I have recently migrated to Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition) from Windows 11. I am using an HP laptop - HP Laptop 14s-fq1xxx - with AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U processor with Radeon™ Graphics × 12 integrated graphics. I am using a HP USB-C/A Universal Dock G2 to connect the laptop to my peripherals including a Lenovo monitor. The mouse and keyboard works fine via the dock but the system does not seem to detect the connected external monitor. This setup used to work okay on windows.
I tried downloading and installing Displaylink but with no luck. The monitor works fine when directly connected from the laptop via hdmi.
I could not find any threads on external display issues on Fedora 41 in the forum. I would really appreciate any inputs on the matter and let me know if any additional info is required.
sudo dkms status returned:
evdi/1.14.7, 6.12.11-200.fc41.x86_64, x86_64: installed
As far as I understand MOK enrollment is required after installing Nvidia drivers and I am assuming I do not need Nvidia drivers since I am using an AMD processor with AMD Radeon integrated graphics (correct me if I’m wrong).
The active GPU driver is:
OpenGL vendor string: AMD
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi, renoir, LLVM 19.1.7, DRM 3.59, 6.12.11-200.fc41.x86_64)
[quote=“Jerry John, post:3, topic:144407, username:jerryjohn”]
I am wondering if its okay to keep SecureBoot disabled.
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That depends on your use case, but even if secure boot (SB) isn’t critical for your purposes, enabling it may reveal issues that might affect others in the linux community who do need the added layer of security it provides. If you find it creates problems or is too much extra work, it is not hard to disable it (but you should report the issues).
Every driver must be signed. All drivers / modules that are distributed with the kernel are already signed with a key that your system trusts.
Drivers not distributed with the kernel, are signed with a custom key, which is created on-the-fly by the host. This key is not known and not trustworthy unless it has been enrolled/imported.
Btw, it’s a DisplayLink framebuffer, the GPU is not really involved here. It may help the DisplayLink driver in mathematical computations. It’s basically a USB3toHDMI or USB3toDisplayPort adapter.
Real USB-C or Thunderbolt docks use native DisplayPort and do not require additional 3rd party drivers. But they require a host system that can provide video (DisplayPort) via an USB-C port.
The install completed with some non-critical error associated with evdi. But after this, sudo dkms status returned:
evdi/1.14.7, 6.12.11-200.fc41.x86_64, x86_64: installed (Original modules exist)
and /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub key was generated. Now I was able to complete the steps: how to enroll the key
Now the external display is working with SecureBoot enabled.
I understand. I have added a reply on how I was able to solve the issue with SecureBoot enabled, by enrolling MOK. I’m not quite used to this forum so let me know if I have to post it somewhere else.
Glad you got display via USB-C dock working. Others with similar issues should be able to find this topic and all the details are available, so good contribution to the community.
Agree, but I assume HP marketing is responsible for the name. It is much better to have the full model number as there are several HP USB-C universal dock models.
