On an opensuse 12.1 box lsb_release -id Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX Description: openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64) uname -a Linux Heady 3.1.0-1.2-default #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 14:45:45 UTC 2011 (187dde0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux i've attached a DisplayLink USB2->DVI video adapter i setup my xorg.conf.d/* cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf Section "Device" Identifier "DisplayLinkDevice" Driver "fbdev" Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb1" EndSection cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-screen.conf Section "Screen" Identifier "DisplayLinkScreen" Device "DisplayLinkDevice" Monitor "DisplayLinkMonitor" DefaultDepth 24 EndSection cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf Section "Monitor" Identifier "DisplayLinkMonitor" EndSection and rebooted. the driver's loaded dmesg | grep -i udlfb [ 14.241338] udlfb: DisplayLink Plugable UGA-2K-A - serial #312230 [ 14.339302] udlfb: vid_17e9&pid_0378&rev_0106 driver's dlfb_data struct at ffff880134a7f800 [ 14.375887] udlfb: console enable=0 [ 14.402193] udlfb: fb_defio enable=0 [ 14.428749] udlfb: vendor descriptor length:22 data:22 5f 01 0020 05 00 01 03 00 04 [ 14.462618] udlfb: DL chip limited to 2360000 pixel modes [ 14.491899] udlfb: allocated 4 65024 byte urbs [ 14.599316] udlfb: 1280x1024 valid mode [ 14.624128] udlfb: 720x400 valid mode [ 14.647974] udlfb: 640x480 valid mode [ 14.671263] udlfb: 640x480 valid mode [ 14.693878] udlfb: 800x600 valid mode [ 14.715949] udlfb: 800x600 valid mode [ 14.737726] udlfb: 1024x768 valid mode [ 14.759291] udlfb: 1024x768 valid mode [ 14.780310] udlfb: 1280x1024 valid mode [ 14.801274] udlfb: 1152x864 valid mode [ 14.821961] udlfb: 1280x1024 valid mode [ 14.842592] udlfb: Reallocating framebuffer. Addresses will change! [ 14.870615] udlfb: 1280x1024 valid mode [ 14.890905] udlfb: set_par mode 1280x1024 [ 14.923984] udlfb: DisplayLink USB device /dev/fb1 attached. 1280x1024 resolution. Using 5120K framebuffer memory [ 14.957449] usbcore: registered new interface driver udlfb lsmod | grep udl udlfb 27183 0 fb_sys_fops 12667 1 udlfb sysimgblt 12806 1 udlfb sysfillrect 12901 1 udlfb syscopyarea 12596 1 udlfb usbcore 220642 5 udlfb,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd the device is created ls -al /dev/fb* crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 0 Dec 22 15:08 /dev/fb0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 1 Dec 22 15:08 /dev/fb1 and hwinfo recognizes it, hwinfo ... P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-7/graphics/fb1 N: fb1 E: UDEV_LOG=3 E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-7/graphics/fb1 E: MAJOR=29 E: MINOR=1 E: DEVNAME=/dev/fb1 E: SUBSYSTEM=graphics E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:7 E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_00_1d_7-usb-0_7 E: ID_FOR_SEAT=graphics-pci-0000_00_1d_7-usb-0_7 E: TAGS=:seat: ... 40: USB 00.0: 0000 Unclassified device [Created at usb.122] Unique ID: X7GA.qsl26+uBgj4 Parent ID: k4bc.9T1GDCLyFd9 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0 SysFS BusID: 1-7:1.0 Hardware Class: unknown Model: "DisplayLink Plugable UGA-2K-A" Hotplug: USB Vendor: usb 0x17e9 "DisplayLink" Device: usb 0x0378 "Plugable UGA-2K-A" Revision: "1.06" Serial ID: "312230" Driver: "udlfb" Driver Modules: "udlfb" Speed: 480 Mbps Module Alias: "usb:v17E9p0378d0106dc00dsc00dp00icFFisc00ip00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: udlfb is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe udlfb" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #38 (Hub) ... at my monitor, i see the fabled "green screen", whicu iiuc means the adapter's live, but have managed to get no further; no display of anything other than the green screen :-/ what's missing, or wrong, in my 12.1 config to get this working? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org