Monitor connecting natively instead of using DisplayLink on M1 Air

[airintosh]

I recently got a D6000 dock to use with my Macbook Air M1, but I've run into quite an annoying issue with DisplayLink. For context, I have two monitors: one I connect natively using an USB-C to HDMI adapter and one I connect via DisplayLink through the Dell D6000 dock. My main display I use natively to achieve the maximum refresh rate. The problem I'm running into is that whenever I wake my Macbook, it detects my secondary monitor plugged into the D6000 dock as native and therefore doesn't detect my main monitor at all.

This is really annoying as whenever I dock the Macbook I always need to constantly disconnect/reconnect cables until I can get my configuration to work the way I want it. I've tried disabling DisplayLink on startup/login hoping that'd remedy the issue, but no dice. I want a solution that'd potentially allow me to disable/prevent my secondary monitor from connecting natively and instead force it to use DisplayLink. I've seen that there are ways to disable Or maybe force my main display to be detected first (if that's even possible). I never shut down my Macbook, but even after sleeping and leaving it on the dock my Macbook can't remember the configuration. I've tried things like Lunar and SwitchResX but have had no success. Anyone know a way around this?

 

[wyrdness]

I use a D6000 dock at work and have never seen it connect a monitor natively. Though our monitors are connected to the dock using DisplayPort instead of HDMI. I'm surprised that the monitor connected to the D6000 is detected as native, as I hadn't realised that the dock had usb-c to HDMI as well as DisplayLink.

Have you tried connecting both monitors to the dock? If so, does it treat one as native and the other as DisplayLink, or both as DisplayLink?

You could try connecting the monitor to the dock using a DisplayPort cable instead of HDMI, which might force the dock to use DisplayLink instead of native.

 

[applesed]

Just want to update, I am using StarTech usb 3.0 to hdmi adapter, and I think it works just fine. i mainly am in browser, pdfs, office applications. If I really look for it I might notice a slight jump between the screens, but that's not really normal operating behavior given this use case : )