rofedk
(ROFE)
March 20, 2025, 8:21am
1
Hi,
I had a problem with my external monitor not working. It’s the same dock as in this thread:
These are the configurations for my computer:
rabajaj@redhat:~$ inxi -Fzxx
System:
Kernel: 6.10.10-200.fc40.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 2.41-37.fc40
Desktop: GNOME v: 46.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20W0003LUS v: ThinkPad T14 Gen 2i
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20W0003LUS v: SDK0J40697…
I did the command:
dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-multimedia.repo && dnf install
Which didn’t work, so I also did the:
fwupdmgr update
After the last command I rebooted.
The laptop boots really really fast now, and I don’t even get to see the GRUB menu.
When logging in to Gnome I have no wireless or LAN.
The command:
ip link show
only shows the loopback interface.
USB storage works, but USB network dongle doesn’t work; dmesg detects it, but it doesn’t show up.
Anyone knows how I get my laptop to work again?
I’m kind of lost and uses my daughters laptop now
–
Ronni
The command in the linked thread to get the monitor working with the dock was
These were the step I performed to get all my monitors working.
$ sudo dnf remove akmod-evdi
$ sudo dnf localinstall https://github.com/displaylink-rpm/displaylink-rpm/releases/download/v6.0.0-1/fedora-40-displaylink-1.14.6-1.github_evdi.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo reboot
And it worked out for me. Thank you so much for your help and guidance.
So I think you can remove that repo and software you installed.
rofedk
(ROFE)
March 20, 2025, 9:22am
3
Thank you MatH.
I removed the displaylink software, but my network still doesn’t work.
I think it was the fwupdmgr update command that broke it.
rofedk
(ROFE)
March 20, 2025, 9:39am
4
After some trial and error I managed to get GRUB showing on boot (hold esc down on boot), and could boot on an earlier kernel.
Everything worked with an older kernel, so I did a dnf update, rebooted and now everything works again.
–
Ronni
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