On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 01:48:36PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 04:44:14PM +0000, Unman wrote: > > echo xterm |/usr/lib/qubes/qfile-daemon-dvm qubes.VMShell dom0 DEFAULT red > > > > will open term in new dispVM > > > > I have this as keyboard shortcut - you can obviously script it to take > > input for command to run. > > thanks, this is very handy! > > I'm just puzzled that this doesnt work: > > echo gnome-terminal |/usr/lib/qubes/qfile-daemon-dvm qubes.VMShell dom0 > DEFAULT red > > it starts a new disposible VM but no gnome-terminal pops up, despite it's > installed and when I start it manually from an xterm it comes up just fine?!? > (This is with a Debian 8 dvm.) > > > -- > cheers, > Holger
This comes up quite often - perhaps it should be in the FAQ. I cant do better than quote my last reply: This is because gnome-terminal is a stub that calls gnome-terminal-server to open a new window and then exits. Because the command you have called exits, the dispVM closes. It's expected behaviour. There was a solution proposed in issues - #2581 if you are interested, but it's ugly (proposer's words) and has significant security risks. I wouldn't touch it, but then I tend not to sue gnome-terminal anyway. And, as Marek pointed out in that thread, this is the reason why the default config has xterm. -- 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20170212142320.GA18690%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
