Ubuntu 20.04 don't recognize my Asus MB169B+ USB 3.0 Monitor (Works well in Win10)

I have a USB 3.0 Portable Monitor that works well under Windows 10, but when I reboot the same laptop under Ubuntu 20.04, it's not recognized.

I have installed it's drivers as mentioned below.

1. Downloaded the Asus MB169B+ Driver:
   Version 5.3.1 2020/06/15
   

2. Extracted the zip file:
   ASUS_MB_Series_driver_for_Ubuntu_5.3.1.zip

3. Ran the command to make it executable: chmod 755 displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34.run

4. Executed the command: sudo ./displaylink-driver-5.3.1.34.run

5. Install completed, rebooted the machine

6. Monitor still in idle mode (orange button - if it was recognized, it would be white)

FYI - I don't have a graphic card, just the one embedded in the Intel i5 6th gen

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2 Answers

I had the same problem with my Asus MB16AC and just found the solution.

The driver Asus gives does not work on my Xubuntu 20.04 kernel 5.13 (which is displaylink-driver-5.3.1).
I followed the instruction here:
This helps me to install the displaylink-driver-5.4.1-55.174
Thereafter, my Asus MB16AC works.

Note 1: You should firstly uninstall the displaylink-driver, which does not work.
Note 2: I only tried the alternative installer part of the website, and it works.
Note 3: Using the english version of the website if necessary.
Note 4: This solution should work for Ubuntu 20.04 as well.
Note 5: I also use the embedded graphic chip (Intel Graphics HD 3000).

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I was having the same problem and then I found this post

I removed the displaylink driver and libc6-dev then reinstalled libc6-dev and ran displaylink-installer:

Unplug monitor

sudo apt-get remove libc6-dev

sudo displaylink-installer uninstall

sudo apt-get install libc6-dev

Installed latest driver as per Asus or

Whereas before I got errors about EVDI kernel being there already when I installed, now it installed properly. I plugged in my monitor.

However it was still not detected when I went to Display properties.

I thought I'd try sudo displaylink-installer and despite the error message of Installation terminated, my MB169B+ kicked into life and appeared in Display and working properly.

I rebooted and it worked straight away.

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