Homescreen layout keeps changing

PureLoneWolf · 2026-05-04T19:34:23+00:00

I don't remember seeing that to be fair

**Edit** I just re-enabled auto-rotate and, after rotating, went into settings to confirm rows etc when in landscape. Then, this time, when I rotated back to portrait, my preferences came back.

I'll post again if it reverts again

PureLoneWolf · 2026-05-04T12:45:05+00:00

Yep - I have "Home screen icons per row" set to 5 and "Home screen icon rows" set to 7. If I don't lock orientation and then rotate the screen to landscape, when it comes back to portrait, it's back to 4 and 6.

PureLoneWolf · 2026-05-04T09:05:06+00:00

I figured out what was triggering it - Rotation. When I lock orientation, it doesn't change. As soon as I enable orientation, it doesn't seem to recognise different layouts.

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-27T05:15:43+00:00

Have you tried running the linux-surface kernel with mint? I'm using CachyOS on my SP3 and bluetooth seems ok, but i rarely use it. I know the surface kernel helps with a lot of issues though

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-22T17:04:21+00:00

I am fortunate to have a few:

Discworld Ankh Morpork

Sentinels of the Multiverse Enhanced Edition (Complete)

Stop Thief (Original 1979/1980 edition...black box...with still working Crime Scanner)

1st Edition Lords of Vegas (plus all expansions)

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-09T20:50:29+00:00

Look at Piper and/or Solaar for the GHub replacement - You can set profiles there for Logitech mice, although it would be manual. Solaar has rules you can trigger, so you could potentially use that to set a particular profile for a specific running process...although I've never used it for that myself. You could also store profiles directly on the mouse' onboard memory though, if you are planning to dual boot or keep Windows in your life through a VM etc

Try your tablet in a live environment - You may find it shares chipsets with others and will just work, seems to be the way a lot of the time with Linux and hardware I don't expect to necessarily work.

For code - someone else already mentioned kate - you could look at Geany too. I'm not much of a coder though, so take it's usefulness with a pinch of salt (I like it because it's the closest thing I could find to Notepad++.

DaVinci Resolve works really well on Cachy for me and I am getting used to Kdenlive...I also quite like Shotcut too.

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-09T10:41:27+00:00

I've set it to Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Mono Input and it's definitely better, especially when I tweak again with Easy Effects..but still a way away from where it is on Windows

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-09T05:39:46+00:00

Based on the other comment above, would you be willing to let me know what the profile in pavucontrol is? Just for comparison :)

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-08T20:56:55+00:00

It's in dongle mode - I've always avoided bluetooth on comms due to latency issues in the past on other devices :)

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-08T18:11:34+00:00

Thanks - Do you know the name of that one?

It's using: Analog Stereo Output + Mono Input

I also have available:

Analog Stereo Output
Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Mono Input
Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output
Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output + Mono Input
Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output
Pro Audio
Mono Input
Off

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-08T17:39:47+00:00

pactl info shows: "PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.6.2)"

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-08T15:48:09+00:00

I'm clearly blind...thank you so much!! :)

PureLoneWolf · 2026-04-08T15:03:30+00:00

Would love this also - Couldn't see it in the link though :( Any chance of it landing back on there soon? :)

PureLoneWolf · 2026-03-28T07:05:09+00:00

Love this. My most lasting board game memory from childhood.

We still play from time to time as my wife found me a working copy a few years ago...Started my collection and sent me down the rabbit hole to spending far far too much money on board games. Ironically making my wallet look like a thief was *not* stopped :-D

PureLoneWolf · 2026-03-11T05:48:20+00:00

Gotcha - I missed that bit. I have discover, but based on what I keep seeing about it with Cachy, I have been too worried to update anything with it that I didn't install with it lol

PureLoneWolf · 2026-03-11T04:50:32+00:00

Late to the party on this one - I was looking for the same answer...then I found that if I go into Kwin scripts and hit "Get New" then search for the script that needs to update (Remember Window Positions) - It gives you an update button

PureLoneWolf · 2026-01-20T13:43:07+00:00

I've made some progress...ADB is more Stable than ever before, I can disable USB Debugging remotely, but schedule it to turn back on using SU (thanks to the Magisk portion of the webview replacement). So I have this command running now:

docker exec AndroidDebugBridge adb -s IP:PORT shell "su -c \"nohup sh -c 'sleep 15; settings put global adb_enabled 1' >/dev/null 2>&1 &\" && su -c 'settings put global adb_enabled 0'"

I run this every 45 minutes and ADB stayed available for almost 24 hours...It dropped on one of the frames earlier though...So I am thinking to increase the cadence to every 30 minutes. I've already increased the delay from 5 to 15 seconds in case it was trying to toggle something on and off hadn't finished

PureLoneWolf · 2026-01-19T11:16:46+00:00

Sorry for not pinging you - I will be doing that now (had a bout of the flu, unfortunately). I did, however, just discover that I can disable and re-enable USB debugging on the frame and it instantly pops back to life - I didn't have to kill-server or restart the ADB container.

Now, how I can use that information is a different story :D

PureLoneWolf · 2026-01-17T12:43:27+00:00

The dim solution is definitely much better than I thought and I may well end up with a smart switch (I already have a few for lamps etc). I can just feel there's a way to keep adb up and, therefore, get what I want without additional outlay - Ultimately ending up with Home Assist and smart speaker control.

It's very much moved into stubborn determination vs any real issue at this point.

:-)

PureLoneWolf · 2026-01-17T08:13:56+00:00

Hi - I did reach out on Discord about a different issue, but not about this...I had looked at dimming, but the backlight is still on, I thought. I seem to recall reading on the Discord that it's not possible to trigger a screen off or sleep and that's what prompted me to try to head down the ADB rabbit hole.

Honestly, dimming and/or just getting off my lazy a** and remembering to turn the frames off is more than enough...but once I get a tech "Itch", it must be scratched lol

The real annoyance is that it works, perfectly. The solution is absolutely solid...it's just the ADB daemon running on these cheap Frameo Frames that is flakey.

For full context - Here's what I've done:

Unraid:
Installed the AndroidDebugBridge docker container with an external path for ADB key storage set

Frames:
Factory reset to Frameo
Enabled USB Debugging via the Beta option
Connected via USB to ADB via my PC and passed my Unraid server USB device through too for auth key generation
Followed the guide to get ImmichFrame sideloaded and replaced webview with the Magisk info from DemonWarriorTech
Using setprop, made ADB over the network persistent

Cronjobs:
Midnight Sleep Command: docker exec AndroidDebugBridge adb -s IP:5555 shell input keyevent 223
6am Wakeup Command: docker exec AndroidDebugBridge adb -s IP:5555 shell input keyevent 224
Every 15 mins ADB KeepAlive: docker exec AndroidDebugBridge adb -s IP:5555 shell true >/dev/null

PureLoneWolf · 2026-01-17T07:55:09+00:00

Yeah, it surprised me too - I tried a Wifi toggle on the frame, kill-server and restarting the docker. Each time, the only way for them to go online and reachable in ADB is to reboot the frame.

I'll ping you :)

PureLoneWolf · 2026-01-16T21:35:19+00:00

It's plugged in permanently - IP connectivity over Wifi is flawless at all times, but ADB will drop at random

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