Re: libdlo
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Richard A. Smith rich...@laptop.org 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 rich...@laptop.org One Laptop per Child ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org 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. I remember reading quite some time ago that there was a open source driver released for the DisplayLink devices but I'm not sure what the upstream support in X is and whether the driver has yet made it into mainline X.org and hence whether its supported yet in Fedora. Checking with Fedora 13 or rawhide would likely be the best route for testing and then filing a request upstream. Regards, Peter ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: libdlo
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Richard A. Smith rich...@laptop.org 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 rich...@laptop.org One Laptop per Child ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org 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 Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: libdlo
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. wad On Apr 22, 2010, at 3:29 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: libdlo and an X driver are used to run USB displays using DisplayLink. Is this going to make it into the 1.5 build? http://libdlo.freedesktop.org/wiki/ Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: libdlo
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:26 AM, John Watlington w...@laptop.org wrote: 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 ? OTOH, we are including some drivers for usbvga devices -- useful if there's an ext monitor, or projector. I thought this was one of those...? Of course it enables extra hw that can be costly, but if you have one usbvga+projector combo per school, shared amongst classrooms, it can be a great addition to the mix. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: libdlo
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:26 AM, John Watlington w...@laptop.org 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. wad I was thinking about pico projectors that can run off of batteries and project fairly good pictures on walls and many of these come with usb interfaces + DisplayLink. cheers, Sameer On Apr 22, 2010, at 3:29 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: libdlo and an X driver are used to run USB displays using DisplayLink. Is this going to make it into the 1.5 build? http://libdlo.freedesktop.org/wiki/ Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: libdlo
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 rich...@laptop.org One Laptop per Child ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
