On 6/30/23 10:29, Norman Feske wrote:
To all Sculpt-OS-on-the-PinePhone testers,
I have just published a new Sculpt OS image for the PinePhone that includes a screensaver mode to increase battery time. You can download the image with version 2023-06-30 at [1], or use Sculpt's built-in system update feature, selecting me (nfeske) as image provider, and download and install the latest entry of my index.
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Worked like a charm! Everything worked exactly as you described, including the occasional screen flicker (except the screen idle time seems to be nearer to 5 seconds than 10).
Removing the drivers entirely is a very interesting proof-of-concept. I am still amazed at the amount of investigative research that you guys still do, considering how mature the project is! It's never boring around here. :^)
One very minor quirk I noticed: it seems that before blanking the screen every second time, it goes back to the default setting for screen brightness. I normally set mine to level 2, and after the first wake-up it stays at 2, but immediately before sleeping the next time (barely visible for a split-second) it goes back to 4. Not a problem; just mentioning it in case it illuminates something deeper.
My biggest observation is how easy the on-device update process is. Thanks a million for implementing this! It reduces the barrier to basically zero. I have very little free time these days, but even I can press a few buttons and test something new!
Please keep the test updates coming!
Thanks!
John J. Karcher devuser@alternateapproach.com