned my laptop off and on <br>
again and discovered it was still working *facepalm*. I put the new <br>
laptop away for later.<br>
<br>
Fast forward to 2020 and I'm upgrading to my "new" laptop. I <br>
successfully installed Xubuntu on it and then I went to plug my <br>
DisplayLink to HDMI converter into it and found a weird looking port <br>
instead of the DisplayLink port. The port on the new laptop looks like a <br>
USB-C port with a little lightning symbol next to it. Apparently it's <br>
called "thunderbolt".<br>
<br>
So I went to Officeworks and bought a "USB-C to DisplayLink" converter <br>
cable, came back to my office and plugged it in so that I have the <br>
following cables/converters:<br>
<br>
HDMI (monitor) -> HDMI-to-DisplayLink -> DisplayLink-to-USB-C<br>
<br>
No dice.<br>
<br>
With my existing Dell XPS when I plug in the DisplayLink cable I get the <br>
"Display: Configure screen settings and layout" app popup and I can <br>
configure the second HDMI to be above the laptop screen.<br>
<br>
On the new laptop with these cables plugged in the display configuration <br>
app can't see the monitor at all. I've tried all kinds of <br>
turning-off-and-on-again, plugging things in in a different order etc. <br>
but nothing i do causes the monitor to appear.<br>
<br>
Ideas?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Chris.<br>
<br>
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