It's perhaps worth being crystal clear, since I am familiar with all three handsets. There is no support (in hardware) for external monitors (MHL, slimport, HDMI, other) in:
BQ Aquaris E4.5 BQ Aquaris E5 Meizu MX4 The same is true for both the Android & Ubuntu editions of these handsets. J On 6 November 2015 at 09:46, Kevin Gunn <kevin.g...@canonical.com> wrote: > I think the best response I can provide is a video from our own Stephen > Webb at UoS a couple of days ago. > > > http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22609/supporting-legacy-applications-on-ubuntu-personal/ > > br,kg > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:29 AM, Liam <liam_philp...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Kevin, >> >> Great reply - really clear information. >> >> Another aspect of convergence that I'm interested in is running XMir, or >> X-compatible applications. Will this be part of OTA-8, or any subsequent >> OTA update? And will the BQ E4.5 have sufficient power/resources to support >> this? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Liam. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 03:18:57 -0600 >> From: kevin.g...@canonical.com >> To: peter.bitt...@gmx.net >> CC: ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Convergence (current status for bq devices) >> >> >> Hi, >> It's probably important for me to state first and foremost, our >> unity8/mir releases contain the same code across all of our supported >> devices. This code is in our the latest images (rc-proposed that is...iirc >> we _just_ missed the cutoff for stable/OTA7). The 2 primary features are >> this 1) attaching a bluetooth mouse will put unity8 into windowed mode >> (regardless of external monitor). 2) attaching an external monitor is >> supported by the software (and will also put unity8 into windowed mode). >> All of this will just be part of OTA8. >> >> Besides the software, there is of course a hardware aspect to these >> features. For a cabled external monitor, I can only speak to Nexus4 & Nexus >> 7(2013) which have support for slimport (not MHL, they are similar but >> different specs). And it's been confirmed on this mailing list before, MX4 >> & BQE4.5 do not have slimport or MHL. As for your BQE5, I am not familiar >> but would suspect the same wrt slimport and MHL. >> And as for your bluetooth mouse connection issue with your BQE5, I can't >> speak to that capability, maybe a bug? or maybe someone else knows... >> >> As for releasing a 15.10 based image, there's no plan to do so. And we're >> still releasing all of our features into stable-phone-overlay ppa on top of >> 15.04 - so in reality the 15.04+overlay is "more current" than 15.10 as >> 15.10 has been closed/frozen for some time now. And what little differs >> between 15.10 and 15.04+overlay is largely irrelevant for phone. >> >> br,kg >> >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Peter Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net> >> wrote: >> >> I have difficulties finding out the current status of convergence. >> >> There have been a few videos and photos around on YouTube, Google+, >> OMG!Ubuntu, Ubuntu Wiki, but I've found no official roadmap or release >> date for an Ubuntu Touch release with convergence features enabled in >> general (on any device). Even worse, on OMG!Ubuntu a commenter >> mentions having been told by a Canonical representative that >> convergence will never be available for bq Aquaris (4.5) devices: >> """ >> "The guy in charge of phone development at Canonical UK told me >> recently that you won't be able to 'converge' your Aquaris. For one >> thing the E4.5 isn't able to support MHL. It just doesn't have the >> required hardware to run as a desktop." >> """ >> See below for some sources. >> >> Also, I've just bought a MHL micro USB to HDMI adapter [1], which >> works great for attaching USB pen drives, but when I try to attach >> either a wireless keyboard and mouse [2], or an external monitor to my >> bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition (latest OTA, 15.04, r6, VEGETEA01A-...) >> nothing happens. Attaching a bluetooth mouse [3] to the phone isn't >> supported yet either; same for the bluetooth keyboard of my kids' Kano >> device. At least on the stock image updated over the air. >> >> So,what is actually true? Will Ubuntu Touch on our devices be capable >> to do convergence, say, with the next OTA update? When can we expect >> convergence to work for all devices by default? Is there a status page >> or roadmap somewhere? >> >> (BTW, just noted that my phone runs 15.04; will the next OTA bring 15.10?) >> >> Peter >> >> -- >> Videos, images, posts on convergence: >> - https://plus.google.com/+DanielWood/posts/BUTLNA7EpEA >> - https://plus.google.com/+DanielWood/posts/9pxKKAsiz5w >> - >> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/02/new-video-shows-off-ubuntu-convergence-demoed-on-tablet-phone >> - >> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/first-ubuntu-phone-with-convergence-is-being-made-by-bq >> - >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/Presentations?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Ubuntu-touch-the-super-smartphone-convergence.pdf >> >> [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xcsource+5in1+AC148&t=canonical&ia=products >> [2] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rapoo+e9100p&t=canonical&iac=1 >> [3] >> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=logitech+ultrathin+toch+mouse&t=canonical&ia=products >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : >> ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : >> https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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