@arubislander thanks for the info
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RE: Keyboard on screen with snaps
I thought I’d read that there would be an OSK in snaps on Noble. Is that correct, and if so, is working in the pre-release versions of Noble that are available?
Thanks
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RE: Problem with Installer 0.10.0
Hi @Salah - I don’t think there can be a general problem with version of the installer else loads of people would be shouting about it. I used that version to try Noble and then go back again earlier in the week on my 3a and it worked fine. The only time I’ve had anything like that was when I had a dodgy USB connection. Which installer did you use to install UT previously?
Don’t know if some server being down would cause the same, but would have thought more people would be complaining if so. Good luck and hope someone more knowledgeable can suggest something.
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RE: This week in development (week 52 2024)
Happy New Year everyone. In the last linmob update, Peter has said:
Also, once Ubuntu Touch 24.04 lands, running apps via Libertine (the container thingy you can install .deb packages in), is going to make more sense than ever before.
I wondered, if anyone gets a spare moment, if they could very quickly explain what the advantages might be?
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RE: I am about to give up and leave
You've mentioned the Pinephone a few times. I have one also. But the thing that stops me daily driving it, is not that it's underpowered, but that sooner or later I'll miss a text or a call. As far as I'm aware (please correct me if I'm wrong), there isn't a single pure Linux phone where texts and calls are totally reliable.
So that only leaves us with UT, Droidian/FuriOS and Sailfish. They're all good, and all work reliably for phone usage. I did daily drive Droidian (sorry) on my Pixel 3a for about 6 months, but I ended coming back to UT, as the ability to use and scale any Linux app isn't all it's cracked up to be, and UT has some really cool native apps!
Ultimately, UT does everything I need, and most importantly, I can depend on texts and calls working (I don't use social media). As for browsers, I can't see why more people don't use Firefox via Libertine. It seemed like everybody wanted it when it didn't work, and now it does work, nobody wants it! And it's far from being the only Linux app that works in Libertine.
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RE: Browser limits phone usability
@jojumaxx I think it’s Libertine not Firefox. I just deleted mine.
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RE: Browser limits phone usability
@jojumaxx excellent. Hope it does the job for you until this new browser appears
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RE: Browser limits phone usability
@jojumaxx Hi
In /home/phablet/.cache/libertine-container/focal/rootfs/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
replace each occurrence of:
Exec=firefox ...
with:
Exec=env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 firefox ...lines 153, 200 and 222
Does that not allow you to do scrolling etc. with the touchscreen?
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RE: Browser limits phone usability
@jojumaxx I think most of those issues were before Focal Fossa. A great tip from @arubislander is to add MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 to the exec in firefox.desktop. Libertine Tweak Tool for scaling and I'm sure there's further improvements that can be made also.
Sent from Firefox
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RE: Howto : chroot debian with X support instead libertine ubuntu
Hi @Bouleetbil - I've just tried, and got this:
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/ubports-scripts$ ./install.sh cp: cannot create regular file '/home/phablet/.config/systemd/user/debian-mount.service': No such file or directory Failed to enable unit: Unit file debian-mount.service does not exist.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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RE: Howto : chroot debian with X support instead libertine ubuntu
Thanks @Bouleetbil
I did try the new command to create the chroot, and it worked fine. But I was still struggling with some of the later steps.
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RE: Howto : chroot debian with X support instead libertine ubuntu
Hi @Bouleetbil - thanks for this. I'm also using a Pixel 3a (Focal) and thought I'd give this a try, but it doesn't seem to be working for me.
After entering the first block of code (Create chroot), it was busy doing stuff for about 10 mins, but then eventually failed with:
W: Failure while configuring base packages. This will be re-attempted up to five times. W: See /home/phablet/Documents/debian/debootstrap/debootstrap.log for details (possibly the package dconf-service is at fault)
Looking thorugh the log file I just see lots of dependency errors, e.g.
dpkg: error processing package firefox-esr (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: dconf-service dconf-gsettings-backend:arm64 libgtk-3-common libgtk-3-0:arm64 chromium maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 firefox-esr
Any ideas?
Thanks,
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Mapping cursor keys on external keyboard
Hi,
I've got an extenral mini keyboard, but unfortunately, it has no cursor keys. However, the firmware is configurable, so although it has no ESC key either, I can map a key to a value, i.e. 0x1B and I have an ESC key.
I believe cursor keys ar a bit more complicated though, and send something like ESC [ A etc.? But just thought I'd ask on the off chance if there was any values I could use to get cursor key behaviour?
Thanks,
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VS Code / Codium
Hi,
Does any know if it's possible to get this working in Libertine for Focal Fossa?
Nothing shows up in a search, and I've tried downloading .deb files and installing via the Libertine GUI, but it nothing happens and it says 'Cannot determine package version'.Thanks
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RE: Installation advice for new Pixel 3a/3a XL owners
Hi @lduboeuf - thanks for the reply. I was aware though, that the 'Preparatory Step' tells us to install Android 9. But it doesn't give any info on how to install. I went for the command line method, as it seemed easier. This seemed to make it impossible to install UT afterwards and I would never have guessed that the reason was the way I'd installed Adroid 9 (until I found the info buried in the thread I linked to). Thanks.
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Installation advice for new Pixel 3a/3a XL owners
Hi,
I'm a new Pixel 3a owner and have just got UT working (awesome btw), and just wanted to give some feedback...
I'd like to think that I'm fairly techy but it's just taken me a whole day to get UT installed. And the problems all boiled down to the way I was flashing Android 9. Yes, the information is there in the locked thread https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6798/stuck-on-google-splash-screen-instead-of-going-to-recovery-mode but I think it would be great if this could be added to the 'Preparatory step' section of https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/sargo/
In a nutshell (on Windows 10 at least), DON'T flash with the 'flash-all.bat' script. Instead, use the Android Flash Tool and make sure these (and only these) checkboxes are checked:
Wipe Device
Force Flash all Partitions
Disable Verify
Disable Verification
After that's done, it doesn't matter which version of the installer you use. They all seem to work, so no reason not to use the latest.Thanks,
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Firefox 2023
I was trying out UT on the Pinephone and just out of curiosity, I set up Libertine and tried Firefox. To my amazement, it seemed to be working pretty well
Has anybody tried this on other Focal devices?
Thanks