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Support for USB to VGA device

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I'm think of buying a USB to VGA device as the VGA output port on my laptop doesn't work so I can't use an external monitor or other such device. The item I'm thinking of purchasing needs drivers to make it work in XP & comes with such as disk. Does anyone know if it'll work with Helena (Mint 8 )?
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Re: Support for USB to VGA device

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http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 61&start=0
http://forums.linuxmint.com/search.php
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian ... river.html

It might depend on the device brand/model#
http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=1066.0
http://www.startech.com/item/SV215MICUS ... Audio.aspx
  • --another method KVM switch
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Re: Support for USB to VGA device

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Thanks DrHu, I already have a KVM switch but the issue is the VGA out connection on the laptop doesn't work so the KVM makes no difference. I bought the device & of course it works with XP but naturally when I re-boot to LinuxMint I get nothing on the external monitor.

The device is a StarTech USB2VGAE2, if anyone has any suggestions......

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