On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Richard A. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/22/2010 10:26 AM, John Watlington wrote: > >> Sameer, >> You want us to add software to our build so that >> you can support an $89 USB peripheral that requires >> a separate screen, keyboard, and mouse ? >> >> I'm sorry, but building more computer labs isn't >> what OLPC is about. > > Where are you reading that displaylink requires a separate keyboard and > mouse? libdlo supports the chip and the protocol not any specific device. > > While not immediately usefull overall I think this is a +1 since I've > received several requests via the support gang list on how to make the > USB VGA adapter work. Many have tried and seems everyone but the > original has failed. USB projectors are listed as products that might > be useful (if the have the currently spported chip or when other chips > are added) > > All the the requests for a USB video were so they could hook it up to a > projector for training classes. The possibility of USB projector support > seems very worthwhile. > > If none of the projectors are supported yet then there's not much point > in adding it to the build but if someone gets a projector working then > we certainly should support it. > > -- > Richard A. Smith <[email protected]> > One Laptop per Child > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >
I now have a DisplayLink Certified device. I'd be happy to test this out if the drivers/support make it into the builds. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
