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author | Joe Rayhawk <jrayhawk@freedesktop.org> | 2013-05-08 00:39:06 -0700 |
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committer | Joe Rayhawk <jrayhawk@freedesktop.org> | 2013-05-08 00:39:06 -0700 |
commit | f0c3d8286871e86212edb93a4f43b2b370be8a42 (patch) | |
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General markdown cleanup
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@@ -1,46 +1,45 @@ +A fully open source (GPL) driver which supports all [[DisplayLink]] devices to date (all DL1xx devices) is in the mainline of the Linux 2.6.38 kernel, and can be compiled as a module for certain older kernels. It is called udlfb. -A fully open source (GPL) driver which supports all [[DisplayLink|DisplayLink]] devices to date (all DL1xx devices) is in the mainline of the Linux 2.6.38 kernel, and can be compiled as a module for certain older kernels. It is called udlfb. - -It's still very much under development, but it's possible to write custom applications to it today (or to libdlo user mode library itself, bypassing udlfb). And it's also possible to configure X and standard X applications to run on udlfb -- but that part is still very distro dependent today. Most people in the [[DisplayLink|DisplayLink]] community running X are on an older version of Ubuntu (9.04), and some on certain versions of [[RedHat|RedHat]]. Savvy people would be able to get other distros running, but it can be a slog. +It's still very much under development, but it's possible to write custom applications to it today (or to libdlo user mode library itself, bypassing udlfb). And it's also possible to configure X and standard X applications to run on udlfb -- but that part is still very distro dependent today. Most people in the [[DisplayLink]] community running X are on an older version of Ubuntu (9.04), and some on certain versions of [[RedHat]]. Savvy people would be able to get other distros running, but it can be a slog. # Usage Scenarios for USB Displays -* [[TextConsole|TextConsole]] -* [[DirectFramebuffer|DirectFramebuffer]] -* [[ExtendedDesktop|ExtendedDesktop]] -* [[MultiSeatTerminal|MultiSeatTerminal]] +* [[TextConsole]] +* [[DirectFramebuffer]] +* [[ExtendedDesktop]] +* [[MultiSeatTerminal]] # HowTos for specific distributions -* [[Fedora|Fedora]] - See post at [[http://nameq.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/displaylink-dl-165-running-on-linux-fedora/|http://nameq.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/displaylink-dl-165-running-on-linux-fedora/]]. -* [[Ubuntu9.10|Ubuntu9.10]] - See post at [[http://mulchman.org/blog/?p=90|http://mulchman.org/blog/?p=90]]. See post from Patrick Gilmore at [[http://blogg.noonday.se/2010/01/28/linux-usb-video-adapter/|http://blogg.noonday.se/2010/01/28/linux-usb-video-adapter/]] -* [[Ubuntu9.04|Ubuntu9.04]] -* [[Ubuntu8.10|Ubuntu8.10]] - See post at [[http://mulchman.org/blog/?tag=displaylink|http://mulchman.org/blog/?tag=displaylink]] +* [[Fedora]] - See post at <http://nameq.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/displaylink-dl-165-running-on-linux-fedora/>. +* [[Ubuntu9.10]] - See post at <http://mulchman.org/blog/?p=90>. See post from Patrick Gilmore at <http://blogg.noonday.se/2010/01/28/linux-usb-video-adapter/> +* [[Ubuntu9.04]] +* [[Ubuntu8.10]] - See post at <http://mulchman.org/blog/?tag=displaylink>. * [[ARMEDSlack Current]] # Specific Drivers * Linux - * Current Driver Locations, culled from [[this thread|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libdlo/2011-June/000928.html]]. - * [[X FrameBuffer Driver|http://git.plugable.com/webdav/xf86-video-fbdev/]]. Standard X driver updated to use [[DisplayLink|DisplayLink]] devices. - * [[X DisplayLink Driver|http://git.plugable.com/webdav/xf-video-udlfb/]]. X driver just for [[DisplayLink|DisplayLink]] devices. - * [[Kernel DisplayLink Driver|http://otb-sources.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pds/udlfb-kmod/]] from Google Code. - * Or use the driver shipped with kernel 2.6.38 or more recent. - * Older drivers and locations: - * [[udlfb|http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree;f=drivers/staging/udlfb;h=9f4cb8c01d7cc9235b76a603eebe2c7b77642f4c;hb=HEAD]] is the original displaylink kernel framebuffer driver, without dynamic mode support and a few minor features, but fully functional and present in kernel versions 2.6.31 and later, and enabled by default in some recent distros (Ubuntu 9.10). - * [[displaylink-mod|displaylink-mod]] is a updated branch of the udlfb driver by the same author (Roberto) - * [[displaylinkfb|displaylinkfb]] is a new branch written by Jaya Kumar, targeted at embedded via defio and no in-kernel shadow framebuffer, which uses the standard fbdev X servers - * [[xf86-driver-displaylink|xf86-driver-displaylink]] X Server written by Roberto which works with both udlfb and displaylink-mod + * Current Driver Locations, culled from [[this thread|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libdlo/2011-June/000928.html]]. + * [[X FrameBuffer Driver|http://git.plugable.com/webdav/xf86-video-fbdev/]]. Standard X driver updated to use [[DisplayLink|DisplayLink]] devices. + * [[X DisplayLink Driver|http://git.plugable.com/webdav/xf-video-udlfb/]]. X driver just for [[DisplayLink|DisplayLink]] devices. + * [[Kernel DisplayLink Driver|http://otb-sources.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pds/udlfb-kmod/]] from Google Code. + * Or use the driver shipped with kernel 2.6.38 or more recent. + * Older drivers and locations: + * [[udlfb|http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree;f=drivers/staging/udlfb;h=9f4cb8c01d7cc9235b76a603eebe2c7b77642f4c;hb=HEAD]] is the original displaylink kernel framebuffer driver, without dynamic mode support and a few minor features, but fully functional and present in kernel versions 2.6.31 and later, and enabled by default in some recent distros (Ubuntu 9.10). + * [[displaylink-mod]] is a updated branch of the udlfb driver by the same author (Roberto) + * [[displaylinkfb]] is a new branch written by Jaya Kumar, targeted at embedded via defio and no in-kernel shadow framebuffer, which uses the standard fbdev X servers + * [[xf86-driver-displaylink]] X Server written by Roberto which works with both udlfb and displaylink-mod * OpenBSD - * [[udl|udl]] OpenBSD kernel text and graphics console driver - * [[xf86-driver-wsudl|xf86-driver-wsudl]] X driver for OpenBSD's udl(4) driver using the wscons(4) framework. + * [[udl]] OpenBSD kernel text and graphics console driver + * [[xf86-driver-wsudl]] X driver for OpenBSD's udl(4) driver using the wscons(4) framework. * Android - * There is a port of the open source for Android 1.6 [[here|https://github.com/magoroku15/DisplayLink-driver-for-android]] + * There is a port of the open source for Android 1.6 [[here|https://github.com/magoroku15/DisplayLink-driver-for-android]] # Specific Devices -* [[DeviceQuirks|DeviceQuirks]] for specific [[DisplayLink|DisplayLink]] devices +* [[DeviceQuirks]] for specific [[DisplayLink]] devices # Working Devices & Screens from Users @@ -77,25 +76,27 @@ This library will discover and connect to DisplayLink USB graphics chips and all libdlo currently supports the DisplayLink DL-120 and DL-160 ([[DL-1x0 Family|http://www.displaylink.com/displaylink_hardware.html]], "Alex") and the DL-125, DL-165, and DL-195 ([[DL-1x5 Family|http://www.displaylink.com/displaylink_hardware.html]], "Ollie") chips. -For a list of products that use DisplayLink technology, please visit [[http://displaylink.com/shop|http://displaylink.com/shop]]. +For a list of products that use DisplayLink technology, please visit <http://displaylink.com/shop>. ## Download libdlo * Most recent released version: [[libdlo-0.1.2.tar.gz|http://people.freedesktop.org/~berniet/libdlo-0.1.2.tar.gz]] -* Working version (git): [[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libdlo/|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libdlo/]] +* Working version (git): <http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libdlo/> + To get a high level view of what libdlo provides, please see [[the PDF guide|http://people.freedesktop.org/~berniet/Guide-v104.pdf]] ## Using libdlo * Install a compatible libusb version (0.13) - * on ubuntu - "sudo apt-get install libusb-dev" +* on ubuntu, `sudo apt-get install libusb-dev` * Plug in a [[DisplayLink|DisplayLink]] USB device To start the build process, open a shell prompt and run - * $ ./configure && sudo make install && make check -"Make check" will do some basic drawing on one of the attached [[DisplayLink|DisplayLink]] devices. If you hit errors during configure, try installing the autotools and libtool packages. + $ ./configure && sudo make install && make check + +"Make check" will do some basic drawing on one of the attached [[DisplayLink]] devices. If you hit errors during configure, try installing the autotools and libtool packages. Please see the README in the distribution for more details. @@ -104,9 +105,9 @@ Please see the README in the distribution for more details. Discussion regarding libdlo or DisplayLink support for Linux should use [[the libdlo mailing list on freedesktop.org|http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libdlo/]] or the [[DisplayLink open source forum|http://displaylink.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29]] -Please report bugs and submit patches to libdlo through [[FreeDesktop.org Bugzilla|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/]]. Submit new bugs through the following page: [[http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libdlo|http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libdlo]]. +Please report bugs and submit patches to libdlo through [[FreeDesktop.org Bugzilla|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/]]. Submit new bugs through the following page: <http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libdlo>. -To follow libdlo specific changes and news on twitter, please visit [[http://twitter.com/libdlo|http://twitter.com/libdlo]] +To follow libdlo specific changes and news on twitter, please visit <http://twitter.com/libdlo>. # About DisplayLink and DisplayLink USB Graphics Technology |