From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 20 17:25:49 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 691CC79A for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:25:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vb0-x230.google.com (mail-vb0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c02::230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 231A874C for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:25:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f48.google.com with SMTP id p13so4582243vbe.7 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:25:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nNmSsj8jnmv9Xngr6PXgnkcJpHS4bMeBPL1Osk9xo6Y=; b=L7gVU+WywwaOokrpyV475vGteUQzTbu/EnhfHB1eQq17OgkhnWCTeIwScsqGScJrFx C27ZEzCl31hv1xUrhC343nWf7zUgPA9DZ8/y2e0lpbf0SPpZ/3T9YY67znRR9x+Vu/Mn QcZkNhLyf4CbCMuaOU0d4aUJGJqs+vTKUQ3qb4QgQDEIA3NI9ryEWPPwXGob9GKqqAj6 GTkqUurOJ/NA/TqV8tTvfBhOoLpWPoAH+qvXY8q5ApppeuFYU5SUGVTDp/0bALAVYFg8 p/+BeXJxGqSa4NQ9Vi4sh46/pi9kpXijtr8y7dhi5K6JTuheIMAWOCjNIqFTNWEGKiGJ SEBg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.210.162 with SMTP id mv2mr14988215vec.11.1366478747487; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:25:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.132.203 with HTTP; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:25:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:25:47 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD USB Monitor Usage From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 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 17:25:49 -0000 On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Warren Block wrote: > 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. This requires another computer ( disadvantage ) but it is good for storing messages for further processing ( advantage ) . > 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. > Are there any links to documents about how to pipe stdin , stdout , and stderr outputs to such a sender - receiver facility before starting X by "startx" ? If we can use USB to VGA adapters , it will be easy and also old monitors ( or cheap LCD monitors ) may be used without requiring another computer . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk