[MyL5] Received my Librem 5 (Evergreen)

[amarok]

@kieran

Get an SSH server working on the phone. Then you can ssh in from your laptop / desktop. That will give you a bigger screen for seeing output, and

Thanks for this suggestion, @kieran! Very cool, and it wasn’t too hard to set up. I’ll run commands that way now.

Edit: I used this tutorial: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/beginners-guide-setting-ssh-linux-testing-setup/

[nerd7473]

How thick is it?

[nerd7473]

The footprint seems close to my OnePlus One, but how thick is the L5?

[kieran]

I don’t know whether you have ventured out of the house yet with your new phone but for running an SSH server in your pocket (SSHSiyP?) I would recommend going to /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the phone and

• changing the Port directive to move to a non-default port
• adding an AllowUsers directive to limit to only user ‘amarok’, not purism (assuming that you created an account for yourself and obviously your account should have a strong password)

You could go further (e.g. firewall to make it basically not usable at all except when at home and e.g. …).

[amarok]

Received my Librem 5 (Evergreen)

Shucks, I was off by 1 gram. OK, the battery in Evergreen added 16 extra grams and the longer case added 8 extra grams. @amarok, I’m updating the FAQ and need a bit of info. The Birch batch had a USB-C Power Delivery charger that supported up to 5Vx3A (15W), 9Vx2A (18W) and 12Vx1.5A (18W). Is the charger the same in Evergreen? Can you measure Evergreen and confirm that its dimensions are 153 x 75 x 15.5 mm?

[amarok]

When I enabled ssh, this new setting appeared in the Sharing menu, which makes it easy to enable and disable it.

Or it can be disallowed in the firewall, too.
I doubt I’ll need to remote into the phone very much.

[reC]

@amarok

It’s EXTREMELY difficult to scroll SLOWLY through the terminal. You touch the output and it flies by paragraphs at a time.

you might send the output to a .txt file and then attach it here. screenshots are inefficient for this task.

mount > mount.txt or mount >> mount-a.txt
df -h > dfh.txt or df-h >> dfh-a.txt

[reC]

@kieran

You know you can pipe through more , right?

less is more

[kieran]

@reC

and then attach it here

or view it on the phone.

@reC

less is more

Yes, pipe through more, pipe through less, anything that slows it down so that you can peruse the output.

[reC]

more drops you out if you reach the bottom end so … less is more

[j_s]

@amarok

Here ya go:

Sorry for off topic and maybe stupid question, but how did you enter the pipe symbol in sqeakboard?

[amarok]

From the letter rows in squeekboard (fka keyboard) you’ll see the 123 key. Hit that once and you’ll then see the */= key. (Edit: Hit that key and) then the | key is then visible.
If you have switched from the regular board to the Terminal keyboard, the process is similar, with different key placement.

[amarok]

P.S. There are no stupid questions here!

[s7mo]

Are you in the USA?
Can you connect to an existing cell phone carrier?
If so, which one?

[amarok]

Yep. I’m using an MVNO on AT&T’s network.

[j8m2p6f]

Did you mention which modem you have?

[kieran]

Yes: Received my Librem 5 (Evergreen)

[dcz]

Wanna give it a try? I decided to be nice to our customers before Christmas and prototyped locking views. https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/squeekboard/-/merge_requests/416

[kulkat]

Hey buddy!
Thank you for sharing your experiences with the rest of us.
Has the battery life improved since you get your phone?
With the updates.

[amarok]

Honestly, I haven’t been paying attention, because I don’t think those particular optimizations have been pushed out yet. In any case, it’s still necessary to recharge more often than you’re used to, and it takes several hours to charge up. At least it seems to discharge at a stable rate.

That said, the battery level monitoring got a fix today, so now it’s more accurate. See: Evergreen Battery Test

Hope that helps.