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Feature #216

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Add DisplayLink USB driver to kernel and create optional xorg.conf for it

Added by Hammel over 10 years ago. Updated over 7 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Low
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Category:
04 - Root File System
Target version:
Start date:
15 Aug 2013
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Severity:
05 - Very Low

Description

I have a Lilliput USB monitor that would work great in the trailer. To get this to work I need to follow these steps.

The xorg.conf should open this up as a second display, for display purposes only such as with temperature and sensor displays. The S90UI init script should handle that, if it finds a /dev/fb1 for the USB display.

The DisplayLink driver is not currently enabled in the PiBox kernel. It's unclear if there is a special X.org driver or if the fbdev driver is sufficient. The fbdev driver is in Buildroot but 2013.02 has 0.4.2 and the latest is 1.0.5.

See also:
  1. http://libdlo.freedesktop.org/wiki/xf86-driver-displaylink/
  2. http://plugable.com/2011/12/23/usb-graphics-and-linux
  3. http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/DisplayLink
  4. http://gavinmhackeling.com/blog/2012/12/how-to-use-an-external-displaylink-monitor-with-linux/
  5. http://how-to.cc/get-a-displaylink-video-adapter-working-with-ubuntu-12-04

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synergy.conf (145 Bytes) synergy.conf Hammel, 18 Aug 2013 15:21
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