Hello!

Brand new user, love the Pinebook Pro so far. Very new to Linux as a whole, very new to most of the things this laptop can do lol. So:

I'm trying to boot an OS from my SD card, hopefully to try out different things like Android and Debian etc.
I downloaded the Android 7 image from the Pine64 site, matching the size of my SD card (Sandisk 32GB) and flashed it using Etcher.
Not sure if I downloaded the right image, however the SD card disappeared from the computer, doesn't show up in my Files.

1.) How do I boot from the card?
2.) How do I format the card if I need to redo this?

Looking forward to learning, thanks all!

Hello There,

New to the PBP and Manjaro/arch. I am an old time enthusiast (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora) getting back into things after about 10 years. So don't assume I know anything :-) 

I have chromium and chromium-docker installed and have restarted but when I try to play a video on Amazon I still get the DRM error asking me to enable protected content playback (which it is enabled). I am unsure how to proceed to remedy this issue. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time.

I'm sorry if this is already here somewhere and I missed it, but I'm looking for a case for the PinePhone. I know Pine already makes a case, but I'd like something more durable because I'm clumsy, and the shipping would cost more than the case itself.

Is there a case for a different phone that would fit it? Ideally I'm looking for something similar to this 
https://www.amazon.com/Spigen-Tough-Armo...704&sr=8-3
where it has an outer lip that protects the screen should I drop it. I already have a iPhone XS Max screen protector that fits the phone well. I know I'll probably have to cut it to fit the speaker and camera, but that's okay.

Getting started with PineTime...

PineTime doesn't run Linux... But that's OK!

After receiving my new Pinebook Pro with the default Manjaro KDE installation, I've noticed that the screen frequently lags and seems to skip updates. This is even noticeable when typing commands in the terminal and seeing a ~1s delay between pressing some keys and seeing it appear on screen.

After some investigation, it seems the lag spikes correspond with messages like these appearing in the kernel log (dmesg):

Anyone successfully install a 64-bit Ubuntu distro on a Pinebook Pro?
I've got it running on my RockPro 64, but can't find any distribution that works on the PineBook Pro. Has to be 64-bit Ubuntu because I need to run the Swift 5.x development suite on it (which is working fine on my RockPro).

Here's a slightly improved pineaudio program. It's based on one of the older releases that I know to be good.

This is useful if you're trying to run a desktop oriented GUI/distro but need call audio to work, like me.

Generally, you have to run pineaudio twice to get call audio working. Once without a '2', and the second time with a 2.
This version fixes that so you only need to run the '2', and it increases the default volume, as well as offers a way to easily increase volume further.

Add a '+' to double the volume for all enabled components. Previous versions would set the speakerphone to a low volume which was a problem for me and a pain to manually readjust.

So, e.g. ./pineaudio -sm2+ enables call audio speakerphone with a high volume.

It's a tiny fix, but its absence is annoying enough I figured I'd post it here.

Hi,

can one of the administrators please delete my account ?
i don`t need it anymore.

Thanks

Matze

Recently I've received the pinebook pro, really happy! Worked great. Then I had in mind to try out Chromium.

I formatted my SD card, and DD'ed the chromium image on it:
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=...e#Chromium

Turned of my pinebook pro, and tried to boot from the sd card. Yet all I got was a black screen. I've then turned off the device by holding the power key, removed the SD card, yet it seems it's not even booting Manjaro anymore.

I really don't get how booting from the SD could break boot in general. Maybe any of you has a clue? What can I best do next?

Thank you so much in advance!

the auto brightness was going  crazy when i updated yesterday, i had to find it and turn it off.
my thought was if you have this turned on in the devices coming out of the factory, it could create a bad impression,if they start doing this, when first turned on.

just FYI  LUKE