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  PulseAudio dropouts after Manjaro Testing 2025.07.26 update
Posted by: Dendrocalamus64 - 08-04-2025, 11:31 PM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook Pro - Replies (2)

I see on the Manjaro forums they have a thread for every ARM Unstable Update.
https://forum.manjaro.org/c/arm/100

They say that only ARM Unstable is maintained anymore, but Testing seems to be getting updates too.

This Testing update arrived around 07.26 (Sat). Videos that used to play fine in mpv started getting debilitating amounts of audio dropouts with a buffer underrun message each time.

At first I thought it was due to video decompression getting less efficient and eating all the CPU, but playing the same files with --no-video and top running showed the system lightly loaded (~8% CPU), and yet the audio dropouts occured in the exact same places.

I tried updating to the Megi 6.15 kernel and rebooting. mpv no longer said "Audio device underrun detected" but the dropouts still occured, and pulseaudio was now hanging all the time and needing to be killed & restarted.

Start reading through this loooong page:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAu...leshooting

Try running with pulseaudio -v, notice that it seems to be suspending too much.

Section 4.8, unload-module module-suspend-on-idle

And that fixed the problem completely.

(I had tried various other things since 07.26 like turning timer-based scheduling on and off, and adjusting buffer sizes, and so far none of it had helped.)

So pulseaudio suspend-on-idle is currently completely broken, at least with the default config. It thinks it's "idle" while it's playing back a video and the laptop is actively being used.

Next problem was pulseaudio sometimes starts endlessly spamming to the console,

Code:
W: [alsa-sink-ff890000.i2s-ES8316 HiFi ES8316 HiFi-0] alsa-sink.c: Resume failed, couldn't restore original sample settings.
I: [alsa-sink-ff890000.i2s-ES8316 HiFi ES8316 HiFi-0] alsa-sink.c: Trying resume...
I: [alsa-sink-ff890000.i2s-ES8316 HiFi ES8316 HiFi-0] alsa-util.c: Cannot disable ALSA period wakeups                                      
I: [alsa-sink-ff890000.i2s-ES8316 HiFi ES8316 HiFi-0] alsa-util.c: Device hw:rockchipes8316c doesn't support 48000 Hz, changed to 44100 Hz.

Solution to that was to edit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf and set both default-sample-rate and alternate-sample-rate to 44100.


  Any updates on Bluetooth for PineTab 2?
Posted by: BluetoothBroke - 08-04-2025, 01:57 PM - Forum: General Discussion on PineTab - Replies (1)

My Pinetab 2 has been sitting unused for months at this point and I am considering selling it because it simply does not have any use case for me, it’s far too slow to be convenient for most tasks when I have access to my desktop PC most of the time and the clunkiness makes me want to avoid using it for Anki flashcard reviews when I am away from the PC. Has the Bluetooth been fixed since I last tried it? If it has then I could maybe consider using it as a portable media machine with my Pinebuds Pro. Thanks


Sad PINETAB-V doesn't boot.
Posted by: FEC - 08-04-2025, 03:38 AM - Forum: Getting Started - Replies (1)

Hello,
I recently got my PINETAB-V. I connected the USB-C power cable and pressed the power button for exactly 2 seconds, as instructed in the manual.

It looked like the OS was about to boot, but the following message has been repeating for over 4 hours:

`[21966.202233] [WARNING][BB]Skip gain error setting in scan status`

According to the documentation at [https://pine64.org/documentation/PineTab-V/\_full/]
> The 2nd batch of PineTab-V devices ship with a Debian Bookworm image from StarFive.

So I was expecting the OS to be pre-installed — is that not the case?


  Trying to attach a serial console to my RockChip RK3399
Posted by: marietto - 08-03-2025, 08:50 AM - Forum: RockPro64 Hardware and Accessories - No Replies

Hello

I tried to enable the serial console on my RockChip RK3399 to inspect what happens as soon as FreeBSD boots. This is the tutorial that I'm following :

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6387

This is the adapter that I'm using :

Code:
Product: CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller
usb 1-9: Manufacturer: Silicon Lab
usb 1-9: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB0


I followed carefully the instructions but I'm not able to see any message inside the console.

I tried setting port 115200,1500000 and even without setting a speed

On Terminal 1 :

Code:
# screen /dev/ttyUSB0 1500000 (but also 115200 or without a value)

On Terminal 2 :

Code:
# minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 1500000 (but also with 115200 or without -b and a value)

The result is the same. No messages inside the console as soon as I power on the board.

Please can you give a look at the pictures that I have attached and help me to understand where could be the mistake :

https://ibb.co/Yn8rhq9
https://ibb.co/99VBxnZS
https://ibb.co/KjFNk28v
https://ibb.co/QvV7rXmr


I followed carefully the tutorial,trying to record what works. It's not easy for me to understand which colors are tied to which pins. It seems that colors change. Unfortunately I'm not using the same adapter of the dude who wrote the tutorial.

The tutorial said to connect black to pin 6 and brown to pin 8. Since my board is exactly the same as the board used by the dude who wrote the tutorial,it should work. But it does not. 


Thank you.


  How does CPU frequency scaling work on the Quartz64
Posted by: pugzarecute - 07-30-2025, 07:19 AM - Forum: Linux on Quartz64 - No Replies

Hello,

I was working on linux on the Radxa Zero 3W. Unfortunately, I am having  some issues getting CPUFreq up. It complains about  missing OPP tables.
While I dont ask for help with fixing the Zero 3W, since this will be offtopic, I would just like to know how the CPUFreq  system  works on Quartz64.

Does CPU Frequency scaling work on the Quartz64(especially with mainline 6.12.35)?
Does it use the mainline cpufreq-dt driver or does it require some rockchip patches?
Are the OPP tables supplied by the DTB or is there something like rockchip-opp to supply them?

Thank you.


  Pinephone Pro not in store?
Posted by: bubulux20c - 07-29-2025, 09:31 PM - Forum: General Discussion on PinePhone - Replies (1)

I lost my current pinephone, and looking to purchase another one. anybody had a luck getting the pro recently, like as within the past couple of weeks?


  Can’t login to Linux
Posted by: fnosai - 07-27-2025, 12:30 AM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook Pro - No Replies

Hello, I am a newbie in Linux and I have a problem with login to Manjaro linux.
I bought pinebook pro Pine64 in Canada and I can use it normally. After I transfer to Thailand I cannot login to Linux screen and screen turn on as shown below.

Welcome to Manjaro-Arm
Website : https://manjaro.org
Forum :
IRC:
Matrix:
Last login: 

(Xxx@xxxx)$

How can I fix this?
Please help.


  booting is looping
Posted by: jabi27 - 07-26-2025, 10:54 PM - Forum: PineNote Software - Replies (2)

Hi

After 

Quote:- deleting symlink /lib64 
- apt update ; apt upgrade
- reboot


the pinenote is "booting..." and flashing the screen every 3-4 seconds and nothing else is happening.

Any ideas ?

Best and thanks

/Jan


  * /lib64 is a symbolic link and not pointing at usr/lib64 exactly.
Posted by: jabi27 - 07-26-2025, 09:45 AM - Forum: PineNote Software - Replies (3)

Hi

I see that others have had this issue, but it is not clear to me if there is any solution or bypass ?

Quote:apt upgrade

Preparing to unpack .../base-files_13.8_arm64.deb ...
******************************************************************************
*
* The base-files package cannot be installed because
* /lib64 is a symbolic link and not pointing at usr/lib64 exactly.
..
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Best and thanks


/Jan


  Invalid Signature by m-weigand
Posted by: Francus - 07-25-2025, 05:26 AM - Forum: PineNote Software - No Replies

Hello, first time user,  so I already made an error, posted first in the wrong place. But kindly @Dendrocalamus64  put me on the right path.

The UI in settings does not seem to work, because the packages to be updated are always the same.

Particularly firmware is brcm80211    20240709 and it seems it expects to be updated to 20250410 even if it does not work

So I tried to update using the terminal
 sudo apt update

, but I get an error regarding invalid signature: EXPKEYSIG 447D9EBF6B6F552D Maximilian Weigang

kindly @Dendrocalamus64  wrote the following;

Quote:If you do a web search on apt EXPKEYSIG you can find advice on fixing it, e.g.
https://tecadmin.net/expired-key-expkeysig-with-apt/

Basically, your particular install has an old key and you need to get the new one.

But the relevant key is not available on the server to which that page points.

I also tried Ubuntu keyserver, but the key is not there.

So perhaps that key does not exists and the only way to get updates is to waive GPG security and modify the repository line as follows

Code:
deb [trusted=yes] http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

But before doing that I would like to know if others had the same issue.

Best