On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 12:11:31PM +0200, dhorf-hfref.4a288...@hashmail.org wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 09:46:57AM +0200, Zbigniew ??ukasiak wrote: > > > > > disable sys-usb autostart. > > > > maybe "lock out" refers to a USB keyboard ? > > > yes, that is how i read it, and that is what my suggestions for > > > dealing with the update are about. > > > > Yes - I have an USB keyboard. So just to be sure - when I checkout > > "start qube automatically on boot" in the sys-usb Qube Settings and > > reboot - then the system will use my USB keyboard directly without any > > problems? > > if you are entering your disk encryption passphrase during boot > using an USB keyboard that means your usb keyboard is directly > connected to dom0 during boot. > and it will stay there until you (try to) start sys-usb. > > so my general recommendation for people who rely on usb keyboards > in their qubes setup is to disable sys-usb autostart. > (not just for replacing templates, but in general) >
There's a simpler route, which I often use for template changes like this, without need for reboot. Almost foolproof. Make sure the new template has the necessary packages installed, and then use a basic script to shutdown sys-usb, change template and restart sys-usb. Use sleep to ensure sys-usb is down before you try to change the template. Put in a `sleep 120` statement, and then revert the change : that will give you long enough to check that your keyboard/mouse are working properly with the new configuration. If all goes well, delete the sleep and reversion lines, and then run the script again. If not, correct whatever is wrong and test again. Something like: ``` #!/usr/bin/bash qvm-shutdown sys-usb sleep 10 qvm-prefs sys-usb template <NEW_TEMPLATE> qvm-start sys-usb ## Delete this section after testing sleep 120 qvm-shutdown sys-usb sleep 10 qvm-prefs sys-usb template <OLD_TEMPLATE> sleep 5 qvm-start sys-usb ## Delete this section after testing ``` You could use salt too, of course, but KISS 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20200530134230.GA5356%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
