After being gone for a month, I returned yesterday 23 Oct 2022 and thought 'let's update the Pinebook pro while I unpack'.  Running Manjaroo.  So I did, and after restart, WiFi no longer works.  Networks show "No available connections".  WiFi is on through the privacy switch (2 led blinks).  Any ideas how to fix?

Hi all, installed the NVMe adapter and it is outstanding!

Just added a TB of storage; went with a Samsung 980 and no issues so far.

I wanted to post so others knew it was an easy & affordable upgrade.

I had posted in a previous thread about a similar issue, but thought it best to create a new post since that one was becoming rather old. 

I purchased the PinePower Desktop a couple of weeks ago, and while it charges devices well, it constantly power cycles if there isn’t anything plugged into it. I tried reaching out to the seller, but they had directed me to this forum for support. Is there a firmware update that should be applied to the device?

I could not find this in the wiki. I am to set up nextcloud. I go to settings / account / add nextcloud account.
When I enter my url, I get a
"unable to connect to nextcloud at the given server url. please check the server url"
Which kind of address should it be exactly?

Say, I can log in on https://www.example.com/myfolder/index.php/login then what should be the address?

hello all, where can I get back that alien desktop image painting, which disappeared with the recent update of KDT plasma mobile? Lock screen image may be the correct term.
   

I purchased a Pinebook Pro in March, 2020 and it was delivered in May, 2020.  It is working perfectly as far as I can tell, but I have not really found a use for it.  It is essentially unused, except for installing different Linux distributions and trying them out.  

In Feb, 2021, I purchased a Pinebook Pro USB-C docking station to go with it.  This was after trying a different docking deck that was not working well with the PBP (it would cause a hang on boot).  The PBP docking station has been trouble free in my experience.

The landed cost in Canada was steep after exchange and DHL charging an aditional CAD $61 for Duties, Taxes and Fees.  I have no record of additional fees on the docking station, so I'm assuming there weren't any.

To summarize, my costs were:

Pinebook Pro and shipping CAD $345.95
DHL Duties, Taxes and Fees CAD $61.00
Pinebook Pro USB-C Docking Deck CAD $75.01
Total CAD $481.96


If you're interested, let me know.  I haven't tried to determine shipping costs. Please make an offer excluding shipping costs, and I will pass through whatever the actual shipping costs are.  I prefer to sell it within Canada, in which case Paypal or Interac payment will be fine.  I have pictures I can provide on request.

**HOW TO REINSTALL ARCH MANJARO on PineBook-Pro??**

Since I wasn't able to fix some problems after having installed Python thru 'pip', I decide to reinstall ARCH Manjaro on my PineBook Pro:

1. Downloaded: 
Manjaro-ARM-kde-plasma-generic-22.10.img.xz
and 
Manjaro-ARM-minimal-generic-22.10.img.xz
1. Which is the faster? Do the minimal-generic installation comes with LibreOffice?
2. After decompressing the  img.xz file with Balena-Etcher how to proceed?
3. How to proceed to boot from the USB drive?
4. After booting from the USB drive what should be done? Use encryption?

Thank you folks. 

IOS

Hey,

So I purchased a pinebook pro to start messing around with linux more.

I have some basic understanding, but I've already been thrown something beyond my ability.

So I booted it up, and did the updates it was requesting. After this update on reboot, nothing. Green power light but no activity or screen.

After looking around, it seemed that I needed to reinstall the OS.

So after looking around more, it seems the path was to use the switch to disable the emmc, boot onto a live SD card, then re-enable the emmc and install the os to it.

I've gotten to that point, however my problem now is I can't select the emmc to install to. It just wants to do the default install using the SD card.

I tried to follow these instructions:

Quote:Once everything has booted cleanly turn the eMMC switch on the back in order to turn it on, effectively hot plugging it.
Then as super user (sudo) use these commands in a terminal, which are also referred in the Wiki:

Code:

Code:

echo fe330000.sdhci >/sys/bus/platform/drivers/sdhci-arasan/unbind



echo fe330000.sdhci >/sys/bus/platform/drivers/sdhci-arasan/bind

Then install whatever you want on the eMMC as usual.

I replaced the faulty motherboard on my pinephone with a new one, and it seems to be running Mobian fine...
I got a USB hub, with 3 USB 3.0 ports and an HDMI port, so I could connect a keyboard, mouse and external display to the phone, using it as a computer when at my desk.
But now whenever I start using it, the external display will blank almost every second.. sometimes it will go into sleep mode. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to disconnect the HDMI to get it back. the USB Hub is powered externally.
The external

Does this happen to anyone else? Does anyone have a clue why this might be happening?

It makes it really frustrating to use.

ps - it seems like every time it writes anything to the external display, it blanks until its done. And for some reason sometimes it just goes into power-saving.

Considering the issues with Phosh as of recent I have been testing the latest version of Arch Plasma and so far so good.
It still has the typical type Plasma bugs here and there but it looks promising.
Evolution and Libreoffice work well. 
The graphic looks good too and is consistent.
The favourites screen still doesn't work as favourites disappear after reboot.
I have not tested calls as my main focus is PDA related.