Hi,

I've been using my Pinebook Pro since January and one of the first things I notices about the speakers is that one of the speakers is in reverse polarity from the other.

This results in audio that sounds very weird with almost a kind of a fake "surround" effect.

Here is one video that you can play to verify this situation yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUT6ZhFdLkA

This only appears on the speakers, not the headphones. I also tried to look if it is easy to reverse the cables but it's unfortunately not and the cables are very thin and I'm not confident enough of my soldering to hack it in hardware.

One way to fix it in software is to use alsamixer and then enable either "R invert" or "L invert", however, now the headphones have incorrect audio.

I'm curious if your Pinebook Pro has similar issues and how did you solve them. I will probably try to hack it on the hardware level at some time in the future.

Has anyone get a DS18B20 temp sensor working on a RockPro64?
I have only seen an old guide for the older Rock64 board.

/Mats

Hello,

While I am waiting for my PBP, I wanted to ask if there is video application something like FaceTime specific to pine devices.
If one is already being developed or ported please let me know project location or developer contact info.
If not, would anyone be interested to work on such project?


Cheers

Where can I found information about PineTime PCB board?
I looking for R36 resistor and LED13 on port P27.

I just want to put it out there that there's a new release of Manjaro available. You can't just upgrade to it if you're on Manjaro 19 - you have to do a clean install. OpenGL 2.0 can be activated on the KDE version for what I understand to be hardware video acceleration. Laptop now goes to sleep when you close the lid (sometimes). Just to warn you though - my KDE version won't boot anymore either from emmc or from on SD card. I have XFCE on the internal storage of a different Pinebook Pro though and that's working very nicely. Etcher won't install on it though. Download speed on Firefox is about 11ms ping and 80 Mbs download speed. Slightly faster on Chromium. I haven't run any benchmarks yet.

Here's the link:
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-arm-...sed/125823

I would like to start discusion about idea keyboard for pine computers.
Simple mechanical keyboard with hackable firmware, place for Pine64
Idea showing in https://www.pine64.org/2020/03/15/march-...-software/ in comments.


(here small version 12*4 not 16*6)

Who would like to but similar keyboard? Meybe with small screen (for panel, clock, info about network etc.)


Open source , meybe new standard better than QMK

(03-30-2020, 01:54 PM)xmixahlx Wrote: it would be nice to have the non-PINE related conversation split to another thread..

How do you upgrade Chromium on default Debian that came with my PBP. I can't access some sites due to security warning.

Am I correct in assuming that if I order the Pinebook Pro (ANSI, US) with the 128GB eMMC, I will get it with the 64GB eMMC installed and get a separate 128GB eMMC card that I would have to install myself?

I am not too afraid to open up the laptop and tinker inside, but it would be convenient to get the 128GB eMMC as a preinstalled option.

Thanks.

Hello everyone,

Long story short, one of the factories producing PINE64 gear is now manufacturing surgical masks. We secured a large quantity of these masks and wish to donate them (a carton of 1000) on your behalf to institutions / organizations in your local community. We'll ship the masks using DHL so it reaches the designated recipient quickly.

Lastly,  I know people will want to donate money to us as a 'thank you', but we'll rather have you donate the sum you had in mind to your local food bank, Red Cross, etc.,

About the masks
These are simple surgical masks without a filter. Without going into a detailed discussion, as that is beyond the scope of this post,  there is strong indication that such  masks are still very effective at preventing droplets containing the virus from entering human airways. More importantly, these masks are also capable of containing droplets with the virus from being dispersed by people who are already infected.  

So, who can I donate masks to?
Here are 6 ideas from the top of my head, I'm sure you can think of something more case-specific:
1) Charities that distribute food to people in quarantine / self-isolation
2) Mental heath workers (usually with health services of a charity) operating in your area  
3) Elderly peoples institutions 
4) Schools, nurseries, childminders, etc., working with key-workers children during the pandemic
5) Homeless (and other) shelters
6) Local councils or volunteer organizations tasked with checking in on vulnerable people in your community

Quick note: your local medical services have filtered masks (in stock or on order) for medical professionals exposed to infected patients, and in all likelihood couldn't make use of surgical masks due to regulatory standards.

Eligibility

1) Forums and chat moderators
2) Partner-project developers
3) Community developers (anyone who contributed code to a PINE64 device)
4) Developers from key projects to PINE64 community (e.g. SUNXI, Lima, Panfrost, etc.,)
6) Others at my discretion

I know an organization/ institution in need of masks, how do I get in touch?
Email me directly (l.erecinski@pine64.org) with the heading "Masks for [institution/organization]". In your email please provide the name of the institution or organization along with the complete and full address line, as well as  your name as you wish it to appear on donation. Also, do indicate in your email to me if you've spoken to people at the organization / institution about receiving the masks -- it may be wise to ask the organization first.
 
Limitations
We'll ship the masks worldwide (mostly EU and US given current situation) until they run out at which point I'll update or remove this post. There may be some instances where, due to quarantine and closed boarders, we'll be unable to ship the masks.