As root, I did,
pacman -Syu
pacman -S git php sdcc make gcc
As a normal user I did,
git clone https://megous.com/git/pinephone-keyboard
cd pinephone-keyboard
make all

As root, I continued with
cp -a Downloads/pinephone-keyboard/build/* /usr/local/bin/
vi /etc/systemd/system/ppkb-i2c-inputd.service
and added,
[Unit]
Description=Pinephone Keyboard Service Daemon

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ppkb-i2c-inputd

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I had no need to blacklist kbd51
lsmod | grep kbd
gave nothing. I did see
pinephone_keyboard    16384  0
at the end of lsmod.
I enabled the new systemd service.
systemctl enable ppkb-i2c-inputd.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ppkb-i2c-inputd.service → /etc/systemd/system/ppkb-i2c-inputd.service.
The following did/showed nothing.
systemctl start ppkb-i2c-inputd
ps ax | grep ppkb
gave no match.
I rebooted and found the same results both above and below.

The following command (with the PPP out of and in the ppkb) generated a WARNING and an ERROR.
pkb-i2c-inputd
WARNING: I2C_RDWR failed (6)
ERROR: read_kb_reg(PPKB_SYS_CONFIG) failed: No such device or address

Having inserted the PPP into the ppkb, I found that charging works.
The keys do not work.
How may I obtain "such device or address"?

Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade Fedora from 37 to 38? I'm running Fedora 37 on an SD card. It's slow but it works.

The built in software manager GUI gives me an error when it tries to upgrade. 

I'll read up on the CLI method. I'm asking in case it isn't possible in this particular case or if someone has experience with it.

Thanks!

Hi guys - I did not touch my pinebook for a long time.
I turned it on today.  I am using the 4QOS.
I updated my Wifi password.

Opened the console did sudo apt update which could not find some things.  Then sudo apt upgrade which did not a thing.

So I said it sat too long.  I got the new Armbian - but the jammy and xfce on an SD card - it booted

How do I get it over to the EMMC?

Thanks

JWP

So a while back I managed to break the stock Neon OS when trying to switch from Plasma to something else. There was some change I did to systemctl and it broke it. It will boot to a command prompt. I set it aside and ignored it for a while.

I know Neon has been out of style for a while so I don't know how much effort I should put into fixing it, or should I just put something else on it?

I'm noticing that there isn't a nice list of "mainstream" Linux operating systems for it like there is for the Pinebook Pro, which sucks.

Is there an OS I can install onto it without it being to hacky to get it working? I just want something I can use instead of having to tinker with all the time.

At the moment I'm using NetBSD from a SD card but I have to use a different WiFi adapter.

Thanks!

Hello,

I followed this guide: https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv8...ner/pine64  to install arch on an sd card and then successfully booted to rock64, but I did the mistake and run "rm /boot/boot.scr" and now I'm unable to boot again.

After than I tried following again the same steps (from step 5-10) a couple of times but I always get the same result (when I boot all the leds are working and the the monitor does not display anything)

Any ideas on what is going on and how I can debug this?

Hi all,



So my main comp is starting(?) to die and repairing it is rated as "pain in the butt."  So alongside researching that, I'm also looking into a cheap daily driver.  Pinebook Pros sound like that, though I still have some questions.



How "snappy" is it? -  Right now I'm using a old Windows Tablet and it can barely handle Win10.  Its aggravating as all get out. 

• What I mean is say, when I try and load a website, is the only restriction my internet speed, or is there a the lack of RAM that gets in the way?
  
• And more broadly, how quickly do the usual suspects, (like firefox, libreoffice, the music player,) load?
  

• Is there any lag to characters appearing on the screen?
  
• double presses/ignored presses?
  

• do the keys feel logical? I've had laptops for years and never got used to the layout.
     Not this one!  An old HP I had.
• backlit?
     A high hope for something so inexpensive, but I do enjoy them.

• Does Discord have a reliable distribution for it?
  
• Does Steam run at all?
  
• Itchio etc?
  

I recently flashed the current build from July 2nd on my emmc since I had issues lately after updating.
When I switch the phone on now, there appears a screen showing 'Mobian' which I have to select to continue booting. 

Is that meant to be a multi boot option?
If so, can I omit that screen somehow as long as there's one OS only?
On the other hand, how would I add an OS?

Thanks in advance for clarification

In this article we’ll boot a tiny bit of Apache NuttX RTOS on the Star64 64-bit RISC-V Single-Board Computer. (Based on StarFive JH7110 SoC)

(1) Migrate NuttX RTOS from QEMU Emulator to Star64
(2) Print to the Serial Console in RISC-V Assembly
(3) Trick U-Boot Bootloader into thinking we’re Linux
(4) Downgrade from Machine to Supervisor Privilege Level
(5) Helped by OpenSBI Supervisor Interface

Check out the article:

Apache NuttX RTOS on RISC-V: Star64 JH7110 SBC

Pipewire lets me use the new snapshot camera app. Yay! That's about where the fun ends.

For those considering a switch to pipewire, it looks like it gets a camera working, but neither of my smart speakers work even on the latest master of pipewire and they both worked fine with pulseaudio: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/...ssues/3340 , https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/...ssues/3210

And unfortunately the call audio does seem very messed up on the latest master :/


The audio routing on this is a mess and it seems like pipewire doesn't like it. For example, it does not switch correctly to the earpiece when placing a call and there tends to be distortion that I did not have in pulse.

If I can't get that to work reliably I'll have to switch back and give up the convenient camera...

My solution for now is to place a call to 804-222-1111 each boot to initialize the call audio pipeline, toggle speakerphone a few times until the audio comes out of the earpiece (speakerphone is always horribly distorted). The first call will not switch to the earpiece and the audio will be bad. In the second call, the echo test will be horribly distorted. To make sure people can hear me, I need to call a third time to confirm that the audio comes out of the earpiece and I am audible from the echo test.

With pulseaudio, the call pipeline just worked most of the time, though barely. This seems to break it. And with pipewire and bluetooth headphones or an airplay device (even though those don't work, even if they're present in the graph), it will just never work.

I'm not sure if this is an issue with the UCM audio routing on the PPP or with pipewire and have no idea where to file it, but it's a huge usability problem!

Suggestions welcome. I am running Manjaro ARM with Phosh and the latest updates.

The title sounds negative but I say it with humor. Just to set my expectations, I'm currently using an F1 Orchid by Sunbeam Wireless. It's a flip phone and my phone before that was a iPhone 12 Mini. So I've already gone through the stage of losing essentially all smartphone functionality and on top of that, because the flip phone I use is from a niche manufacturer, I've even experienced the joys of carrier whitelists. So really, the only expectation I have is that the PPP function as a phone. I need it to be able to consistently receive calls and SMS/MMS whether suspended or not. Any particular US carrier recommended for best compatibility? Which OS/DE is most recommended currently for my purposes? I've looked at past threads but none seem current or answer the questions I have. My plan was to use pmOS with KDE as my ideal scenario but I could get used to GNOME or Phosh if needed. I plan on flashing the FOSS firmware for the modem as reports seem to indicate it improves the experience.

How is the software development progressing and where can I contribute monetarily? I looked at pmOS but they aren't interested in such donations.