Does anyone know if there's a way to configure the wake-up conditions for the PBP when in suspend mode?

I'm using the PBP with the default Debian MATE, and I'll often pull my PBP out of the laptop bag only to discover that it's on and the case is quite warm. I'm not sure if this wake-up is triggered by loss of DC power (when I unplug and grab it off my desk earlier) or some sort of magnetic relay that's being tripped by an adjacent device, but I want to disable it. Ideally, the only thing that should turn the PBP on is a tap of the power button.

Debian MATE has software options in the power applet for configuring when it goes to sleep, but nothing for when it should wake up. I'm hoping there's some way to configure this in software? Anyone?

Good afternoon,

I replaced the EMMC on the pinebook with  the optional 128 EMMC sold by Pine64.
After installing  the EMMC the Pinebook will not  boot. I keep getting a power light that blinks green and red. I reinstalled original 64gb emmc and still get the blinking power light when attempting to boot/install to the  emmc. 

I can boot from the sd card however and run an OS from the sd card.
I cannot write to emmc from the sd card and then install an OS.  
I would really appreciate assistance/advice about this.
I was unable to find any information on this issue.

I'm hoping to resurrect the Hellaphone project (Inferno OS on smartphones, worked on it on an Android phone back in 2012) on Pinephone. One unfortunate caveat of Inferno is that it is currently cannot compile as a 64-bit binary (386 and armhf only, not amd64 or arm64). According to the postmarketOS IRC channel, pmOS doesn't support multiarch, so that seems to be already off the table.

I'm looking for a Linux distro I can use for testing/developing this rather weird application. I would like to be able to compile *on the device*. I don't care about any UI because Hellaphone uses the framebuffer for its own UI, I just need to be able to interface with wifi / sms / audio / calls via either command-line tools or daemons or /dev.

UBPorts seems like a reasonable option but in reading their forums a little, they seem kind of hostile to the idea of people treating it like "just a Linux box". Would perhaps Manjaro be more appropriate? I'd appreciate any thoughts.

Hello,

I'd like to know if the A64 I2S interface on sopine can support 8 channels of audio ?

Thanks for your answer.
Denis

Hi,

Luke told us in a previous message that a tab had been put in place to prevent the phone from accidentally turning on during transport.

The thickness of this tab pushes on the connectors and therefore once removed the contact between the connectors and the battery are no longer properly made.

This is really a big problem because the end user won't necessarily be a handyman...

@+ Christophe

Hello!
I'm a CS student getting into experimenting with Linux and have found myself in a difficult situation. After messing up my factory Debian install on the Pinebook Pro, I went to flash a fresh install of that exact image onto the eMMC again from an SD card, but this resulted in a boot loop, so I just decided to flash Bionic MATE onto the eMMC instead. I've found that I'm not the biggest fan of Bionic, and want to try other distros on the eMMC, but Bionic seems to have messed with the file(s) that tell the machine how to boot and caused it to skip over the SD card slot in looking for a bootable image. 

Now, if I boot with the eMMC disabled with the hardware switch, I can't make changes to the eMMC, even if I turn the switch back on after booting to the SD card. If I boot with the eMMC switch on, though, it always skips the SD card and boots to the eMMC, which means I can't make changes to what's installed there. 

I could really use some help in figuring out how I could circumvent this mess as I recognise that I'm pretty new to this whole scene and would love to get back on track in making and breaking Linux. 
Cheers!

Hey guys, I love the Manjaro ARM and, despite some reservations, I wiped my XFCE install and reinstalled the KDE version. Unfortunately, Akonadi, a pretty essential tool for most of KDE's software, just flat out doesn't work. My buddy installed Akonadi as well and had the same issue. This is pretty disappointing as it severely limits the benefits of running KDE. Has anyone found a solution to this?

As I haven't worked too much with different OS's ... I guess I am looking for suggestions.
I have used Ubuntu for some time, both server/LAMP and desktop setups. All have been on x386 systems, however.  
I would like to use the PBP for a daily driver.  My uses are pretty light:
Firefox, Chromium, Libre Office, and likely an email client will do most of what I need.
The remainder is an image editor, which most paint programs and GIMP will be just fine.
So far, two items on my 'wanna-gotta have'' list are:

Working One from Wacom tablet
  I added drivers and apps from hits I found for the default OS, but so far, no go.
  It worked out of the box on Mangaro!

A decent remote desktop, where the host app can be easily installed by someone at the 'far' end, behind a firewall.  So ... VNC type apps would be difficult, as well as any that require port forwarding, etc, on their firewall (my Mom, sister, and grandkids!)
I have used AnyDesk and TeamViewer, traditionally, on my Win10 box. But I haven't been able to get either to work yet on the default OS (Debian/MATE) , or Manjaro (I have booting from SD.

I tried  OS on the SD card, and wasn't impressed, and think it would be too restrictive, anyway.

So, so far, I have just used the default OS, which I thought I was going to stick with, until the above 2 issues ... an RDP app, and getting the tablet to work ...... and Manjaro.

Any suggestions on OS/app combinations?  So far, Manjaro is slightly 'ahead', as the table works on it.  :-)

Thanks

Coronavirus restrictions in Guangdong province 

The Guangdong province, where cities of GuangZhou and Shenzhen are located, has today issued a restrictive order delaying businesses from resuming activity until 10 February 2020. This is done in an attempt to curb the spread of the Coronavirus. This date may, and likely will, be further extended. For those who don't know, this is the region where PINE64 gear is produced.

Furthermore, Hong Kong - where popular PINE64 devices* featuring Lithium Ion batteries, are shipped from - has now also imposed limitations on border crossings.
[edit 03/02/2020] Hong Kong authorities announced they'll be closing all major boarder crossings from China until further notice.

What does this mean for you?


Production and shipment delays seem unavoidable at this time. The length of the delay will, of course, depend on how quickly authorities are capable of tackling the virus. There is no saying at this point if we are talking days or weeks - no one can predict how the situation will pan out.

If you wish to discuss the outbreak, its severity, how the government is handling the situation or any other aspects pertaining to the epidemic, then this isn't the right place to do so - I redirect you to the WHO discussion forums where such a conversation is more appropriate.

I'll update this post on a need-be basis.

*the Pinebook, PinePhone and Pinebook Pro all ship out from Hong Kong.

Hey guys today I'm happy to share my CS and HL builds with you
They are both uploaded on my personal gdrive and they are simple .zip files
which need to be unzipped and played nothing much or less
They both have .sh files for faster execution (Counter Strike.sh and Run Half-Life.sh)
The gameplay is not perfect but that's what we need to deal with on the stock Debian..
Hopefully later when mature a bit I will be able to offer you special build CS:GO like which runs 
on the PBP at the moment but is a bit lagy 

the cs have a fuel bugs that needs to be addressed and repaired but not a lot of time for that now..
known bugs are 
-knife animation and sound 
-zombie mode funny place respawn 
-game menu intro music have some problems with pulse audio same as on the rpi 4
-something else ? Share with me

Half-Life no bugs found  
but doesn't support bots on single player
added some skins from the newest black mesa (guns hands etc)
oh and my savegame as a bonus for you if you just want to test the game its with enabled sv_cheats 1 godmode and impulse 101
or you can just start a new game

Playing on Performance Mode is advised 
Please keep in mind that they are not the cleanest build and need some extra work to be done feel free to mod share etc..
okay that's enough for now links are under hope you enjoy and I will work on them when I have time to fix the issues

CS - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XP87P-...2QGOn9SWi1
HL - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eBbANr...D7rg9Q8mOd