Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.in-chemnitz.de!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Brian Sammon Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: USB3 Monitors Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 04:40:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Sun Feb 26 03:34:54 2017 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.62 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FOURLA=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -7 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.fm; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=mU8exrxq7JK+S3X g/kZM5ViThH8=; b=WwA+q15z8WZlXLW3GKMPL0YGuzBKd0jZuBbZWXrT/1EkZe5 nPbWsXweLbR8+HV45Eyjo7HisFDYfvPP6iGp6AHZW63fCvLFunESbKM4ASvsy78q csg1OkDfxloU+BcuQkKsB9GmfiP6ojpFohSieBZ/qxMCDi+MuR+QmXGVG4WA= Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s= smtpout; bh=mU8exrxq7JK+S3Xg/kZM5ViThH8=; b=SRy2YA4xyiN3qBAybgEg KdIG+OfIG2VWp7m9SWE2RgFWWrEHlowmZ8IbWEvVDE3+xMImAQe6PY/P7aNaZVAS X18GQ6n2QSbC3yCfRDNV7MUYy3D4DV23QYbMxW+TwpH6C35P0soPrtvuLpkbf2ii tVMgucVDuFs0OkBGwrjHkkY= X-Me-Sender: X-Sasl-Enc: yfRsaDHUl6/ursC4GKJIgUpcDOhr5m57ctuQ7ytJpD4u 1488080069 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; i486-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/717786 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20170225223358.c206f53e8d34ae578d211378@brisammon.fastmail.fm Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 13 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 22:33:58 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <20170225223358.c206f53e8d34ae578d211378@brisammon.fastmail.fm> X-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:178177 On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:56:39 -0500 Carl Fink wrote: > Does anyone know whether Debian (or the kernel in general, I guess) > supports USB3 monitors? A quick web search finds no mention of it, if As far as I am aware, video-over-USB is "displaylink". Including "displaylink" in your web search may provide results > (I want to do this at least largely to get a > super-low-power-consumption system. USB3 monitors use as little as 5 > watts when in active use and even less in standby.) You may want to consider USB-powered monitors that use a more traditional video connection (such as HDMI). I've been using a GeChic USB-powered HDMI monitor and I've been happy with it. It pulls 2 amps off of USB.