A few weeks ago I picked up a Dell (Alienware) AW3423DW monitor. It runs Windows 10 on my laptop fine, and is good for work. The max (and native) resolution is 3440x1440 @ 100Hz. 

However my RockPro64 with Linux is only able to reach 1920x1080 @ 120 Hz. Ive tried multiple distros (Manjaro, Arch, Ubuntu, Debian, and Armbian Twister). I'm back on Manjaro now, as that runs the smoothest (YMMV). It correctly identifies the model of the display, but doesn't offer higher resolutions and I'm stuck with black bars on the sides of my screen.

In the RockPro64 specs it says the following:
Dual VOP: one supports resolutions up to 4096x2160 and AFBC; the other supports resolutions up to 2560x1600

So, I wonder if there is a way to use the larger VOP and reach the 3440x1440 resolution? Or am I just trying to push this little board beyond its limits?

I've gone through several unsuccessful attempts at adding the resolution using xrandr (addmode, output, etc.).

Here is some more info, and a EDID file I found on GitHub, but haven't been able to use.

1  LibreOffice

- Who uses it on the Pinephone?:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...614&page=5

2. VIM was suggested in this forum.

- who uses this in 2023?

3. Abiword

- alaraajavamma says she uses it on the Pinephone
- But I was not able to write to the external SD card with it
- after a installed postmarketOS with Abiword on the exernal SD card, I was able to open Abiword files on a Ubuntu PC, save it to an SD card again.
- But when I come back to my Pinephone I had issues most probably because of Abiword format mess.

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18788

- not only me had this issues with Abiword formats, there are a number of Abiword format issues reported:

https://www.google.ch/search?as_q=abiwor...etype=&tbs=

4. A user suggested LyX word processor instead of Abiword

- I installed  Version 2.3.7 (Sonntag, 1. Januar 2023) on my PC
- it looks similar to Abword
- there are more recent versions available than for Abword
- instructions for LyX are quiet academic and very extended
- still it looks great on my Windows 10 PC and simple

- does someone use  LyX on his Pinephone?

-  It looks as if it was an option to replace Abiword if it messes up with file formats.

I can't really tell if this is a software issue or a hardware issue. When I move the tablet around sometimes the keyboard just turns off and won't turn back on until I remove the tablet from the cover and put it back in. It does the same thing when I close the cover too. It works fine when I have it still. Sometimes when I take it out and in (when it turns off) the backlight will turn back on the keys and touchpad still won't do anything (and then I have to do it again). Is this common or just mine?

Gnome Control Center gets removed by this update.

We have released amazfish for Ubuntu touch recently. I have wrote down my thoughts:

https://blog.mlich.cz/2023/10/pinetime-experience/

I have a stupid UI question. I am using PPP with Manjaro/phosh-dev (currently retrieved 2023-10-11), but this applies to all the Gnome-ish versions I have tried.

How do I stop an application using the GUI?

The app windows don't have a little X in the corner. The only ways I have found to stop an app is:
- "Force Quit" using the "usage" task manager. But some of the apps seem to hide from the task manager
- Hook up a keyboard and send a <CONTROL-Q> to the application, but some of the apps seem to ignore it.
- kill -9 pid 

I feel I am missing something obvious.

Or, how do I configure the app windows to have a little X in the corner, so I can stop them using the GUI?

For years, I have used KDE or XFCE. So, this might just be a stupid Gnome question.

https://blog.mobian.org/posts/2023/09/30...t-dilemma/

Well, I ordered my trusty PBP back in March 2020, and it's been my trusty every-day driver (for non-work-related) for the last three and a half years.  It's been a journey!

I upgraded to a 1 TB EMMC using the M.2/NGFF NVMe SSD Interface Adapter.  I updated the old trackpad drivers.  Many, many OS updates on Arch (Manjaro) 

I keep hearing rumors of a newer PBP coming out some day, but I don't think that's happened (did I miss anything)?  I would like an upgrade, preferably in CPU and RAM.  What recommendations do you all have?

• Will there be a newer model?  (Or did I miss a big upgrade somewhere?)
  
• Any tried and true ways to speed up the CPU or save the 4GB of RAM?
  

(10-11-2023, 07:39 AM)Phillip Bell Wrote: Update to add I have the Pinephone as well, but I don't really use it.  It's just not a good everyday phone - maybe the Explorer edition would be an improvement.

Hi fellow PinePhone users,

I am using this shell script to handle cyclical suspend:

https://gitea.privatedns.org/xavi/pineph.../sleepwalk

However, a few times a day my phone fails to wake up from suspend, forcing a hard reboot. Failing to wake up usually means either:

- The screen remains black (and no backlight is shown). When this happens, the A64 runs particularly hot.
- The screen turns on, but the system is completely unresponsive (might be able to do *something*, but it is then unable to load any program, file, etc. until it freezes completely).
- The phone reboots itself.

This is a serious stability issue that is affecting my phone at random times, and it never happens when suspend is disabled (for example, when the phone is charging). Because of this issue, it is very hard to get >1 day uptime, and sometimes not even >6 hour.

However, I have no clue at how to debug this issue, or whether other people are having it, too.

Any pointers?

Best regards,
Xavi

How can I get the permissions to write to the external SD card on my Ubuntu PC which I have pulled out from my Pinephone running postmarketOS and sticked into my Ubuntu PC with an SD card reader?

I’ve installed postmarkedOS on the external SD card of my Pinephone as well as Abiword. I have created a file with Abiword and saved it. Then I’ve plugged it into a PC running Ubuntu. I can open the Abiword file on my Ubuntu PC. But when I want to save it a get an error, that I have no permission to write this file onto my SD card from my postmarketOS Pinephone. How can I get this permission?