Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-sisusb
[Problem]
The USB2VGA2 device from StarTech.com works when manually configured but does
not automatically detect when X boots.
[Configuration]
Manual configuration requires adding a section like this in xorg.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "SiS USB2VGA"
VendorName "SiS" # Value does not matter
BoardName "SiS" # Value does not matter
Driver "sisusb"
# BusID: Does not matter if you have only one USB2VGA dongle.
# If you have more than one, you can specify the device node
# name or the device number here.
#BusID "USB:/dev/sisusbvga0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "SiS USB2VGA"
Monitor "Generic"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
The challenge is, the X.org video device autodetection operates against
devices attached to the PCI Bus, but this connects to the USB bus. So
it's not as trivial as adding some pciids to the xserver.
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0711:0900 Magic Control Technology Corp. SVGA Adapter
** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-sisusb (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist
Status: Triaged
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USB2VGA2 device not autodetected at boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520585
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