On 5/10/19 11:30 AM, 'qubeslover' via qubes-users wrote: > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Sunday, May 5, 2019 2:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 5/4/19 12:13 PM, 'qubeslover' via qubes-users wrote: >> >>> Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. >>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >>> On Friday, May 3, 2019 8:27 PM, >>> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> On 5/2/19 10:55 AM, 'qubeslover' via qubes-users wrote: >>>> >>>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >>>>> On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 11:19 AM, >>>>> liked2-mmb7mzphnfy-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2ibg-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2...@public.gmane.org >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 5/1/19 4:38 AM, Thierry Laurion wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 04:36 , >>>>>>> <liked2-mmb7mzphnfy-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2ibg-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2ibg-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2...@public.gmane.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> mailto:liked2-mmb7mzphnfy-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2ibg-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2...@public.gmane.org> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> According to https://github.com/QubesOS/updates-status/issues/782 >>>>>>> the script "app-shutdown-idle" is included in the latest stable >>>>>>> templates. >>>>>>> How to enable/use it? Unfortunately, I couldn't find any >>>>>>> documentation in https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-shutdown-idle to >>>>>>> use it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "The mechanism is opt-in - enable |shutdown-idle| service in qube >>>>>>> settings to use it." >>>>>>> Which litterally means what it says. >>>>>> >>>>>> [dom0]$ qvm-service --enable AppVmName shutdown-idle >>>>>> did not the trick. The vms stay running even if all windows are closed. >>>>>> Additionally, I couldn't find anywhere the setting >>>>>> 'qubesidle.idleness_monitor' mentioned in the second link to adjust the >>>>>> timeout. >>>>>> Any help how to do and where to enable it is appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> (more or less) same problem here. On my laptop shutdown-idle only works >>>>> with Fedora-based VMs. It has never worked with Debian/Whonix-based VMs. >>>> >>>> Could you describe please in a bit more detail how you enable this >>>> service. For me the commandline above does not work even for Fedora >>>> templates. The questions are as following: >>>> >>>> 1. which commandline do you use to enable it? >>>> 2. Does the service setting apply to a running AppVm or do I have to >>>> restart it to be enabled? >>>> 3. where can I find the timeout property 'qubesidle.idleness_monitor'? >>>> 4. Is the service setting a persistent setting or do I need an autostart >>>> script in dom0 for that? >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> 1. In a fedora-29 template type "sudo dnf install qubes-idle" >>> >>> 2. Create a fedora-29 based VM (let's call it "shutdown", it is just a >>> test) >>> >>> 3. Shutdown's "Qubes Setting" -> Services -> Type shutdown-idle in the bar >>> and click on + >>> >>> 4. Open a terminal in the Qube we called 'shutdown' and close it. >>> >>> >>> 4b. If you want to check that qubes-idle-watcher is running type in the >>> terminal ps aux | grep qubes-idle-watcher : you should see something like >>> this running: >>> user 764 0.3 1.6 243856 25340 ? S 13:07 0:00 /usr/bin/python3 >>> /usr/bin/qubes-idle-watcher >>> >>> 5. Close the terminal in the qubes. >>> >>> 6. After 15 minutes (without any windows open) the qubes 'shutdown' should >>> automatically shutdown :-) >>> >>> >>> This works just perfectly in fedora-based VMs but it is not working in >>> Debian/Whomix-based VMs. >>> Cheers >> >> Qubeslover, thank you very much for the detailled explanation. I managed it >> to enable! Now, I'm a qubeslover-lover. :) >> > > Glad it has been helpful. I have a question. Have you managed to run > shutdown-idle in a Fedora-based VM? Or in a Debian-based one? In this latter, > if I type 'ps aux | grep qubes' I notice the the process 'qubes-idle-watcher' > is not running (and even if I launch it manually it does not work). > > Cheers >
It runs for Fedora-based VMs like a charm. In Debian I encounter the same like described by you: this process is not running. I haven't tried the testing packages as proposed by unman. -- 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/7809aa00-85e7-2e3a-229b-50f874db93a1%40gmx.de. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
