On Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 8:15:50 AM UTC-4, John Maher wrote: > On Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 6:15:43 AM UTC-4, awokd wrote: > > On Mon, September 10, 2018 6:28 pm, John Maher wrote: > > > On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:15:49 AM UTC-4, John Maher wrote: > > > > > >> On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:12:52 AM UTC-4, John Maher wrote: > > >> > > >>> On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 9:45:33 AM UTC-4, unman wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:31:09AM -0700, John Maher wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 9:42:02 AM UTC-4, unman wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 05:24:24AM -0700, John Maher wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>> On Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 8:20:40 AM UTC-4, > > >>>>>>> higgin...@gmail.com wrote: > > >>>>>>>> tried --- > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> sudo qubes-dom0-update > > >>>>>>>> --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community --action=reinstall > > >>>>>>>> qubes-template-debian-9 > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Again it appears to reinstall - message appears saying > > >>>>>>>> successfully installed. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Then try to start DEBIAN-9 VM and get > > >>>>>>>> "ERROR:VM directory does not exist: > > >>>>>>>> /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/debian-9". > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Help! > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> I just did a fresh install of Qubes OS 4.0 on new hardware > > >>>>>>> and I'm having the exact same problem. None of the > > >>>>>>> suggestions here have resulted in any change, although I did > > >>>>>>> not try: > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community > > >>>>>>> --action=reinstall qubes-template-debian-9 > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> and I'm not that interested in going that route. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> I've been using Qubes OS 3.2 for over a year now without this > > >>>>>>> type of problem. Any more suggestions or fixes? > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Thanks. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> John > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Have you tried the obvious, and created the missing directory? > > >>>>>> Ownership should be root:qubes - compare to the other template > > >>>>>> directories. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> The only content is a symlink icon.png, pointing to > > >>>>>> /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/devices/appvm-black/png > > >>>>>> You could create this yourself also. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Unman, thanks for replying. I didn't run that command (sudo > > >>>>> qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community > > >>>>> --action=reinstall qubes-template-debian-9), so I don't know if I > > >>>>> would get the same error message, but I do have the directory > > >>>>> /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/debian-9. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I've performed an automatic re-install of the debian-9 template > > >>>>> twice and a manual re-install once. Still, no applications > > >>>>> display under Applications tab. I can't even run a terminal via > > >>>>> dom0 using: qvm-run debian-9 gnome-terminal > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I have to believe there is a simple command to make this debian-9 > > >>>>> template functional, but I don't know where to go from here. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Thanks. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> John > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Sorry John, I misunderstood. > > >>>> The message you quoted referred to a VM directory that did not > > >>>> exist, and I assumed *that* was your problem. > > >>>> > > >>>> It appears that your problem is that the template does not show any > > >>>> applications. Have you tried running 'qvm-start debian-9' followed > > >>>> by 'qvm-sync-appmenus debian-9' ? What is the result? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Incidentally, it would be helpful if you gave a little more > > >>>> information about the errors you are encountering. When you try to > > >>>> run gnome-terminal, what exactly happens? Do you see any error > > >>>> messages? Does the template start? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Have you tried running other applications using qvm-run? xterm? > > >>>> firefox? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> unman > > >>> > > >>> Hi unman, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Thanks for this. Sorry, I do need to provide more info. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I ran the following and got the following: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> [maher@dom0 ~]$ qvm-start debian-9 > > >>> [maher@dom0 ~]$ qvm-sync-appmenus debian-9 > > >>> Traceback (most recent call last): > > >>> File "/usr/bin/qvm-sync-appmenus", line 9, in <module> > > >>> load_entry_point('qubesdesktop==4.0.12', 'console_scripts', > > >>> 'qvm-sync-appmenus')() > > >>> File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qubesappmenus/receive.py", line > > >>> 390, in main > > >>> new_appmenus = retrieve_appmenus_templates(vm, use_stdin=use_stdin) > > >>> File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qubesappmenus/receive.py", > > >>> line 364, in retrieve_appmenus_templates new_appmenus = > > >>> get_appmenus(vm if not use_stdin else None) File > > >>> "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qubesappmenus/receive.py", line > > >>> 158, in get_appmenus > > >>> "Error getting application list") > > >>> qubesadmin.exc.QubesException: Error getting application list > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Regarding errors, I really haven't received any, and I've mostly > > >>> worked in the GUI. For example, I opened Qubes Manager and ran Qube > > >>> settings for the debian-9 template. Clicking the Applications tab > > >>> displays no applications. Clicking the Refresh Application button > > >>> results in no applications, regardless how long I wait. > > >>> > > >>> Running 'qvm-run debian-9 gnome-terminal' in dom0 displays: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Running 'gnome-terminal' in debian-9 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> It waits a short while and returns a dom0 prompt but no > > >>> gnome-terminal window. The same thing happens when trying to run > > >>> xterm or firefox. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks for your attention to this. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> John > > >>> > > >> > > >> Also, I mentioned it in an earlier post, but I re-installed the > > >> template both automatically (twice) and manually (once). > > >> > > >> John > > >> > > > > > > Still struggling with this. I don't understand how Fedora can work fine > > > and the Debian-9 template is unusable. I'm open to suggestions. > > > > I don't get it either, especially with a fresh install. Did you test > > before running any updates? If you enable debug mode, any hints in the > > console or related VM log files? > > awokd, I did test before running updates. The template definitely starts out > appearing (or having?) no applications. > > I don't know how to enable debug mode, and I don't see anything in the > official documentation. I'm also not familiar with the console, unless you're > referring to a dom0 terminal. Any guidance would be wonderful. Thanks. > > John
I decided to see if I could install the debian-8 template with different results from the debian-9 template. Sure enough, by default terminal if displayed as an available app under debian-8, and within debian-8 Qubes Settings there are plenty of expected apps in the Applications tab. I'll now try to upgrade debian-8 to debian-9 (using a different name) and see what I get. awokd, I really appreciate you (and anyone else who has ideas on this) giving this some attention. I really want to work with debian-9, and understand what the hell is going on. -- 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/1fc6b660-ac9d-4ee6-abb9-9ff61a910d32%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.