From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 20 15:08:57 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 266C690B for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:08:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD8DFCC for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:08:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r3KF8n1Q094273; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:08:49 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) with ESMTP id r3KF8nY5094270; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:08:49 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:08:49 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk Subject: Re: FreeBSD USB Monitor Usage In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:08:49 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:08:57 -0000 On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > Dears All , > > There are USB monitors , such as : > > http://us.aoc.com/monitor_displays/e2251fwu > > > > In FreeBSD , is there a possibility to attach such monitors for displays ? A small possibility. There was a thread in 2011 about getting DisplayLink drivers to compile. As far as I know, USB monitors and external USB/DVI/VGA adapters both use DisplayLink. > My intention is to use Three such monitors to display > > . stdin > . stdout > . stderr > > input - output values , with the regular display monitor in graphics mode > such as KDE4 . Alternatively, that output could be sent out over serial ports. But I think an easier and more reliable way would be to set up named pipes and netcat or something similar to send it to three different windows on another computer.