recently I got a new USB 3.0 Monitor, the ASUS MB169B+.

I was curious, if it runs without Problems on Linux Mint. As stated on displaylink.com, Ubuntu 14.4.2 and newer are supported. Linux Mint 18.1 is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, so there shouldn't be any issues.

From Displaylink.com I downloaded the linux driver version 1.3.52.

Ran the script as superuser and then plugged in the monitor - and tada! It worked! Great!

When you leave the monitor in its default arrangement, notebook left, ASUS monitor right, then there are no issues with reconnecting it - it works every time as expected.

When you want to use the monitor on the left of your main screen, then this works also as expected, but only unitl you want to reconnect the monitor. Then the window manager crashes - it shows the windows, but with some hundrets of pixel-offest and they are not klickable any more. The mouse cursor works as expected, but no click-events are handled any more.

The only thing how to fix this, is a reboot, which you can only trigger from another terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1) by typing

reboot

EDIT: killing cinnamon helps also

sudo pkill cinnamon

It is mentioned on displaylink.com, but it also happens on the native monitor, when the USB monitor is connected. This is somehow annoying, but not critical.

Using the monitor on Windows 7 is without any problems - even the rotation of the monitor to portrait mode is detected on the fly.

It seems, that the windows driver is able to update the firmware of the monitor, which happens, when you connect it after a reboot.