Multi-Monitor Madness
Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Bernie Thompson in Windows
This is an older video from NetworkWorld.TV showing an earlier iteration of the DisplayLink technology we use at Plugable.
A few things that have evolved since the video:
* Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac support
* Open Source exists for programming the DisplayLink chips
* It’s hard to find monitors with DisplayLink integrated, but it’s easy to find the adapters that work with any monitor (like our UGA-2K-A, which uses the DisplayLink DL-195 chip)
* The video showed an adapter with only VGA out. Our provides the more flexible DVI out, and includes simple, passive DVI->VGA and DVI->HDMI adapters which work transparently.
* The video doesn’t talk about resolutions, but the newest chips like the DisplayLink DL-195 can hit higher resolutions and/or have higher quality motion video playback at lower resolutions.
And it’s still the best and easiest way to outfit a cool bat cave.
X.Org Server 1.8 Release Candidate 2
Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by Bernie Thompson in UGA-2K-A
X.Org has announced RC2 of the 1.8 server release for Linux and other *nix operating systems. 1.8 contains several new features and configuration capabilities that will form the foundation of future USB multiseat work. In effect, USB multiseat has been waiting for this work to stabilize and get into the distros (of which Fedora 13 will be one of the first).
You can read more about the new 1.8 configuration features which multiseat will use at Peter Hutterer’s blog.
And read more about the RC itself at Phoronix
DisplayLink Snow Leopard 64-bit Support in Beta
Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by Bernie Thompson in UGA-2K-A
DisplayLink has just released an updated beta OS X driver with Snow Leopard 64-bit support.
Previously, Snow Leopard users had to be careful to stick with a 32-bit kernel to use DisplayLink devices. This driver removes that limitation.
The beta drivers are available from DisplayLink here: http://displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268
These drivers work on all of Plugable’s laptop docking and graphics adapter products (UD-160-A and UGA-2K-A). Note that this driver is still in beta, and has limitations which are noted below in DisplayLink’s release notes.
DisplayLink Mac OS X Software Release: External Release Note
Version: 1.6b1 (23745)
Date: 18th March 2010
Improvements over the DisplayLink Mac OS X Software 1.5 release
* Snow Leopard (64 Bit) Support
More information on how to use this software can be found in the Mac OS X User Guide found on the DisplayLink website (http://www.displaylink.com/mac)
Supported Operating Systems
The DisplayLink software can be installed on any Intel-based desktop
or laptop Apple Mac computer running client versions of Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 (32 and 64 bit versions), Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 and Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11.
Note that at the time of writing these were the latest available versions of Mac OS X tested against.
Supported Mac platforms
This software supports all Intel-based Macs. It does not support Power-PC based Macs.
Known Issues
This is a DisplayLink driver release that supports 2D acceleration on Mac OS X platforms. This software has some limitations:
* No 3D (OpenGL) acceleration – some features of Mac OS X applications that require hardware OpenGL
acceleration, such as Keynote presentations and iPhoto slideshows, will not function properly.
* Colour calibration does not work with DisplayLink enabled displays on Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.2
Note: Applications that require Quartz OpenGL hardware acceleration support will likely exhibit problems with this version of DisplayLink software. Some problems can be avoided by making sure the DisplayLink display is not set to be the main display (the display with the menu bar) If an application refuses to launch when a DisplayLink display is present, try to disconnect all the DisplayLink displays, then launch it and then reconnect the displays.
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