Possible to use the Pinephone as a PC?
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(10-10-2020, 06:03 AM)Avisando Wrote:
(10-10-2020, 01:51 AM)LinAdmin2 Wrote:
(10-09-2020, 05:41 PM)Avisando Wrote: It's possible. Although it is not yet fluid enough. Look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_UNwRGFsU&t=120s
I was not able to reproduce that.
My Monitor made by Acer which works perfectly with HDMI input together with _all_ other hardware I have, was not recognized by the USB-dock.
As indicated in the video, to activate the "Desktop mode" the image provided on this page was used: https://xnux.eu/p-boot-demo/. Among the multiple distributions that this contains, I have used "pmOS / Plasma Mobile" that appears in the video. However, the "KDE Neon" distribution contained in the same image works even better.

That image is quite impressing but IMHO can not stand as proof for daily usability.
#12
(10-12-2020, 01:32 AM)LinAdmin2 Wrote:
(10-10-2020, 06:03 AM)Avisando Wrote:
(10-10-2020, 01:51 AM)LinAdmin2 Wrote:
(10-09-2020, 05:41 PM)Avisando Wrote: It's possible. Although it is not yet fluid enough. Look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_UNwRGFsU&t=120s
I was not able to reproduce that.
My Monitor made by Acer which works perfectly with HDMI input together with _all_ other hardware I have, was not recognized by the USB-dock.
As indicated in the video, to activate the "Desktop mode" the image provided on this page was used: https://xnux.eu/p-boot-demo/. Among the multiple distributions that this contains, I have used "pmOS / Plasma Mobile" that appears in the video. However, the "KDE Neon" distribution contained in the same image works even better.

That image is quite impressing but IMHO can not stand as proof for daily usability.

That image uses bootloader and kernel from Megous and has patches not yet used in the other distros, but HDMI support still isn't perfect. Keep an eye on https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/735 tracking HDMI on PmOS, with links to useful external resources. Some of the contributors there have been working with Megous to get HDMI working more reliably, so at least one more fix is in the pipeline. If it works as hoped it should find its way upstream and into the various distros.


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