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  Unable to initialize message in chatty
Posted by: tims1979 - 06-27-2020, 05:30 PM - Forum: Mobian on PinePhone - Replies (16)

When I click on + to choose one of my contacts in chats (chatty) . Chats never initializes a chat dialog but instead goes back to the main choose a contact screen again. If someone texts me first it works just fine. I'm just unable to start a chat myself.


  PP CE with Mobian gets hot
Posted by: wasgurd - 06-27-2020, 05:16 PM - Forum: Mobian on PinePhone - Replies (3)

HI all,

When I tried UBports, the phone was more or less cold, but with Mobian it gets hot persistently, is it OK?


  looking to Run UBuntu 18.xx.x.xx on pine
Posted by: d45050 - 06-27-2020, 03:29 PM - Forum: PinePhone Software - No Replies

hello guys ! 
I've been looking for a method to write a uboot compatible image of Ubuntu , 

trying (failing ) to follow this 

installing other ARM64 distributions

Warning: Distributions not on this page may not even boot after you follow this section. In the best case, they will be barely usable. This is more for fun, or if you would like to port a new distribution to the PinePhone.

Note: This section uses megi's kernel releases, and not the official ones from PINE64. While it is possible to use the official (and in the future, mainline) kernel, megi provides binary releases, which makes it very easy.

If you would like to see specific commands for how to complete these steps, see https://github.com/nikhiljha/pp-fedora-sdsetup

(an example for Fedora) or https://xnux.eu/howtos/install-arch-linux-arm.html

(an example for Arch Linux).

Create a boot (from 4 MB to about 252 MB) and root (from 252 MB to the end of the card) filesystem on the SD card.
Format the boot partition with vfat, and the root partition with f2fs.
Extract the root filesystem from your distribution's ARM image into the root filesystem on the SD card. Do not copy the partition, copy the files (in archive mode: like rsync -ar).
Edit /etc/fstab to match your partitions.
Grab megi's kernel from https://xff.cz/kernels/

(you probably want 5.6 or later).
Follow the README instructions, which involves copying the kernel modules into the SD card rootfs and writing u-boot and the bootloader.
(https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone_Software_Releases

with no luck , have you succeded trying to write other images than posted on 

I've seen that Rpi 3 and 4 uses similar Uboot stuff but no clear how I can create a boot and appropriate IMG for the pinephone 
as you can see I am very new to this , hope you can share some 
)


  Stuck trackball / trackpad issue
Posted by: charlespine - 06-27-2020, 03:27 PM - Forum: General Discussion on Pinebook Pro - No Replies

I'm currently using an old Kensington trackball with my PBP. It works great, but several times a day, it doesn't work correctly; It will either get stuck, select text (even though don't select anything, or some fields on a website won't work like clicking on a checkbox). 

In order to fix it, I have to tap my trackpad. After that, everything works well for hours. This issue happens several times a day.

I've tried multiple fixes from the wiki and I'm using the factory version of Manjaro. I've also tried using a different USB port and turning off the trackpad using Fn+F7. No difference.

uname -a:

Linux pinehost 5.7.6-1-MANJARO-ARM #1 SMP Fri Jun 26 18:30:57 PDT 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux

Any tips?


Question Question re updates and nightly images
Posted by: JustineSmithies - 06-27-2020, 12:13 PM - Forum: Mobian on PinePhone - Replies (1)

This might sound like a daft question but please humour me. I installed the latest nightly ie 27th and was wondering do the software / updates that get installed cover future updates or do we still have to reflash new nightlies ?

Told you it was a daft question.


  Article: Flutter State Management with Bloc for PineTime Companion App
Posted by: lupyuen - 06-27-2020, 11:24 AM - Forum: Development Discussion on PineTime - Replies (2)

Our work-in-progress PineTime Companion App for Android and iOS now talks to PineTime over Bluetooth LE to fetch and display the firmware versions. Find out how we use the Bloc Library to manage state in the Flutter app.

Flutter State Management with Bloc for PineTime Companion App


  My pinephone problems/questions
Posted by: xinyiman - 06-27-2020, 11:03 AM - Forum: General Discussion on PinePhone - Replies (3)

Hi everyone. Finally my pinephone has arrived. Seems to be working well, I only have 3 questions.
1. The camera does not work, is it normal? Is it a known bug?

2. I can't activate developer mode. Why?

3. I am unable to send files from ubuntu to the pinephone via bluetooth, even if the two devices are properly connected.

Anyone know how I can solve my problems? Thank you


  Spotify clients
Posted by: vicky - 06-27-2020, 08:58 AM - Forum: Mobian on PinePhone - Replies (2)

I successfully build librespot. (https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot) I just followed the normal building process but I also had to install cargo. I am using a UBtouch Edition. (You will need a Spotify Premium account in order to use it)

Edit: I tried installing it just using cargo install but I got an error that way. So I recommend building it like I did.

My experience with building it:

I used ssh and built everything on my phone. Remember that building takes much time, so make sure that your phone receives at least 0.5A during the whole process and has at least a third of the battery capacity left. With 0.5A your battery will only drain slowly. The device will get very hot so I recommend not using a case, opening the back plate, keeping it inside in the shade by room temperature and on a flat surface.

After building I was able to start playback by selecting it as a speaker using Spotify Connect on my desktop. (I guess it should be able from any other normal spotify client. I didn't have any problem with the playback when I plugged in headphones and when I unplugged them again. But if you accept a call while using librespot all audio playblack will stop and your audio won't work. I was just able to make calls again and use everything normally again after I had rebooted my PinePhone.

Librespot needs to run the whole time in the terminal. While playing music it uses ~18% CPU according to top. Just being idle uses about 7% CPU. But while librespot is not playing music the speakers will be on with a high pitched noise.

Here's how I built it:

Code:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential libasound2-dev git cargo
mkdir build
cd build
git clone https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot.git
cd librespot
cargo build --release

The built files will be in ~/build/librespot/target/release

So in order to run it you need to start librespot from there, move it to where you want to use it or create a symbolic link to it.

Here are the options for running it: https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/wiki/Options

If you want to update you need to build it again.


  CRUST power management on Mobian
Posted by: 0x070 - 06-27-2020, 07:49 AM - Forum: Mobian on PinePhone - Replies (6)

Is Crust enabled on Mobian's stable build, and if not is there a way to enable it? The Mobian roadmap mentions "better power management to improve battery life" but it hasn't been updated in about a month.


  Printer driver lib32-glibc dependency
Posted by: definitiv. - 06-27-2020, 07:26 AM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook Pro - Replies (4)

Hey,

i tried to install this driver for my printer on the Pinebook Pro ->(https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-dcp195c).
It needs the lib32-glibc package as an dependency but this seems to be not available for arm.
So my question might be a bit naive ...but it might be worth asking:
Is there a way to build it manual and use another alternative package?

Thank you in advance for help!