Hello


Some system-tools (e.g. udev, eg25-manager, ...) allow you to overload the configuration by placing a changed version below `/etc`. As long as the package maintainer does not adjust the original configuration this works fine. If the config is changed and you are not aware of that, your systems might behave "strange" (it no longer does the things you expect).
What is the best way to keep track of changes in config files where a cloned config was created?

My attempt is reflected in the attached file.
  check_config_diffs.txt (Size: 2.31 KB / Downloads: 313)

In the website, OS: Manjaro with Plasma Mobile (pre-Beta build) on eMMC and Tow-boot on SPI-Flash.
Can i install Mobian on pinephone?

Hi all,

I just received this week (28th Sep 2022) my Pinebook pro laptop: all is going perfect, I setup my emacs org-roam, my development environment and all my activity on top, it is an awesome machine.

Thank you Pine62 for this excellent work,

Hi folks,
I do plenty of reading through various sites on various Linux related topics and something I have noted is this potential cosiness between Microsoft/Google and Linux kernels. There was some banter where Google stated they seek the complete removal of any Linux distribution and lately I have been seeing some indications of possibly Libreoffice charging for their applications. Sounds like MS Office to me. I think that it might be prudent to seriously consider downloading the last stable version of something and make that final. No updates, no upgrades - seal that distro and package system in cement. Even on my Pinephone and I have now eliminated any updates after this last Phosh scenario. Just as US stocks are in free fall so is my trust in digital [on line] systems. 
I think that not updating but continuing to research things is a best way to cover yur butt.
Chief the Cat.

The battery component of my pinephone keyboard is malfunctioning with symptoms described exactly in megi's FAQ, so I'm just quoting them here (emphasis mine):

Quote:Phone is not charging from the keyboard battery at all and keyboard power button does nothing

If

Code:

/sys/class/power_supply/ip5xxx-battery/uevent

does not become available, even when connecting the USB power supply to the keyboard, and is empty, that means that the charger chip is not responding, even when powered up. That means the chip is most likely damaged.

How does PinePhone control its LCD Display? Let’s uncover all the secrets about PinePhone’s mysterious LCD Display and its MIPI Display Serial Interface…

1. What’s a MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI)

2. What’s inside PinePhone’s LCD Display

3. How it’s similar to PineTime’s ST7789 Display Controller

4. One lane for Commands, but 4 lanes for Data!

5. Implications of a RAM-less Display Controller

6. What are PinePhone’s Display Engine (DE) and Timing Controller (TCON)

Check out the article here...

Understanding PinePhone's Display (MIPI DSI)

Hi, here are news about Nemomobile in September:

- fixed UI orientation in desktop mode
- glacier dropped in postmarketOS
- music app rework
- moving to Qt 5.15.6
- webkit code style

https://twitter.com/xmlich02/status/1576113394712981505
https://blog.mlich.cz/2022/10/nemomobile...mber-2022/

It appears that nearly all USB 3 supporting devices I try won't work on the type-A USB 3.0 port of the Pinebook Pro. I believe this is a power draw issue from what I've read, although it doesn't entirely match up with what I'm seeing.

• TP-Link 1G Ethernet adapter - Left port: "Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?". Right port: Works as a USB 2.0 device.
  
• WD My Passport 2.5" spinning disk - Left port: Half-spins up, clicks, spins down, repeat. Right port: Works as a USB 2.0 device.
  
• Inateck disk enclosure with SATA SSD disk - Left port: Works as a USB 2.0 device. Right port: Works as a USB 2.0 device.
  
• Some generic SD card reader - Left port: Works as USB 3.0 device! Right port: Didn't bother trying.
  

Hello,

I am currently running Tow-Boot but I noticed similar behavior with U-Boot:
- If I reboot, and try to select boot from SD - it fails, sometimes it freezes or fails to detect the linux image
- If I power cycle - most of the times I can boot from SD.

With U-boot it was similar, after a reboot, only boot from emmc was possible. But if I powered off/on, it would boot from SD.

Is this intended behavior?

Hello all,

Two issues with audio on PBP that I see no way out of:
- the audio jack: when plugging in headphones with a TRRS plug - the mic is not detected, only the speaker function(someone on discord told me it might be related to alsa ucm2 - maybe because there is only a "High fidelity audio" profile available or something like that?)
- The internal mic picks up a TON of noise, messing around with the controls in alsa can reduce the noise, make it almost functional. If the audio jack mic would work then this is almost a non-issue, I do not want to use the integrated mic anyway.

I tried a bunch of distros - armbian, manjaro, arch(still working on it), kali - none of them have a properly working audio system.

Am I missing something obvious? Could my audio jack just be poorly wired or something?

P.S.
Also the popping and the hissing of the audio.... that has been reported by other users as well. I dealt with it by disabling suspend and switching to headphones(even if disconnected).