USB to DVI adapter support

[sandhuatala]

Hi,

I have a USB to DVI adapter lying around and was wondering if I can use that to turn PP-Pro into a photo-frame engine for my LCD TV?

The USB-DVI adapter in question is the Kensington K33928US. It seems to have the DisplayLink DL-195 chipset. Opensource drivers here:
http://libdlo.freedesktop.org/wiki/

Thanks!

[Sarath]

This is good idea. If we can support such devices, we can eliminate the issues with bad installs.. Because a display will be available to troubleshoot

[WarheadsSE]

the display such as this would not hold the console. Thus, no, it wouldn't help for that. Serial console are great for this *exact* reason. Especially since the stage0 bootloader uses it.

[Kurlon]

I've been using a SiS based USB video adapter so far with moderate success. In console/VT mode it's a touch flakey, for X it's fine. The SiS can be used as a console with the right kernel boot args, but it's only viable once the kernel is loaded so it wouldn't help with uBoot issues, etc.

[WarheadsSE]

90% of issues with oxnas boards are in uboot or prior to module loading. Network connectivity, sure, if it loads all the way up, can be troubleshooted...