-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 09:30:12AM -0700, Neal Krawetz wrote: > I think I'm really close to getting Win10 running with USB support under > Qubes R4, but I need some help. > > According to the official docs, Win10 HVM with QWT should have full USB > support: > > https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-tools.md > But as anyone who has ever tried to install it knows, the installation has > problems. > > As far as I can tell, the main problems are in the installation code for > QWT on the Windows side. > > Here's what I have working so far: > 1. Install Win10 as an HVM. (Baseline.) > > 2. Install 7-zip, since it will be needed to unpack tar files. > > 3. Go to > https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/net35-sp1/. This is > needed to install QWT. (QWT requires .NET version 3.5, but doesn't wait for > it to install. To make it work correctly, install .NET version 3.5 first!) > > 4. Go to https://xenbits.xenproject.org/pvdrivers/win/ and download the > 9.0.0 tar files for xenbus, xenvkb, and xeniface. > Unpack the tar files. > Install xenbus/x64/ and xenvkb/x64/ but do NOT reboot. > No NOT install xeniface -- you'll need that later to fix a missing dll. > After it is installed, reboot.
Does installing xeniface here cause any issues? > 5. Go to https://ftp.qubes-os.org/qubes-windows-tools/ and download > qubes-tools-4.0.1.3.exe > Run it. > De-select pvdrivers and migrate user account. > Install. > When it's done, reboot. > > 6. The QWT exe failed to install everything it needs. As far as I can tell, > the CAB file buried inside the EXE didn't install and the installer just > ignored the error. As a result, the Qubes services did not start. (Go to > the Start menu, type Services, and open the Services app. Jump down the > Qubes in the services list and you'll see that they didn't start.) > I suspect that the installer worked under Win7 but does not work under > Win10. > The problem for the missing services comes from two missing dll files: > xencontrol.dll and libxenvchan.dll. Those two are installed as part of "pvdrivers" option, that you deselected in the step 5... But then, I think QWT ships older version of pvdrivers, so selecting that is also not ideal. > xencontrol.dll is in the xeniface.tar file (this is why I had you > downloaded the tar). Copy the dll to "C:\Program Tools\Invisible Things > Lab\Qubes Tools\bin\" and paste it right next to qubesdb-daemon.exe > > libxenvchan.dll is buried inside the exe. This takes a linux system to > extract: > cabextract qubes-tools-4.0.1.3.exe # lots of files, you want "a1". a1 is > an exe that won't run under Win10 > 7z x a1 content.cab # extract the cab file from a1 > cabextract -Flibxen\* content.cab # this extracts libxenvchan.UUID > mv libxenvchan.* libxenvchan.dll > Transfer this dll to some web site and then download it into the Windows VM. > Copy the dll to "C:\Program Tools\Invisible Things Lab\Qubes Tools\bin\" > and paste it right next to qubesdb-daemon.exe > > 7. Reboot the Windows VM. Now the services are running! > Confirm this: Go to the Start menu, type Services, and open the Services > app. Jump down the Qubes in the services list and you'll see that they > started. > > At this point, things that work: > + USB block devices, such as a thumb drive, can be attached to the WinVM. > > Things that do not work: > - USB character devices, like a webcam, yubikey, or smartcard reader, > fail. The error: "qrexec not connected" That is expected, I think. Full support for USB devices is in progress: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5802 > I suspect the problem is that more files in the cab need to be installed > but are missing. Does anyone know what files are needed, where they go, and > what (if any) registry changes are needed? > > Does anyone recognize the problem or have an idea about how to fix it? - -- Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki Invisible Things Lab -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEhrpukzGPukRmQqkK24/THMrX1ywFAmCsPVkACgkQ24/THMrX 1yw/Iwf/c3KmhG/ezdR2xxcmHq4k3pDws8DqHjCn4rGTEIZlhaV3LWjluHBVB5rb Qjp2Cm5nzbPGo4aDLdoh2fYPxd51aRyF0c0mZiRSldzO00qcOIJXMlrQriaciCIx POP1CuTHbPJ3ZFWDhFQShKK5Y9RUom432VcRFUqIY5Wfc127c3gss8Nfod2jArqI HiG19yMQq5cv5ytw+0FsWofC4hyARYrjZ/4PJD2zqdlJYvv6Fwembk6Ss/0a+8xU mHQ8dBw6jAsjCCpYR2zl88Ly6ITXuKHGjtWaQ/mFBJZa9ZGdr6LhOM5Cg9E11t6P RDFMkSdlhk6x5Xs1u52AupBJi6lLUQ== =cDGZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/YKw9WJTI5jELkr3U%40mail-itl.
