How to Setup Triple Monitors with Kali Linux?
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I installed Kali Linux 2 on my laptop and need to configure a triple monitor setup with it.
At the moment, I have a Belkin Dual DVI docking station and a Startech DVI to USB 3 converter. On Windows 7, I had two of my monitors use DVI to connect to the Docking station and the third monitor used a USB 3 port on the Docking station. Here is a picture of my setup on Windows 7 which worked perfectly okay:
An here is a picture of my Docking station:
Here is a link if you want to know more about the Belkin docking station:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-B2B122-BLK-Display-Docking-Ultrabooks/dp/B00JG0ZG8Q
Now, when I launch Kali 2 and connect my Belkin Docking station, one of my screens turn green but the other 2 remain off:
Running
Any advice is really appreciated.



lsusb
**before** connecting the docking station looks like this:
root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:9301 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Running lsusb
while the docking station is connected shows the following:
root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:9301 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade
Bus 001 Device 017: ID 17e9:4333 DisplayLink
Bus 001 Device 016: ID 17e9:028f DisplayLink
Bus 001 Device 015: ID 1c4f:0002 SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
Bus 001 Device 014: ID 1bcf:0053 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. VL812 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Here is my video card information:
root@kali:~# lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
Here is the result of xrandr
command:
root@kali:~# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1366 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 345mm x 194mm
1366x768 59.99*+ 40.00
1360x768 59.80 59.96
1024x768 60.00
800x600 60.32 56.25
640x480 59.94
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
After some testing I found that my mouse and keyboard are recognized through the Docking Station, however, for some reason the DVI's are not. looking at the result of lsusb
I noticed that DisplayLink maybe the manufacturer and driver so I did some googling and found that they support Ubuntu but not Debian. Digging a bit deeper, found a script on Github that said it will install DisplayLink drivers for Debian so I used it, however, it said my platform is not supported!
root@kali:~/Downloads# ./displaylink-deb.sh
DisplayLink driver for Debian GNU/Linux
[I]nstall
[U]ninstall
Select a key: [i/u]: i
Checking dependencies...
unzip is installed
linux-headers-4.3.0-kali1-amd64 is installed
dkms is installed
lsb-release is installed
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Unsuported platform: Kali kali-rolling
This tool is Open Source and feel free to extend it
GitHub repo: https://goo.gl/6soXDE
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root@kali:~/Downloads#
It may also be worth mentioning that when I open Kali from VMWare Workstation on Windows 7 I'm able to use all 3 monitors:

Asked by Mico
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Jun 9, 2016, 11:18 AM
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