Comments for Tech Rantings from a Michigan Techie

Comment on Mutli-monitor on the go, DisplayLink usb monitor by mitechie

mitechie — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:03:39 +0000

I had this issue but I found that I had to get everything ready and then reboot. So I just deal with the reboot process vs restarting X. With the SSD isn’t not horrible since I don’t do it all the time.

To enable this I’ve got a little script I use:
#!/bin/sh -e

if [ -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf ]
then
echo “Removing xorg.conf file”
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.usb
else
echo “Setting xorg.conf file”
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.usb /etc/X11/xorg.conf
fi

What you could do is run a check and sed against the xorg.conf file when you run it with the right fbX device.

Comment on Mutli-monitor on the go, DisplayLink usb monitor by Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:58:51 +0000

I have a question. I tried your config file the first time and it didn’t work. I looked up in dmeg and saw that my usb was in /dev/fb1, I adjust the config file and started x backup. and then I rebooted later and the usb was loaded in /dev/fb0 instead.

Anyway, I can make the script point to the right one when loaded?

Comment on Mutli-monitor on the go, DisplayLink usb monitor by mitechie

mitechie — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:49:52 +0000

Thanks for the heads up John. The service had a hardware failure and should be back up by this weekend. The backups are being restored. Sorry, I don’t have the links anywhere else.

Comment on Mutli-monitor on the go, DisplayLink usb monitor by john

john — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:43:55 +0000

The link to for setting it up does not work, can you re-post the link? or show how you did it?

Comment on Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day: My Loco! by Tushar Kumar

Tushar Kumar — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:57:30 +0000

Nice

Comment on Mutli-monitor on the go, DisplayLink usb monitor by mitechie

mitechie — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:07:31 +0000

Yea, I think so. In the links I followed to get this running, the default “sample” xorg file in the xorg displaylink package actually lists 4 of them. The key is the number of usb ports. I also saw that while the monitor comes with a dual usb port cable, it might not always be necessary to use both. So if I had the $$ it’d be cool to try it out with 3 of these, one on each of my usb ports.

Comment on Mutli-monitor on the go, DisplayLink usb monitor by Jorge Castro (@castrojo)

Jorge Castro (@castrojo) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:05:00 +0000

Think this is possible with 2 displays? Because you know, 3 is better than 2.

Comment on Been a good summer, fitness, woodworking, and new job coming soon… by Greg

Greg — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:48:24 +0000

Rock on, Rick!

Comment on Been a good summer, fitness, woodworking, and new job coming soon… by Craig Maloney

Craig Maloney — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:14:58 +0000

You are an inspiration to all of us. You rock!

Comment on Been a good summer, fitness, woodworking, and new job coming soon… by Matt Davis (@mattsonlyattack)

Matt Davis (@mattsonlyattack) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:42:21 +0000

Awesome news, congrats on the gig and the weight loss – neither are easy undertakings!