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7 Problems You Might Face After Dual Booting Linux and Windows [And How to Fix Them] (itsfoss.com)

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[–] Serinus 1 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Any idea why this doesn't work on Linux?

https://www.startech.com/en-us/display-video-adapters/mstdp123dp?srsltid=AfmBOoob3VfHSQk6z-CMlI9IhfcX_i1fS5c-mTMV7b_nPjTu47a72EtO

[–] Dran_Arcana 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Are you certain it doesn't? I would expect it to, despite the listing of "windows only". Most Linux distributions have supported MST for 5-10 years at this point. I would guess their listing is more aimed at informing users that OS X doesn't support MST, and therefore their adapter will not work on a Mac as it would on windows/Linux (and then just not listing Linux because they don't want to assume the support).

[–] Serinus 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

On Ubuntu I was missing a cursor on one monitor, and my cursor was misplaced on another (as in it would display in a different location than where it would click). Both of those monitors would get around 3 frames per second.

My solution has been to never boot into Linux again. Maybe I'll order the proper combination of cables so that I don't need the adapter. Can you use all four ports of an Nvidia card? I seem to remember they'd only allow three ports despite supporting up to four monitors.

[–] Dran_Arcana 1 points 3 days ago

Depends on the card, that was a thing on older cards for sure

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