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[Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok. It just seems like there is some fancy way to do it. Maybe share GPU
ram with CPU or something?

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 9:47 PM, Rodney Dawes <rodney.dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> The phone images use Mir, Not Xorg.
>
> No, you can't bypass the lack of hardware by CPU magic. The pins on the
> chip are not wired up to support MHL. There is no way to enable MHL
> through software when there is no hardware to support it.
>
>
> On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 21:35 -0500, Eric Holmi wrote:
> > Ok. Now Im confused. How can there be graphics without a graphics or x
> > server? Besides, couldnt you use a CPU thread to bypass any hardware
> > limitations by routing the GPU's output through it, because the CPU
> > has access to everything?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Rodney Dawes
> > <rodney.dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >         There is no X server on the phone.
> >
> >         However, this issue is that the hardware is not enabled at the
> >         hardware
> >         level. There is no working around that in software.
> >
> >
> >         On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 19:45 -0500, Eric Holmi wrote:
> >         > Is there a potential work around to make the device send X
> >         server
> >         > output to both the micro USB and display simultaneously by
> >         modifying
> >         > the X server config files, or by modding the display
> >         configuration
> >         > files?
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Nathan Haines
> >         <nhaines@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >         > wrote:
> >         >         On 01/12/2016 04:21 PM, Wayne Ward wrote:
> >         >                 Can anyone tell me which cable / adapter id
> >         need to
> >         >                 buy to get my Bq 4.5
> >         >                 connect to hdmi monitor please Link would
> >         nice..
> >         >                 Wayne
> >         >
> >         >         The Ubuntu BQ and Meizu phones cannot connect to
> >         external
> >         >         displays.
> >         >
> >         >         --
> >         >         Nathan Haines
> >         >         Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com/
> >         >
> >         >
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