On Wed, 1 May 2024 11:15:42 +0200 'justanotherquber' via qubes-users wrote:
> Hi, I've been trying to get a dvm to open media files in mplayer in a > disposable qube. Starting the disposable media qube from dom0 with > qvm-run --dispvm media-dvm --service -- qubes.StartApp+st works. > Copying files(same as the ones used to test > qvm-open-in-vm/qvm-open-in-dvm) to the vm with qvm-copy works. > Opening the copied files with xdg-open or qubes-open works in the > dvm. Opening media files in mplayer in the disposable qube with > qvm-open-in-dvm used to work. Same here. > It stopped working after I switched the media qube's template from > debian-11-minimal to debian-12-minimal. I am not sure if that per se is the reason. It used to work for me in debian-12-minimal too. Here is what I get when I "Open in VM" a text file (VM is based on debian-12-minimal with thunar, xpdf and mpv installed). [ 277.623816] systemctl[1176]: Failed to connect to bus: No medium found [ 277.649127] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: xdg-mime: mimetype argument missing [ 277.649430] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information. [ 277.678605] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: x-www-browser: not found [ 277.679554] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: firefox: not found [ 277.680597] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: iceweasel: not found [ 277.681603] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: seamonkey: not found [ 277.682573] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: mozilla: not found [ 277.683527] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: epiphany: not found [ 277.684437] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: konqueror: not found [ 277.685364] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: chromium: not found [ 277.686320] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: chromium-browser: not found [ 277.687446] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: google-chrome: not found [ 277.688471] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: www-browser: not found [ 277.689353] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: links2: not found [ 277.690593] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: elinks: not found [ 277.691631] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: links: not found [ 277.692557] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: lynx: not found [ 277.693781] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: w3m: not found [ 277.693832] qubes.OpenInVM+-storage[1187]: xdg-open: no method available for opening '/tmp/storage-LVDbTK/TEST.pdf' Trying to copy the file first and then 'xdg-open TEST.pdf' in the target VM, I get the same series of errors: $ xdg-open TEST.pdf xdg-mime: mimetype argument missing Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information. /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: x-www-browser: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: firefox: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: iceweasel: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: seamonkey: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: mozilla: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: epiphany: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: konqueror: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: chromium: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: chromium-browser: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: google-chrome: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: www-browser: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: links2: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: elinks: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: links: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: lynx: not found /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: w3m: not found xdg-open: no method available for opening 'TEST.pdf' Then I tried this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/59088 but it changed nothing. Tested with an mp4 file - same result. I can open the files through thunar, where I can set default app for the type too. However, thunar does not use xdg-open but exo-open. Next, I looked at the code of xdg-open (it is a shell script) and I saw it used some form of desktop environment (DE) detection and acted based on that. So, to see what exactly happens: $ bash -x xdg-open TEST.pdf ... + DEBUG 2 'Selected DE gnome3' ... + open_gnome3 TEST.pdf + gio help open + gvfs-open --help + open_generic TEST.pdf ... And there it is: xdg-open wrongly detects gnome3 which is not installed. Then I checked: $ printenv | grep XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-QUBES ## NOT XFCE, which is the correct value After: $ export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=XFCE xdg-open works as expected in the current session. To have "Open in VM" work as well, obviously the above must be set persistently. Speculation 1 (needs checking and confirmation): Since I see in a fedora-xfce-template-based qubes the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=XFCE, I suppose it is somehow set when XFCE itself is installed (and not just thunar), so perhaps the fact of the Debian template being "-minimal" (and not "-xfce") is related to this issue and one needs to set this thing manually to make it work properly. Speculation 2 (if the above is wrong): It might be Debian specific. If you have the time to test these speculations, please post back so others know too. -- 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/20240501114555.6672eeb8%40localhost.
