Convergence Issues

Hardware Librem 5
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Before seeing the Hoyoki in Purism shop, I ordered a Hoyoki from Amazon (was cheaper as well) and returned it because of a defect in one port. The replacement Hoyoki works fine for me.
I use it a lot and I use a HP Z400 workstation, w/ Blackweb keyboard/mouse combo to a Samsung SyncMaster S27B370 w/ HDMI connection.
The only issue is that L5 Convergence says there are no known docks attached, so a manual trip through Settings > Displays is necessary.

In the image you provide, is the same Hoyoki I have. I think Puri may have changed the hardware out from Hoyoki to SutechSmart is because it appears that Hoyoki no longer sells them.

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So whatā€™s the solution to my problem: Iā€™ve got the hub thatā€™s on the Purism site plugged into the L5 (bought from Purism). My wireless keyboard works, the wireless mouse works. I can listen to a movie stored on the L5 with VLC on my Samsung 4K TV. However, I canā€™t open a browser to surf the Net, and mouse operations are often jerky (lag). When I unplug the Hub, sometimes bugs remain (the L5 tells me that browsers are open and need to be closed, etc.) and the L5 freezes completely. Other times, I can start using the L5 again without any problem once Iā€™ve unplugged the hub (I can surf the Internet, etc.).

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Wait for the next Lnx 6.6.29 version i guess it could fix the issue.

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Anybody else notice convergence is very flaky again? Maybe it is my hardware. I donā€™t know. My hubs all hate me and my phone right now. They have all decided to have various annoying flaky issues. I donā€™t know, sometimes this device ā€¦ It can be exhausting.

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I just spent the morning messing with L5 and didnā€™t get very far. I started out with just a hub (same brand very similar to the one pictured above, had too many frustrations, so I started using the NexDock accessory I got with the L5 order. The USB hub (this UtechSmart brand) wasnā€™t givng me wired network connectivity, so I just went straight to the NexDock instead.

After a bunch of messing around with settings and setting display to the dock only (combine/mirror was nothing but problems, hard to describe), I finally got it working pretty well, even with a mouse attached to the dock.

But my data connectivity when on wireless is SO bad I failed installing Librewolf entirely. (Which is surprising because I live in an area which should have good connectivity.) Very slow and then it failed. I think it wouldā€™ve been fine if I could get a wired connection to work.

The phone also got very hot (even after I had the L5 screen turned off), about 50C all around, but thatā€™s another topic. It can be exhausting sometimes.

Once you get things working and youā€™re using it like that consistently, itā€™s decent. But start changing things up radically and you need to be prepared to try lots of things. I was digging up so many different kinds of various adapters and wires to try different setups that I remembered things I didnā€™t even know I had. lol

Iā€™ll get it done eventually. But yeah messing around with L5 is like another hobby.

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For all the criticisms and issues we have, at least we canā€™t complain about the claim that it will get better with time. I think it is getting better. Instead of getting en-crapified with time like mainstream devices. Surprisingly I havenā€™t seen any of the lag or stutters mentioned above by Marts.

There was one thing I forgot to mention above. I tried turning off ā€œautomatic lockingā€ so I wouldnā€™t need to unlock constantly when the screen on the dock/phone blanks (I think it means it only locks when I tell it to lock or by pushing the power button?), but the locking behavior remained totally the same. Under Settings->Privacy->Screen Lock. It seems like thatā€™s just broken.

Also one of the more annoying convergence issues for me is the total lack of any ā€˜task managerā€™ or ā€˜launch barā€™ or whatever we want to call where a desktop OS shows the applications running so you can switch windows. If you snap a window to the left and right, as soon as you get a third one itā€™s a minor annoyance using the mobile-style switcher. But, at least it does work.

I need to go look for the official place to report issues, like that screen lock thing.

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I really love this device. Sometimes I strongly dislike it. It is fun and interesting and I get to tinker. But, the rub is that it is constant effort. The thing needs lots of attention and I just want it to work sometimes so I can get on with my life. It is very much like woodworking or some other involved hobby.

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