Depending on how the setup is configured via /etc/X11/nf, you then either have only the external display (Pandora's display is black), or a combination of both, with the desktop spanning both screens (you can move windows across both screens or even make a window span both screens).Ĭloning the Pandora's 800x480 screen to the external display is also said to be possible, but I couldn't make that work yet. You plug in the DisplayLink adapter, then reboot the Pandora (or at least restart the X server).
#FRY VGA TO DVI CONVERTER TV#
for text processing, only very little data has to be transmitted and only little CPU power is needed.īut for movies and games, the TV Out interface is very suitable. DisplayLink compresses the image data losslessly, mainly based on avoiding to transfer data of parts of the image that did not change. What's not really possible with DisplayLink is watching movies or playing most games, as the USB interface's bandwidth does now allow for too much movement on the screen. A complete USB docking station! )Īlso, it would allow to connect a projector and do presentations with the Pandora. At home one would probably simply connect a USB hub to the Pandora, and the hub would connect all at once: DisplayLink, keyboard, mouse, maybe network. Works very nicely on the Pandora's USB OTG port with an OTG adapter.
(btw: if you're wondering: The external keyboard/touchpad combination on this photo is a Speedlink SL-6498-SBK FUTURA, using 2.4GHz wireless technology. This, together with using an external keyboard and mouse, makes working on the Pandora at home almost a desktop-PC-like experience. I used a 17" VGA TFT display with 1280x1024 pixels. It can use resolutions far beyond the Pandora's 800x480 pixels. The method described here should in theory make any DisplayLink compatible adapter work.ĭisplayLink is a technology allowing to drive a DVI or VGA display connected (via the DisplayLink adapter) to the USB port of a computer. Thanks to Linux-SWAT helping me a lot, I could make my DisplayLink adapter work with the Pandora under Slackware (SL4P). Direct link to DisplayLink tutorial in the Wiki: