[Libdlo] Host side requirement

[KaruppuSwamy T]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Phil Endecott <
spam_from_libdlo at chezphil.org> wrote:

> KaruppuSwamy T wrote:
>
>> I am planning to build a Cheap Home NAS Server with external USB drive.
>> The
>> additional feature I am planning is to use it as Digital Photo Frame, for
>> which I have a Lilliput UM-70 DisplayLink based Monitor. I am considering
>> NSLU2 Storage Link as hardware for this purpose and planning to replace
>> built-in firmware with Debian as per
>> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/CPUOverview. The specification of
>> hardware is:
>>
>> CPU 266 MHz ARM Intel XScale IXP420
>> Memory 32MB SDRAM, 8MB Flash
>> Connectivity 2 x USB 2.0 Ports, 1 x 100Mbps Ethernet Port
>>
>> I am not sure about the host side minimum requirement for the displaylink
>> monitor. If the above configuration is fine enough to drive external
>> DisplayLink monitor I may proceed. Can some one suggest me on this?
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have used NSLU2s for a few years for various purposes, mainly running
> Debian.  You could certainly drive a displaylink screen from one, but you
> should expect the update rate to be fairly modest.  If you simply want to
> present a series of photos then that will work, but if you want transition
> effects (e.g. fades or slides) you will have problems.
>
> I have a more powerful ARM NAS box, a QNAP TS-119 (see e.g.
> http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-119/).  This has a similar
> architecture to the NSLU2 but with a 1.2 GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM.
>  The extra RAM in particular makes a huge difference; there are lots of
> things that ought to work on the NSLU2 but fail because something (e.g.
> apt-get) runs out of memory.  I posted about using this with a DisplayLink
> monitor here:  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.libdlo/332
>
> There are also the "SheevaPlug" devices which are closer in price to the
> NSLU2 but have more RAM.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> Regards,  Phil.
>
>
Thanks, Phil. Since I have a severe budget constraint, I thought of NSLU2.
After knowing your success with QNAP device TS-119, I have come down to
TS-110 (800MHz/256MB) - ordered in Amazon.

I believe this configuration should be enough for simple slide shows,
weather report and News update scroll which I am planning to display on
UM-70 monitor.

Thanks again.
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