Dell Universal Dock D6000 on ubuntu

dell-D6000-dock-ubuntu.md

Caveats

• NOTE: I had to reboot after doing this to eliminate display artifacts.
• Also, the dock doesn't appear to support using both of the displayport ports simultaneously :'(
• And MST (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Multi-Stream_Transport_(MST) ) doesn't seem to work on this dock, so you can't daisy chain monitors.

TLDR

1. download driver from http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu
2. unpack

unzip DisplayLink\ USB\ Graphics\ Software\ for\ Ubuntu\ 4.4.zip

3. install dependencies

sudo apt install dkms

4. install displaylink

cd DisplayLink\ USB\ Graphics\ Software\ for\ Ubuntu\ 4.4
# set script executable
chmod +x ./displaylink-driver-4.4.24.run
# run it
sudo ./displaylink-driver-4.4.24.run

References

Dock

Main info page for the device: https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln308795/dell-universal-dock-d6000-technical-specifications-and-usage-guide?lang=en

Driver download page

http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu

Information on installing the displaylink driver

https://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/684649-how-to-install-displaylink-software-on-ubuntu

working!
thx!

First I changed both default.pa and system.pa like so: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DisplayLink#Displays_disconnect_at_random_intervals_when_using_the_Dell_D6000_docking_station

Then I changed my Nvidia driver from proprietary to Nouveau.

Somewhere in here my monitors started working with no graphics issues or docking station disconnects.

Still working

• Ubuntu 24.10
• DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Ubuntu (6.1)

For me it does not work, I managed to install the driver I think but it shows some warnings and it has no result, even after disabling Secure Boot as recommended elsewhere. I am using a DisplayPort, no HDMI.

sudo Downloads/displaylink-driver-6.1.1-17.run 
Verifying archive integrity...  100%   MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 6.1.1  100%  
Distribution discovered: No LSB modules are available.
Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Do you want to install with apt? (Y/n) y
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  2834  100  2834    0     0   6360      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  6354
(Reading database ... 194300 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../synaptics-repository-keyring.deb ...
Unpacking synaptics-repository-keyring (2022.01) over (2022.01) ...
Setting up synaptics-repository-keyring (2022.01) ...
Need to update package list.
apt update? (Y/n)  y
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Hit:1 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit:5 https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/Ubuntu stable InRelease
Hit:6 https://app.eduvpn.org/linux/v4/deb focal InRelease
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
All packages are up to date.

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
displaylink-driver is already the newest version (6.1.1-17).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libgl1-amber-dri libglapi-amber libphobos2-ldc-shared106
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

For me it does not work, I managed to install the driver I think but it shows some warnings and it has no result, even after disabling Secure Boot as recommended elsewhere. I am using a DisplayPort, no HDMI.

sudo Downloads/displaylink-driver-6.1.1-17.run 
Verifying archive integrity...  100%   MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing DisplayLink Linux Driver 6.1.1  100%  
Distribution discovered: No LSB modules are available.
Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Do you want to install with apt? (Y/n) y
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  2834  100  2834    0     0   6360      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  6354
(Reading database ... 194300 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../synaptics-repository-keyring.deb ...
Unpacking synaptics-repository-keyring (2022.01) over (2022.01) ...
Setting up synaptics-repository-keyring (2022.01) ...
Need to update package list.
apt update? (Y/n)  y
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Hit:1 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit:5 https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/Ubuntu stable InRelease
Hit:6 https://app.eduvpn.org/linux/v4/deb focal InRelease
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
All packages are up to date.

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
displaylink-driver is already the newest version (6.1.1-17).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libgl1-amber-dri libglapi-amber libphobos2-ldc-shared106
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I had the same issue but when it asks for 'install with apt(Y/n)?' saying no (n) and it should work, at least it worked for me!

edit: apt update? -> install with apt

I had the same issue but when it asks for 'apt update?' saying no (n) and it should work, at least it wokred for me!

Oh I did not try that. I resolved the issue by using a regular hdmi cable for the monitor.

I had the same issue but when it asks for 'apt update?' saying no (n) and it should work, at least it wokred for me!

Oh I did not try that. I resolved the issue by using a regular hdmi cable for the monitor.

sorry I actually meant: 'install with apt? (Y/n)' you should say no there**