Hi together,

I am curious what kind of e-mail client are you using on pmOS? I looked into geary but it doesn't seem to be optimized for mobile use and the screen is off. I thought about using mutt/neomutt, but commandline is not very convenient on a smartphone for every day use.

Anything you guys tried and can recommend?

I am curious what the Pine Phone actually does in "drive read speeds".

 The eMMC drives and sd cards do each have their own speed ratings.

However in the end what matters is the speed that the phones mainboard can actually "use" them.

I may have 'missed it'   but I have not found this in the wiki, 

 I saw an older post that 'hinted' that the maximum sd card,  read speed by the board was 28mb/s.

 I am NOT asking for 'Favorite Brands' or '"Opinions"'....

Just facts :  How fast can the mainboard read each type of 'Drive'  ?

Thank you

Hello,
I am just an average linux user and I really enjoy using mobian on my pmos I received recently.
I am trying to enable nightlight on my phone because the screen is to harsh and bothers my eyes.
I tried:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.color night-light-temperature 5000
But it has no effect.
Can anyone give me an idea how to enable nightlight in mobian?
Thanks a lot.

I see that there is a note about this in the wiki but it doesn't give much detail about the cause. Is this a driver issue? hardware issue? Is everyone experiencing this or just some?

For me the reception is equally poor in UBPorts and Arch.

I'd like to invite you all to join the BBS scene of 2020. These single board computers and SoC's are perfect for retro computing, and even running bulletin board systems. However today I'll just help you get logged onto one.

There is still a great ANSI-art scene, with packs being released to this date! http://16colo.rs if you want to view the ANSI scene of 2020. [Viva Blocktronics!!]

The are a few good door game networks these days, as opposed to simply playing door games locally on a BBS we now link them and play on networks like BBSLink or DoorParty. (I run both of those networks on my BBS...)

FidoNet still lives! Also, there are *several* current FTN's, or FidoNet stlye message networks, that are currently active in 2020 with fsxNet being the most popular one by far. Also, Dove-Net is probably a close second... with its focus on Synchronet BBS software. (fsxNet leans more towards Mystic BBS software.)

At any rate you'll need an ANSI-BBS compatible terminal software like SyncTerm or Netrunner... SyncTerm is IMO the better software and is easier to get compiled on ARM computers. I'll walk you thru it, using Manjaro ARM like you have on the PineBook Pro:

First lets handle dependancies... use 'pacman -S' to install:

base-devel
unzip

You also need some curses and SDL dependancies, but they are installed on a Manjaro install.

Then, lets install SyncTerm... (You can head to syncterm.bbsdev.net to read about it yourself, but the following will work from a command line, too.):

(I install from my /Downloads directory.)

wget http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/syncterm-src.tgz
tar xvzf syncterm-src.tgz
[Then head to the directory which might be a little different than my exmaple depending on the date:]
cd syncterm-20200917/src/syncterm
make SRC_ROOT=/home/pinebook/Downloads/syncterm-20200917/src
sudo make install
which syncterm

Now just run syncterm from your GUI or CLI... and make sure in the title bar its running in SDL mode. (This isn't required, but its way better if so.)

You can hit Alt+Enter to go full screen, or drag to size...

You might want to change the following setup options first, with 'hide status line' as the most important:

Default Connection Settings,
connection type = telnet
hide status line
change dl/ul paths, I make mine /Downloads
Program Settings,
confirm exit

Now, just add some BBSes and get to calling! I'd like it if you applied to MY BBS 20 For Beers by pressing 'insert' with the following details:

telnet: 20ForBeers.com
port 1337 (You'll have to press F2 on the entry to edit this after you add.)
Again, be sure hide status line in the entry. This allows you to see all the ANSI art.


Dial in, and type 'meatloaf' when asked for system password - I'm not fully LIVE yet, so a syspass is set.
Hit Esc twice, and enter 'new' to create a new user....

I'll be sure to validate you ASAP!

You can google TELNET BBS LIST for many other (better) BBSes... and if theres interest here, I can tell ya'll the best of the best.

Later, if theres interest, I can writeup how to RUN a BBS.... or, the info is out there...

Come on over and BBS like its 1995!!!

I've noticed that gstreamer now supports cedrus, so I tried it and it looks like accelerated video decoding works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHOgVmxH_dA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P76lQX70iI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyRm8kccyG4

So apps that use gstreamer should be able to use video decoding acceleration on Pinephone soon.   Distros just need to update to gstreamer 0.18 and try it.

Fresh install, nightly mobian-pinephone-20200915.img, After I set up all of the localizations, I then went to try and update using the software application, as soon as I "updates" tab, the software application crashes .

I know I can update via the terminal, but that may leave the system unstable.

Not sure how how to proceed?

I can only find one dac for the rock64, the one with an ethernet port included. First question is, what is the ethernet port for, since the rock64 already has one? I could understand if it was gigabit, but it is not. Second, just curious, are there any other dac boards?

Hi,

Up until today I have been using the nightly build with the latest updates as my daily driver which in heindsight, probably was not a good idea seeing as I am the kind of user who loves to tinker with absolutely zero knowledge to back it up.

After @"jed"  in his short but insightful comment "Yep" in my first thread asking how to make my new password change permanent, shared with me the https://wiki.mobian-project.org/doku.php?id=tweaks I have been running the terminal hot with codes adding sid repositories left and right, implementing zram, changing scale-to-fit settings, dark themes, wireguard, open-vpn etc. Shout-out to @RTP for creating the script Wipri https://github.com/righttoprivacy/wipri allowing me to easily randomize my mac adress on boot.

As for as my experience during all of this it has been a hell of a rollercoaster ride. Some of the issues I have encountered have been easy to fix such as not being able to send texts or view my inbox in Chatty, I had the wrong format selected in Region and Language. Others have been slightly harder like when my friend Carl sent me a MMS and I had to unclog my inbox and delete all messages, thanks buddy. And the most annoying has probably been trying to use firefox-esr with the no-script extension involving menus that wont dissapear, menus that never show up and ofcourse menus that dont respond.

What finally took me over the edge was when I had my SO call my phone and the "ringtone" was a constant vibration loud as hell with an accompanying sound seemingly played by a mouse with stagefright. Thus, I have now decided to stop my nightly adventures and move myself to the stable version of 20200905 because I just want a phone that more or less works while not having to worry about my own "coding skills" making a huge mess which is why I am not going to touch anything out of the box.

I have a question in regards to the updates of the stable build. After flashing it to my eMMC and doing an apt update, I see that I have exactly 80 packages that can be upgraded. Now, if I update all of them where will that take me exactly? Because if it is anywhere near the Nightly build I dont have the courage yet to go back in. Should I just not update at all until the next stable version is out or how exactly can I best try to enjoy mobian as a daily driver with low to no tinkering and high stability?

Thanks to all of you for being such a welcoming community even to people like me who have no clue what I am doing and then come here to complain about the software issues lol. You are the best.

Hi Folks,

I tried to order a Manjaro CE today and it says that no shipment method is available to my country (Sri Lanka). There was no any other item in the cart besides the Pinephone. Does DHL not ship worldwide? Really appreciate if there is a way for me to order one.

Thanks.