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   On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 03:02:39 -0000 (UTC), Joseph Rosevear wrote:   
      
   > I got a PinePhone.  It runs Manjaro Linux which uses KDE Plasma.   
      
   Here's a quick update.   
      
   I'm still using my PinePhone, and I'm getting to know it better.   
      
   I finally got the updates to work.  In the process of updating, however,   
   I lost the existing audio settings.  For a while I was panicked.  The   
   microphone levels were so high that I couldn't make calls at all.  And at   
   first I didn't know what the problem was.  I got help from duck.ai (Duck)   
   who recommended that I add the pavucontrol package and use that to check   
   the audio levels.  In the end that worked well, but it took a little   
   study, even with pavucontrol.  The audio levels are complex, because of   
   the profile system that is used by pulseaudio.  Now, however, I have a   
   well adjusted set of audio levels.  Perhaps better than what I had on my   
   old Android.   
      
   Today I did some interesting things.  I added gcc, and I am hoping to use   
   it to compile some of the code that I use on my PC.  And I learned that I   
   can plug my powered, four port USB hub into the docking bar.  That makes   
   room for up to three flash drives in addition to the Ethernet, keyboard,   
   mouse and monitor, although so far I've done just a little testing:  I   
   partitioned and formatted a flash drive on my PC, wrote a short file to   
   the drive, then read the file from the phone.  Neat, huh?   
      
   I learned how to deal with a quirk of the phone.  I wonder if there is a   
   better solution, but for now I follow this sequecence of steps to shut   
   down when using the docking bar.  The first step avoids the problem -   
   otherwise the phone starts again after shutdown:   
      
      -Unplug power from the docking bar.   
      -Press the power button and count to three.   
      -Select shutdown.   
      
   I think this is related to another, minor quirk.  The phone starts   
   without pressing the power button when I connect it to the power supply.   
      
   -Joe   
      
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