[Openchrome-users] status of LVDS panel support?

[Csillag Kristof]

Hi all,

I need some more information about the status of LVDS panel support
of the driver.

I own a VIA EPIA SP8000E mainboard, which has CN400-based graphics.

I am considering to buy a notebook TFT panel,
and use it as a secondary display.

(The SP8000E supports LVDS panels via the VIA VT1631L-based
VIA LVDS-06 daughter board, which I would also need to buy.)

Would this work? Can I run X (with the OpenChrome driver)
using both the usual VGA output and on the LVDS output simultaneously?

The wiki at
http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=HardwareCaveats
says that on cn400, panel support "needs VBE", and dual head
is not implemented. Is what I want considered dual-head?

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If it is impossible to realize my original plan, could someone please
suggest me a way to achieve something similar?

I have the following requirements:
    - The monitor/display panel itself should be as thin as possible.
       (This rules out must normal LCD/TFT monitors.)
    - I want do drive the monitor/display panel
         - either from a nearby EPIA mainboard
            (simultaneously with its main display),
         - or via a USB device,
         - or via standard D-Sub or DVI connector.
    - The whole thing should not be too costy.

Do you have any idea how to do this?

Thank you for your help:

          Kristof Csillag