[Libdlo] ubuntu 10.04 / Lilliput UM-70 as secondary screen

scar scar at drigon.com
Sat Aug 27 13:13:08 PDT 2011


Leho Kraav @ 08/20/2011 03:13 AM:
> On 19.08.11 22:00, libdlo-request-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW at public.gmane.org wrote:
> 
>> i'm using ubuntu 10.04 and have a Lilliput UM-70 displaylink-based
>> monitor. i've found a patchwork of guides explaining how to get it
>> running without much luck. mostly karuppuswamy.com's[1]. the best i can
>> do is get it running as a
>> primary monitor. the gdm login window and my main desktop will show up
>> on it. the UM-70 is a tiny 7" screen so this config is unacceptable. i
>> would like it to be a secondary screen next to my primary screen that i
>> can drag stuff to, for example.
> 
> 
> AFAIK there is currently no way to have a unified desktop over more than
> one driver. As you've noticed, the other driver (driving DisplayLink)
> simply gets unloaded.  Currently the best approach usability wise seems
> to be to have a separate X server running for the USB monitor.

thanks.  do you have a good link on how to set that up, so my main x
server that i've been using remains on my big screen, and the second
server shows up in the displaylink?



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