[Libdlo] what displaylink device should i buy and what steps are still needed?

[Jelle de Jong]

Jelle de Jong wrote, on 21-06-10 12:35:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> It has been a while since I checked the status for displaylink devices.
> 
> I want to connect a Samsung 2343BW 23" 2048x1152 LCD trough my HP mini
> GNU/Linux Debian laptop.
> 
> I run debian sid, with the latest stable 2.6.34 kernel.org kernel. The
> xserver-xorg-video-sisusb in Debian is version 1:0.9.0-1.

Please ignore the sisusb stuff, i don't know why I added it in the
post. I was comparing the sisusb and displaylink max resolution
options, and possible was a bit confused and added it in the mail.

The below questions are still correct.

> What steps will still be needed to make a displaylink devices work?
> 
> Will there still be manual compilation needed?
> 
> What DisplayLink device should I buy?
> Lenovo USB-to-DVI Monitor Adapter (45K5296) ?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Jelle de Jong