i810 + usb monitor, is it possible?

Hal V. Engel hvengel at astound.net
Sat Aug 11 14:15:46 PDT 2007


On Saturday 11 August 2007 12:30, VMiklos wrote:
> 2007/8/11, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com>:
> > if the usb port on the monitor actually a video input or some kind of
> > control interface?  if it's a control interface, you're out of luck.
> > if it's a video input, you'll have to find a driver for the USB video
> > device that the monitor is providing.  Either way it has nothing to do
> > with the intel driver.
>
> that's a good idea :) i did not think of it, but yes, there must be
> some video controller in the monitor then. where could i check if
> there is an xorg driver for this device (LG Studioworks 221U) or not?
> maybe i missed something but i found no hardware compatibility list
> for xorg 7.2 (which is the latest stable release afaik).
>
> thanks,
> - VMiklos

According to the lg web site this monitor uses a  15 pin D-sub connector for 
video.  That is a regular VGA connector.  The web site does not say anything 
about a USB connector. 

Hal



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