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Rainbow Plasma-Mobile on Mobian Trixie, task switcher issue
Posted by: pineconeuser - 01-02-2025, 09:21 AM - Forum: PinePhone Pro Software - No Replies

Recently upgraded my PPP to Mobian Trixie, and it is a major improvement. However under Plasma-Mobile the task switcher just brings up a black screen. You can use it "blind" but I was curious if anyone on this forum has the same issue or knows what it could be.

I am going to file a bug report upstream with plasma-mobile.

Also wanted to report that KDE Plasma-Mobile is SUPER snappy and feels really good on the PPP. I have been daily driving it under `stable/bookworm` for the past few months, and moving to Trixie feels like I just bought a new phone Big Grin


  Keyboard issue
Posted by: j0rs - 01-01-2025, 10:29 PM - Forum: General Discussion on Pinebook Pro - Replies (3)

Keyboard issue
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/47099-ke...are-issue/

Is there any chance to check if the keyboard failure is hardware or software related?

The keyboard stopped working correctly when computer was in the drawer. There was no possibility for any physical damage to the keyboard.

Can I solve the issue by myself or do I need to buy the new keyboard or use my Pinebook pro as a coaster only.

Thanks.


  Advice and experience on daily driving ppp
Posted by: JadenSki - 12-30-2024, 05:48 PM - Forum: PinePhone Pro Software - Replies (19)

Hello all, 
I've been distro hopping on my ppp for a little while now. And I am trying to figure out which os I should settle down on, to use for a daily driver. So far everything I need to work has not all worked out of the box on any os, which is to be expected obviously. And based on other's experience I am fairly confident that I can get most, if not all, of the main things I want, to work. However, this will obviously take time and effort, and the question is 'which os do I focus on getting working?' So I thought I would ask the community for advice/personal experience. If ya'll could take the time to let me know: 1. if you daily drive a ppp, 2. what os you use, 3. what desktop interface you use, 4. what do you have working (eg camera, calls, sms...) and 5 maybe just some simple tips that might be helpfull. I would be extremely grateful.
The main things I would like to work (listed in order of priority) are: sms, calls, mms, gps, camera (to some extent at least), and usb-otg. I would definitely prefer plasma mobile above posh, but if I cannot get everything working on plasma then posh is the next best. 
Thank you in advance!


  PinePhone earpiece too quiet
Posted by: Waffelo - 12-30-2024, 04:58 PM - Forum: General Discussion on PinePhone - Replies (3)

I got my PinePhone and I have been trying to call with people, but it seems like the earpiece is just too quiet and low quality because I cannot understand a lot of what the person at the other end says and also it sometimes sounds like those low bitrate chinese toy phones. I don't know if this is an issue with my distro or hardware but it is pretty annoying. I use ArchLinux with Phosh, I found the image from the official Pine64 software releases page.


  Improved battery life with TLP daemon
Posted by: Surehand53 - 12-30-2024, 07:46 AM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook Pro - No Replies

In one of the recent Manjaro system updates TLP was mentioned as an option to power-profiles-daemon to manage battery life for the Pinebook Pro.

On the Pinebook Pro the TLP power management gives subjectively better battery performance over power-profiles-daemon. Especially sleep lasts over night without problems. My PBP is one of the earliest (second batch, I believe) and yet with TLP the battery performance is great.

The downside is that the PBP user interface feels slightly more sluggish in KDE Plasma. Everything seems to be a bit slower than it used to be. This might be different in a simpler (tiling) window manager. The TLP documentation mentions that their power management suits light users best (writing, etc).
However, the battery performance feels much improved.

If you are interested:

## Install TLP

Code:
$ sudo pacman -S tlp


You will be asked to uninstall **power-profiles-daemon**, say yes.

There is an additional package `tlp-rdw`, check in the docu if you want that.

To enable the service use (and reboot)
Code:
$ sudo systemctl enable tlp.service

## Config
I have used this config change to improve performance when power is plugged in:
Edit /etc/tlp.conf and un-comment and update:

CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC=performance

You can check the config with:
Code:
tlp-stat --config
tlp-stat -p
tlp-stat -p -v


If you want you can set `CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT` to `performance` as well.

Here is a link to the TLP documentation

# power-profiles-daemon
To switch back to the **power-profiles-daemon**:
Code:
$ sudo pacman -S power-profiles-daemon
$ sudo systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon

And here is the link to some power-profiles-daemon documentation


  Pinebook Next !spekulation!
Posted by: Surehand53 - 12-30-2024, 07:14 AM - Forum: General Discussion on Pinebook Pro - Replies (2)

Now that the MNT Reform Next laptop with RK3588 came out I became a bit interested in ARM laptops on the market again.

I found a few ARM laptops with RK3588 processor emerging that give an indication what a Pinebook Next (or however it would be called) could look like. 

Of course the Pinebook Pro still works fine for the purpose it was good for when it came out, like writing, light development, browsing, some games. I love mine and don't really need a new one. But it can be nice to speculate.

I guess the RockchipRK3588 would be a natural fit for the next Pinebook and there is some nice progress with Linux support.
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/...ps-rk3588/

In this performance test the RK3588 compares very favorably compared to the RK3399 of the PBP:
https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/12/16/...geekbench/

It looks like price at this time would be about double of the Pinebook Pro.

Here are a few links of laptops that I have found. I don't know any of these and would be cautious of actually buying one:
https://www.crowdsupply.com/shenzhen-tia...patibility
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/C...82500.html
https://www.obsidian.works/shop/p/open-s...am-android

Last but not least the MNT Reform Next. This one has for sure the best software support. But it's also a different price point.
https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform-next

Overall I think the PBP would need only a light update. The connections are all right.
The display is absolutely super (for me) and I would be happy to have just the same. 
The trackpad has a nice feel to it, but the software support could be better and it could be more precise.
It would be nice it there were better open source driver support for keyboard and trackpad.


  Reseting the Battery Fuel Gauge
Posted by: franzthiemann - 12-30-2024, 01:09 AM - Forum: PinePhone Pro Software - Replies (8)

I am now daily driving my PinePhonePro for well over a year, but there is one issue that still annoys me:

The PinePhone pro uses Battery fuel gauging as implemented in the RK818 Chip.
Fuel gauging works ok when using one battery. Battery full and empty indications match the battery voltages within a couple of percentage points.

But the daily driving the PPP with only one battery is hard.
When using multiple batteries, however, the fuel gauging becomes really annoying, as the phone will show the percentage of the last (empty) battery until it shuts off.
After a couple of reboots, the fuel gauging seems to reset itself, but rebooting the PPP several times takes time and does not seem like an ideal solution.

Is there a possibility to reset the fuel gauge calibration on eg. each reboot to avoid unintended shutdowns after battery swapping?


  USB host/client working on PineNote 2nd batch?
Posted by: j_s - 12-29-2024, 04:04 PM - Forum: PineNote Hardware - Replies (8)

This poll is to determine how widespread the problem is with the PineNote USB not working as an USB client or host. (Charging works and serial port dongle work.) If you are voting regarding a first batch (pre 2024) PineNote, please make a post saying so to this thread and whether you are running the pinenote-debian-image supplied on the 2nd batch PineNotes.

Symptoms are that the lsusb command gives no results, sudo /usr/bin/dmesg | tail shows nothing new after plugging in a hub, flash drive,or other USB device, and sudo /usr/bin/dmesg | tail on a linux computer shows nothing new after connecting the computer and PineNote by USB.

Also /sys/bus/usb/devices is empty on the PineNote.


  WiFi works or not after wakeup post October 2024 PineNote
Posted by: j_s - 12-29-2024, 03:34 PM - Forum: PineNote Software - Replies (1)

This poll is to determine how widespread the "No WiFi after resume" problem is among second batch PineNotes is. Also vote if you flashed the pinenote-debian-image to a first batch PineNote, but please say to in a post to this thread.

Symptoms are no WifI icon in the status bar, no WiFi button in the config menu (pop up by tapping upper left screen corner), and no wlan0 device in output from ip addr command.


  base-files_13.6_arm64.deb and wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge
Posted by: vlagged - 12-28-2024, 04:36 AM - Forum: PineNote Software - Replies (8)

Hello, since about a month or so I am not able to update with `apt` the PineNote (batch 2) because Debian Trixie moved some folders around according to wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge

Code:
$ sudo apt upgrade
[...]
Upgrading: 397, Installing: 24, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
Continue? [Y/n] y
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
cat: '/sys/bus/usb/devices/*:*/bInterfaceClass': No such file or directory
cat: '/sys/bus/usb/devices/*:*/bInterfaceSubClass': No such file or directory
cat: '/sys/bus/usb/devices/*:*/bInterfaceProtocol': No such file or directory
(Reading database ... 134526 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../base-files_13.6_arm64.deb ...


******************************************************************************
*
* The base-files package cannot be installed because
* /lib64 is a symbolic link and not pointing at usr/lib64 exactly.
*
* This is an unexpected situation. Cannot proceed with the upgrade.
*
* For more information please read https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge.
*
******************************************************************************


dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.6_arm64.deb (--unpack):
new base-files package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.6_arm64.deb
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Are there any plans to make this package compatible?