Status update 2020-12-15

[HLing]

Also any chance of including python3-requests packages?

Given that you have full access to the debian repository, it is just an "apt install python3-requests" away...

I already have, but I'm coding an app that needs it.

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I noticed a problem on my install where it wouldn't charge no matter how low it gets, when I plug into a charger it does the sound for charging and then immediately stops charging. I just flashed my sdcard with 20201219 and the problem persists. I also noticed it will keep charging if the power is connected when shut down.

I plugged the phone into my laptop which charges just fine, but it also alters my routing table on my laptop so everything is routed via the phone, which is annoying.

The phone charger I have works in Ubuntu Touch so it's not a hardware thing.

 @evilbunny, I was surprised to find myself in the non-charging condition again this late in the game, and also that it was again fixed by doing this (from July 17, 2020):

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a-wai
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07-17-2020, 02:24 AM 
Charging still works fine for me, but I modded my HW, that may be why...

Try running the following command as root (not using sudo, you really need to log in as root) and reboot:
Code:

Code:

echo "blacklist anx7688" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

[dukla2000]

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What is the difference between a nightly image and the installer image?
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The installer installs a 20201215 Mobian image on an encrypted disk. It installs onto the same disk you run it from - e.g. I put the image on an SDcard and am now running Mobian from that SDcard with an encrypted disk. You can apt update/upgrade to get to the same status as the latest nightly. The only option I recall (other than a password for your disk encryption) is the password for the mobian user: for sure not worth using the installer as it is easier to use passwd command for that which also allows 4 digit PINs - the installer requires 5. But essential to use the installer if you want an encrypted disk!

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What is Megi's Kernel? I know this can go too technical but is someone can explain this with plain words...
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@megous  is the developer who has done the most low level spadework to get the bits of PinePhone hardware working with the Linux kernel - an index to his notes is here.

Megi tends to concentrate on the next version of the kernel, so while 5.10 was released on 14 December, when he gets back to work in January I imagine his efforts will concentrate on the 5.11 Release candidates. In the meantime e.g. Mobian is using a 5.9 kernel to try for the stability Debian is famous for and Arch has a 5.10 kernel if you want to get closer to the bleeding edge. So megi did his last development of the AXP power controller in his 5.10 kernel, and certainly his latest work to control the Quectel modem. As @a-wai explained he has taken a lot (most/all) of those changes aimed at the modem and built them into a userspace library.

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What is eg-25 manager? does it need to be installed using apt? Is this a user interface or something that works at the OS level?
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As far as I can see you get it automatically - it works on its own without needing any attention and you just benefit from megi's work (in a 5.10 kernel) in Mobian (with a 5.9 kernel) as a result of @a-wai work. It is doing "behind the scenes stuff" managing the modem as per the announcement post above.

Disclaimer: I hope my use of words/terminology/examples is OK - certainly nothing is meant to deny the efforts of lots of other folk. And any mistakes are not meant to be provocative - they are merely a reflection of my limited knowledge!!

[evilbunny]

Try running the following command as root (not using sudo, you really need to log in as root) and reboot:
Code:

Code:

echo "blacklist anx7688" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

That fixes the charging issue for me, thanks for that.

[Cree]

Hi, been a while since i tested mobian on my pp but can anyone explain why i cant use half the top drop down menu? Cant open wifi settings, for example; whereas rotate screen and brightness work fine. Last i ran Mobian the whole menu worked fine, this is new.

[dukla2000]

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• We finally created an on-device installer image, based on the awesome work from our friends at pmOS! This allows you to set the password of your choice instead of the default "1234" and, more importantly, it can be used to enable full disk encryption, which is a feature lots of people have been waiting for
  

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I am pleasantly surprised at the speed/smoothness of the encrypted disk version - running it on (an Evo+) SDcard for over a week without any hiccups and can't perceive any speed difference to Arch on the eMMC.

2 trivial observations:
1) The image needs console-setup package - apt moans until it gets it
2) The "Torch"icon in the pull-down status is greyed out - the Flashlight app works fine though.

Many thanks again to all the contributors

[dukla2000]

A quick note:
Just ran upgrade which pulled the 5.10 kernel. Ran out of space on /boot/ during the upgrade and got an error: temporarily moved initrd.img-5.9 off /boot/ and could get upgrade to complete fine.

[scott_VYuCAbn3k1NFK]

A quick note:
Just ran upgrade which pulled the 5.10 kernel. Ran out of space on /boot/ during the upgrade and got an error: temporarily moved initrd.img-5.9 off /boot/ and could get upgrade to complete fine.

I had to do the same, thanks for the post.

I have also found that megapixels is not working with the 5.10 kernel - are others having the same issue?

[marcih]

I have also found that megapixels is not working with the 5.10 kernel - are others having the same issue?

Just updated, can confirm: front camera viewfinder has that odd blue-ish hue that it always had, cannot switch to face camera (black screen no matter how long I wait), switching back again to the front camera doesn't get rid of the hue (like it would previously when switched to face camera and back).

@a-wai, can we get a hotfix pushed before the next month's update please?

[dukla2000]

I have also found that megapixels is not working with the 5.10 kernel - are others having the same issue?

Just updated, can confirm: ...

Yup - plenty problems with megapixels. Had a few more updates a couple of hours ago but as I write megapixels has variously black screen, hangs, wont swap between front/back etc.

[Juergen]

A quick note:
Just ran upgrade which pulled the 5.10 kernel. Ran out of space on /boot/ during the upgrade and got an error: temporarily moved initrd.img-5.9 off /boot/ and could get upgrade to complete fine.

The same happened to me, I deleted the old kernel by hand.
Additional I modified the 01autoremove file and commented 7 lines out
beginning with # NeverAutoRemove

sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove



I tested incoming calls for the last 3 weeks, the phone rings reliably after about 3 dials tones. Battery consumption in standby about 2% per hour.
@a-wai: was it only a problem of the modem-manager or anything additional?
they work on eg25-manager for Alpine Linux https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports...uests/1815