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[Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can do it any way you want, even if its not designed to do it that way,
as long as it works

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sure, but its a machine. It will do what you say, however you say to do
> it. Can't you just format or optimize it however you want and convert it
> back again on the way out? An extreme example would be a plain text file
> with "pixel address: color" being thrown through everything. It doesn't
> have to be just one format. The more outlandish the better in my mind.
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Rodney Dawes <rodney.dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Nope.
>>
>> As was already mentioned, the only possibility for such devices which
>> lack MHL support, is to use something like Miracast or other wireless
>> video streaming, when support for it lands in Ubuntu.
>>
>> You can't add MHL to a device which doesn't have hardware support for
>> it, in the same way you can't add Bluetooth LE support to a device whith
>> doesn't have the hardware for it.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 21:49 -0500, Eric Holmi wrote:
>> > 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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