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[Bug 1176239] Re: Add SMSC x.org drivers for USB3 display adapters

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Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 04:21:43 -0000
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[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  Add SMSC x.org drivers for USB3 display adapters

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  There are some USB3 docking stations or USB3 to HDMI (or alike)
  adapters based on UFX7000 chipset by SMSC -
  http://www.smsc.com/Technologies/ViewSpan/UFX7000/Download

  I have one adapter branded by Gembird. Compared to DisplayLink - there are drivers and it even can work on Linux (DisplayLink drivers exist only for older USB2 chipsets). There are some problems.
  - The Xorg driver is available only on SMSC website
  - you won'tdownload it untill they let you in, and to do that you have to give a lot of valid company data and hope they will accept it
  - their packages are dated from 2011 so may become incompatible with modern systems

  
  The release notes mention Ubuntu LTS 10.04 and Centos/RHEL 6 as tested and supported. You get RPMs and DEBs:
  xf86-video-smsc_1.0.2.1-20111206_amd64.deb
  xf86-video-smsc_1.0.2.1-20111206_i386.deb
  viewspan_1.0.2.1-1_amd64.deb
  viewspan_1.0.2.1-1_i386.deb

  I managed it to work from LTS LiveCD. On my current 13.04 desktop
  xrandr prevents it from working (release notes point out that their
  viewspan is incompatible with it) even when having Xinerama config in
  xorg.conf (the same thing worked from the LiveCD that does not have
  xrandr).

  So it would be nice if big Ubuntu would try to talk to them about
  making their drivers more available and more friendly with modern
  systems (and XRandr for plug and play without xorg.conf hacking).

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