Hi,

as some of you might know there is a known issue with handling of PCIe errors on the RP64 as discussed here:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8374
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6329

I am getting this error when I try to build/rebuild my RAID for the first time. Sometimes I am lucky and it works, but most of the time it does not and I don't have much confidence in putting my backup on a machine with a malfunctioning PCIe interface. If it happens, I see entries like these in the logs:

After what has seemed like a very long time with little to show for the efforts, I burned a new download of Manjaro to a micro USB card and put it in the PBP.  Powered it on and Manjaro got installed.  Seems to be working as it should.  Minor problem; can't seem to find or install an email program/app where I could send and receive email on the laptop.  The WiFi works and has connected to the home network.  Ultimate goal would be to use the laptop for portable and travel operations.  Any suggestions would be welcomed.
James Good

Hi,

Since the Chromium browser will be losing the ability to sync with Google, and Pinebook Pro users cannot install Chrome, what is the next step for Google users on Pinebook Pro? I've used Google for years and I have an Android phone, so being able to sync my bookmarks and history is important to me. I'm unaware of any solutions that exist; and using another browser ecosystem, like Firefox, isn't really a solution to the problem, since it's an entirely different browser ecosystem.

Anybody have any ideas?

I just got my PineTab yesterday and I'm slightly at ends with what to run on it, what are you all running on yours?

I install latest update and there is login issue, i change PIN to 12 then change kde password to `kde` (via passwd) then i can't unlock the device. Should i reflash? I try ssh but unfortunately it's not enable, root / root refused. Any suggestions?

I let someone look at my pinecil, they grabbed a standard 5.5mm 12v barrel-style power cable for the bench power supply assuming the pinecil used that standard and did the old push&twist to force it in.
After a few seconds of effort my associate had a stupid look on their face holding the connector cable but the center pin from the pinecil was jammed tight into the barrel connector.
Fortunately I was able to re-insert the pin and solder the broken power line back together, though certainly not as strong against a similar attack it works again over USB C (obviously) and the repaired barrel power port too so all is good.

Hi!

Has anyone tried the PINEBOOK Pro USB-C Docking Deck under FreeBSD.
Ethernet is not detected on me.
What chipset is used in the PINEBOOK Pro USB-C Docking Deck?

This will walk you through installing Chromium on Mobian and Arch Linux. Chromium won't run yet on Manjaro or Postmarket OS. I think after you make these tweaks and use Chromium you will see it has quite a few advantages over Firefox.

Positives: Faster, seems to be better optimized. Scales better. Works excellent with full window Web apps with desktop shortcuts. Pretty much as good as real apps. You can use a lot of extensions, my VPN has one and it works very well.

Negatives: Keyboard has to be manually throttled up and down through the keyboard icon in the bottom right corner. Some keys on the touch keyboard don't seem to work like capital  C, and the @ symbol. No idea why. Work fine on the keyboard docked.

Here is a step by step walk through for installing and tweaking it.
It has to be installed through Flatpak, The Chromium apps in the Mobian and Arch software repository don't seem to work. I suspect it's a Wayland or X11 problem.

Add flatpak to Mobian from the terminal:

While on this 2GB cheaper version with KDE Manjaro CE edition (I havent manage to buy 3GB version in time) KDE Manjaro seems very sluggish out of the box, after an upgrade it became nearly as fluid as any fdriod, but it still feels a little bit overweight for 2GB ram as it would be on any other computer running KDE while having as much ram.

As I've never used manjaro itself and I've only used KDE on computers that at least has 4GB ram which is only not sluggish when its 8GB ram I was just thinking maybe someone has some tips for tweaking it ? Or could share their experiences

Si it might be only my ignorance that I expected some charger to be packed with phone. ofc I've ordered in a separate package battery charger itself, but getting to the point

upon first boot battery showed something like 30%
plugging it with that USB-C red cable to an ultrabook instantly shows it to be 40 or 50% something
unplugging it after few seconds shows like 47% percent which after a while resets to some other number

So I was just wondering if its just me not having a proper charger has such issues, maybe a battery is bad ?

I'm not refunding or whatever, but given such limited supply of components for phone in a package itself (talking of 2GB version) its a bit worrying. in a week or so I should get a package with more cables and docker and such, but this battery % status on KDE Manjaro UI is a bit worrying.