USB LCD's and Linux

[Darryl Moore]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:36:25AM -0800, Tyler Aviss wrote:
>> Does anyone know of any USB LCD's that work well with Linux.
>> Preferably of the touchscreen variety.
>> They don't need to be USB-powered (though that would be cool), but
>> they should be able to work without a VGA/DVI cable so I can use them
>> with something like a ShivaPlug, etc.
> 
> Well there are lots of LCD monitors with touch support out there,
> although I suspect most use VGA or DVI for the video and serial or usb
> for the touch screen.
> 
> USB to VGA adapters do exist, and linux has drivers for the sis315/net2280
> based ones.
> 
> I guess combining a usb hub + LCD touch screen + usb2vga adapter would
> get the job done.
> 


I suspect he is refering to something more along this line:
http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/index-usb.html
though I don't know for sure.
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