How to get Lilliput USB monitor working?

Question

Okay, I just got a Lilliput 7" USB Monitor:

_{(source: thinkgeek.com)}

Unfortunately, I am having some trouble getting it to work in Ubuntu.

It is a DisplayLink device, so it should work in Ubuntu.

Here is the output of lsusb:

...
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 17e9:02a9 Newnham Research
...

I modified my xorg.conf file to accommodate the device.

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildd@yellow)  Fri Apr  9 11:51:21 UTC 2010
nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Fri Mar 12 02:12:40 PST 2010
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "DisplayLinkScreen" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen0" RightOf "DisplayLinkScreen"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier     "Mouse0"
Driver         "mouse"
Option         "Protocol" "auto"
Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier     "Keyboard0"
Driver         "kbd"

EndSection
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LPL"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh     60.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "BenQ T705"
    HorizSync       31.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 76.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8400M GS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8400M GS"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection
#################################################
Section "Files"
ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
ModulePath      "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
ModulePath      "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers"
EndSection
############### DisplayLink Stuff ###############
Section "Device"
    Identifier      "DisplayLinkDevice"
    driver          "displaylink"
    Option  "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier      "DisplayLinkMonitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
    Identifier      "DisplayLinkScreen"
    Device          "DisplayLinkDevice"
    Monitor         "DisplayLinkMonitor"
    DefaultDepth    16
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth   16
        Modes   "800×480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

All I get is a green screen.

Any tips or advice would be appreciated!

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Update: I discovered that X11 was having trouble finding the displaylink_drv.so module, so I fixed that. Then my XServer completely crashed. (Segmentation fault, I believe.)

Now I'm really confused.

Answer 1

It's actually working... and I all did was restore xorg.conf.backup. Weird. Oh well.

Answer 2

There is a quite detailed blog post from July 2010 - it certainly seems more complicated than it should be, and not quite a perfect outcome either.

Answer 3

Displaylink added Open Source on their support/feedback forum. DisplayLink drivers Open Source

I hope this will open up some better solutions and support for these DisplayLink USB displays.