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Latest macOS Update Disables DisplayLink, Rendering Thousands of Monitors Dead (displaylink.com)
rh2600 writes: Four days ago, Apple's latest macOS 10.13.4 update broke DisplayLink protocol support (perhaps permanently), turning what may be hundreds of thousands of external monitors connected to MacBook Pros via DisplayLink into paperweights. Some days in, DisplayLink has yet to announce any solution, and most worryingly there are indications that this is a permanent change to macOS moving forward. Mac Rumors is reporting that "users of the popular Mac desktop extension app Duet Display are being advised not to update to macOS 10.13.4, due to 'critical bugs' that prevent the software from communicating with connected iOS devices used as extra displays." Users of other desktop extensions apps like Air Display and iDisplay are also reporting incompatibility with the latest version of macOS.
i've been keeping my linux escape hatch available for the past 10 years of primarily MacOS-use, just in case. starting a few months ago i have begun finally using it; this shit has gotten ridiculous.
it's a miserable downgrade in many ways and i miss a lot of MacOS's clever features from before it was focused on being luxury spyware, but meh, it's worth it. now if i could magically find the right kernel options to compile a debian kernel that both boots and supports my video card, i'll be relatively happy. oh yeah, don't use Xfce if you use displayport and want to turn your monitor off and back on; you're welcome.
"They were pure niggers." – Noam Chomsky
*Apple users pay $1000 for a monitor.
My first program:
Hell Segmentation fault
i've been keeping my linux escape hatch available for the past 10 years of primarily MacOS-use, just in case. starting a few months ago i have begun finally using it; this shit has gotten ridiculous.
it's a miserable downgrade in many ways and i miss a lot of MacOS's clever features from before it was focused on being luxury spyware, but meh, it's worth it. now if i could magically find the right kernel options to compile a debian kernel that both boots and supports my video card, i'll be relatively happy. oh yeah, don't use Xfce if you use displayport and want to turn your monitor off and back on; you're welcome.
Do you actually HEAR yourself?!?
"This shit is getting ridiculous. Linux here I come!"
"Now, if I could only find the right kernel options to compile a Debian Kernel THAT WILL WORK WITH MY VIDEO CARD, I'd be relatively happy..."
You do see how those two statements are laughably self-cancelling, don't you?
Of course you don't.
That's ok, we'll still be here when you realize the driver issues with Linux make Apple's occasional hiccup seem as minor an issue as it really is, by comparison.