Manjaro ARM 19.12 Official Release - PineBook Pro

[karlyn]

So, I'm runing Manjaro on EMMC with 5.5.0-3.1 and the "FN - ESC" key combination doesn't seem to do anything.   Is there something I can do to poke the kernel and tell it to suspend?   Will a lid close cause a suspend?  

Thanks again for the information and work on this.   Suspend and some audio/bluetooth issues are the only things that don't work with Manjaro ( and I don't think the bluetooth/audio issues are really a Manjaro issue ).

I just tried this on Manjaro and it works for me, have you installed @jackhumbert's revised firmware? It fixes issues with the fn keys.

Thanks hectorzg, I wasn't aware of the revised ansi firmware.   I applied it, but unfortunately that doesn't seem to have resolved the "FN-ESC" issue.   However, I have confirmed that the other methods are working now ( lid closed, lid open, and the systemctl suspend command ).    Even if the keyboard combination doesn't work, the lid switch working makes me happy...

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There is a new Kernel Released 5.5.0-3.1 which have a better suspend. I have tested 9hrs sleep time with only 1% drain.

Please Update and let me know your feedback.

Thanks.

Pacman says that I have that Kernel installed:

Code:

core/linux-pinebookpro 5.5.0-3.1 [installed]

Are there any extra steps we have to do or updating it through pacman takes care of everything?

Thanks for all your work!

No. You already have the latest kernel. Can you try a full discharge cycle and charge it fully and try suspend.
Please report back your results. As our Kernel dev have done some power test at hardware level to measure power consumption while on suspend and it is the lowest as compared to any x86_64 laptop. 

I will do another test tonight and report back.
Thanks.

So, I'm runing Manjaro on EMMC with 5.5.0-3.1 and the "FN - ESC" key combination doesn't seem to do anything.   Is there something I can do to poke the kernel and tell it to suspend?   Will a lid close cause a suspend?  

Thanks again for the information and work on this.   Suspend and some audio/bluetooth issues are the only things that don't work with Manjaro ( and I don't think the bluetooth/audio issues are really a Manjaro issue ).

You can try suspending with:

Code:

$ systemctl suspend

If that works -- and you are using gnome3 -- try installing gnome-power-manager. I was missing after I installed gnome.
If you are not using gnome3, maybe you need to fiddle with 

Code:

/etc/systemd/logind.conf

Currently, I am pretty happy with manjaro. _Everything_ works and is really snappy. Ordered my NVMe but has not arrived yet.
The primary advantage over other distros (I usually prefer Fedora) is that tsys et al.'s work is integrated quickly here.

Many thanks! The systemctl command is what I was originally hoping for.   Additionally, by fiddling with the settings in XFCE, I was able to confirm that the lid close/open seems to work fine too.

Even though the keyboard command still does not seem to work ( and I even fiddled with logind.conf as you suggested ), I at least have suspend functionality, which makes me happy.