Redoing the test of the eMMC drive but using only dd
and using a 600 MiB file …
read: about 57 MB/s
write: about 22 MB/s
That’s better!
Redoing the test of the eMMC drive but using only dd
and using a 600 MiB file …
read: about 57 MB/s
write: about 22 MB/s
That’s better!
Today I tested: Contacts Importer
My starting point was 200+ contacts as schema valid LDAP data in LDIF format.
I thought the easy way to do this would be: import as a new address book into Thunderbird, then export address book as VCF, then scp
the VCF file to the Librem 5, then use Contacts Importer.
And that did basically work. Certainly saved a lot of error prone typing!!
On the other hand, the original content wasn’t perfect and, as expected, the GIGO principle applies.
Other comments:
system-address-book:pas-id-uuid
and I had to key in the name by hand (but that’s not so important - I was more worried about error prone typing in phone numbers). The actual problem crept in during the Thunderbird step.I’m declaring victory on that.
Hi @irvinewade
Just wondering when did you place your order for the L5?
Sorry if you answered this already, but I could not find if answered else where.
Cheers
Early September 2017. There are “countdown” topics for Europe and for the US but as there isn’t one for A/NZ (too few customers?) I didn’t bother to post that info.
Today I tested: Some new toys
With the Ever Given having been dislodged, my toys arrived.
One thing I tested is a USB 3.0 to gigabit ethernet adapter. Mine has a USB-A male connector, so I can use it with any random computer, or in a dock connected to the Librem 5, or via a USB-A female to USB-C male adapter direct to the Librem 5.
Both ways of connecting to the Librem 5 worked out-of-the-box. Tick.
Another thing I tested is a USB-C external SSD drive, for connection direct to the Librem 5. That worked out-of-the-box, other than that the drive arrived formatted as exfat
and the Librem 5 doesn’t have support for that type of file system out-of-the-box. Reformatting the drive as ext4
fixed that. Tick.
While this can’t be used to make a reliable backup of the eMMC drive, it can be used to back up stuff on the uSD card and can be used for casual backup of user files on the eMMC drive, and can be used for sneakernet (moving files on or off the Librem 5).
The third toy that I tested was a dock. That should allow charging of the Librem 5 (USB-C power passthrough) while connected to the above devices and (not tested) connection to an HDMI monitor. While charging worked, and the above devices worked, after a while the red light began to flash, charging stopped and the Librem 5 appeared to overheat. So I powered off and gave it a little rest. Needs more testing.
Why not? I don’t understand.
Because the root file system (the eMMC drive) is not quiesced. Files on it are changing in a manner that is uncoordinated with the process that is copying files onto the external drive. You will probably get lucky anyway but …
The right way to do this is either
Maybe I overlooked some options. Let’s see if anyone jumps in.
I’ve reconnected the dock but without the external drive and it is charging satisfactorily and the temperature is normal.
Edit: No. Gone crazy again.
FYI - there’s only one microphone at the bottom of the phone, the second thing you marked as a mic is actually a speaker. The second microphone is at the top near the headphone jack. Also, there’s proximity and ambient light sensor next to the selfie cam and you’re missing the smartcard slot as well.
Today I tested … upgrading the firmware on the USB-C PD controller. (emoji indicates scary concern about bricking the device)
The command to check the firmware version is
sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/tps6598x/0-003f/customer_use
and that was giving
0x4c35445000000101
which I took to mean version 0.1.1 - and that is not the latest.
The update procedure is a little untidy for me because my distro (Ubuntu) does not include uuu
so I had to build uuu
from source using the info from Purism. If anyone else needs to do this, I suggest replying here for more info.
I will note something from Purism’s web site: IMPORTANT: The firmware is for the Evergreen and Dogwood batches. Don’t flash it to other devices.
Otherwise the needed info is here: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/firmware-tps6598x-nonfree/-/tree/master
I don’t have a USB-C port on my computer, so I had to use a USB-C Male to USB-A Male cable that I had lying around (and that I connected directly into a USB 3.0 port on my computer). I would suppose that the update procedure might try to make the most limited demands on the USB port but I didn’t push it (e.g. by trying a USB 2.0 port or by trying to do it through a hub).
While connected for update, the Librem 5 showed up with lsusb
as:
Bus 999 Device 999: ID 1fc9:012b NXP Semiconductors i.MX 8M Dual/8M QuadLite/8M Quad Serial Downloader
where obviously the bus number and device number will be different on your computer.
The update failed (harmlessly?) the first time due to not running the script as root
(and the Purism doco doesn’t specifically mention this). The reasonable error was:
Fail Failure open usb device,Try sudo uuu
Maybe a udev
rule on my computer would avoid that problem but I don’t anticipate doing this very often so couldn’t be bothered, so sudo ...
it is.
After the update, and rebooting the phone, the above cat
command gives
0x4c35445000000200
which I took to mean 0.2.0 - so that looks like winning!
Any specific improvement(s) you expect to get from doing that? Do you notice any difference afterwards other than the new firmware version number?
I was wondering whether anyone would ask. I had two motivations.
uuu
installed / built anyway.So the firmware upgrade did not help, charging through the dock is still not working afterwards?
I haven’t retested the dock yet because I will want to test normal charging (via the Purism-supplied charger) first, just to make sure that there’s no regression there, and then maybe tomorrow I will try the dock again.
One oddity … I don’t know whether this is a result of a PureOS software change or a result of the firmware update or something else I have done … it seems like the battery is now charging to a higher level. With a 4500 mAh battery, previously it seemed as if it is calling about 3800 mAh 100%, whereas now it seems as if it is calling about 4300 mAh 100%.
So the score at the moment is:
Before the update: failures 2 / 2
After the update: successes 1 / 1
with the caution that the phone software is changing all the time too (and did change), so any observed improvement may be bogus / chance / coincidence / unrelated / real. Clearly I need more data.
If charging via the dock holds up then that gives me another win because it means I can connect the phone via ethernet while charging and work around the WiFi signal problems that I have at the charging station - thereby allowing me to be logged in remotely during charging, doing things, and to monitor the progress of charging remotely.
Perhaps that will be of any use…?