FreeBSD USB Monitor Usage

[Mehmet Erol Sanliturk]

On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> 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<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