-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-08-02 04:19, [email protected] wrote: > Summary of Problem: During a fresh installation of Qubes R3.1, all > restored Debian TemplateVMs crash during the apt-get dist-upgrade and can > no longer be restarted. > > Details: My preferred Qubes upgrade method is to do a fresh install to a > new disk and backup/restore AppVMs and TemplateVMs from the previous > version. This has highlighted two problems (the minor one first): > > 1. The documentation at > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/releases/3.1/release-notes/#upgrading details > two upgrade methods: [quote]The easiest and safest way to upgrade to Qubes > R3.1 is to install it fromscratch and use qubes backup and restore tools > formigrating of all of the user VMs. Users of Qubes R3.0 can upgrade using > experimentalprocedure.[/quote] > > > > I can find no reference in the fresh-installation instructions for > upgrading the TemplateVMs, which only seems to be mentioned in the > "experimental method" section. Perhaps the term "experimental" is no longer > appropriate and, if so, should ideally be dropped. > > 2. After a fresh installation of R3.1, I restored all AppVMs, HVMs and > TemplateVMs (from R3.0) to the new system, I upgraded the Fedora > TemplateVMs without problem using the "experimental" procedure but ALL 3 of > my Debian-based TemplateVMs crash during the apt-get dist-upgrade step, > leaving the VMs in an unusable state (cannot be restarted). > > Since this is consistent across all three of my Debian-based TemplateVMs > (debian-8, debian-8-nonfree and debian-8-sandbox) it seems likely to be a > bug. Right now, I've restored all three from backup and they are still > usable in R3.0 form but some things (eg VM Manager Update) no longer work. > > Is this a known problem? Is there a solution or workaround? >
Thanks for the report. Tracking your issue here: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2224 - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXoSoZAAoJENtN07w5UDAwcPcQAMmSDvW1HFhjR8MJ8xauOC6w nhoZdT0rn/d4rxx95ev8cjdMqHmKgreoz2fBhWGM+Euhh+9/Tv3CuZ8ks1tZIz12 TMQ5umjXztPcAhoYD0u6YFv5utaVVBCGRIpUm5prWln+FqwuMm70RHYYHRtjfx7P cV7VhyHVfDRdkGakUYXI3suAFD1nzOyS6QXyFO3FQq/j6ZzBSgaKE1sC12RmHWGM Q3TPmPUrzdOkjQJ1W6D0nKBxU+3Byn4KlFSR275/MUt9oEzgmcgNnxd1vXteNmqF vkVQjOMV7h3V2ixoikWHZENp+zChZp+TvzGzqfWz1Q3Kkosvulgs583nGbTqbS6p fiKdKMnpcZkOwEneRzCb3eAmauCYHREVDix4zUdV0+2/bpQfi/rcQMt6xBD2eXmh rlqUIqL6fdP7X7y8wnG0LemozJGOYs4Tg3Cosd78RrY8R2s8VsNXDMgT1j63t2Ez 459EUwA8tE+RXVn0Jzv+fJQtWSgLCxbYWTd//V614He7ajbOO6yTrtodvOvdHWZV 3mHYwOXb0AYtMWQO/cOBgL8k7u9FseYazX5HYX5Q9U9NKLwT3D8FZ/khqb1QFXBH rjs/QSORFzOwp+f6vQPytSd/neFOUjL5SDi9CAevO/J/ErOGTXIne+Evd6UBvBHt eWtiDxORLzyg8Rb9eGfZ =KUwY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/f85003a4-7590-12de-cca8-83eb4aa7082c%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
