Gothnet wrote: > > > Peter Nijs wrote: >> I'm almost sure someone suggested >> hooking up an external screen to it. That's technically not possible >> > > Isn't it? > > You can get external USB gfx cards these days. > > Whether FR has the power to drive one, or if there are FOSS drivers, I have > no idea.
No problem. The dock may contain a powered usb hub - so no power problem. An "external screen" can be a serial terminal, and usb-to-serial converters certainly exists. Linux always had drivers for serial terminals, these days also the usb-to-serial converters. For something more modern, use X over the network. (usb network or wifi) The usb cable to the pc seems to do everything: It connects the phone to: * the pc keyboard (use ssh software) * the pc screen (ssh tunneling X) * the pc mouse (ssh tunneling X) * network connection, whatever network(s) the pc is accessing * I have no camera, but it can be done using SANE. Seems the cradle is the only missing component here, but phone cradles aren't exactly new either. I guess it is possible to overturn that patent, if anyone has a hobby of suing microsoft... Helge Hafting _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
