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I suspect this is a dumb question but is it possible to get Displaylink drivers running before the LUKS drive encryption password is required during the boot process.

When I boot I have to open my laptop to input the password on boot and reboot steps.

I recognize that the drive is encrypted and that this implies that the operating system is essentially not accessible for the most part. I am not sure if there is some method of splitting the boot partition that allows for a grub enabled pre-environment with sufficient DisplayLink drivers to operate before moving to boot the LUKS encrypted partition that contains the full operating system

If there is some method to support this please point me in the right direction.

Whilst I can remove LUKS from the equation, I would prefer not to at this time. It's an inconvenience but not something I would like to forego.

If the is some way to avoid LUKS on reboot that is initiated from the OS for the next reboot, that would also be suitable, because at least I only need to do this once time when first connecting to my desktop setup.

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One solution or a work-around is not to use password asked on prompt on screen, but a key file on USB key/SD card/whatever, for example.

The boot will automatically find the key on USB to boot. Then, you remove the key once boot is finished (by umounting if need be).

You can either use a binary key hidden in post-MBR gap of a MBR key or a file in a fs on the key.

I don't know the details of your install so I can't guide you through this; and I don't know well the full -encryption setup in ubuntu either.

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