[qubes-users] Some issues during / after upgrading to 4.2.0

Hi! As I had some time, I performed the upgrade to Qubes OS 4.2.0. Unfortunately there were a few unexpected findings: * fedora-38 is obsolete already? I thought fedora-37 is??? * my debian-12-dvm template no longer offers Firefox: Qubes settings say: "Application missing in template (firefo

[qubes-users] HCM report

Hi! Just in case: There is a HCL report for an old system. Everything works. Brand: ASUS Model: All Series CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz Chipset: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0c00] (rev 06) Graphics: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Baff

[qubes-users] Minor bugs in qubes manager's "Global Config"

Hi! I just discovered the "Global Config" in Quebes manager. I found some minor bugs: In "Split GPG" the "learn more" hyperlink is displayed as text. I found no way to copy that text. The link in "URL Handling" is a link, but it leads to a very generic documentation page that says nothing

[qubes-users] Re: Some issues during / after upgrading to 4.2.0

On 1/5/24 00:20, Ulrich Windl wrote: Hi! As I had some time, I performed the upgrade to Qubes OS 4.2.0. Unfortunately there were a few unexpected findings: * my debian-12-dvm template no longer offers Firefox: Qubes settings say: "Application missing in template (firefox-esr.de

[qubes-users] 4.2 issue with pam_sss.so

Hi! I just noticed these messages (in my upgraded Qubes OS): Jan 20 01:22:39 dom0 sudo[25013]: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib64/security/pam_sss.so): /usr/lib64/security/pam_sss.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Jan 20 01:22:39 dom0 sudo[25013]: PAM adding faulty mo

[qubes-users] Updating fedora-38: "b'warning: runaway fork() in Lua script\n'"

Hi! I saw these messages when upading fedora-38 today. I didn't run QuebesOS for a while, so there were a lot of updates, but "runaway fork()" worries me a bit... Kind regards, Ulrich --- Updating fedora-38 b'warning: runaway fork() in Lua script\n' b'warning: runaway fork() in Lua scrip

[qubes-users] issue with URL handler in Thunderbird: started VM receives truncated URL

Hi! I managed to configure Thunderbird to run any links via a DVM. However today I realized that URLs with parameters are truncated (Qubes-OS 4.2) after the first parameter it seem. For example I have the URL .../viewtopic.php?f=21&t=196913&p=1023049&e=1023049 When I view it in Firefox, t

Re: [qubes-users] issue with URL handler in Thunderbird: started VM receives truncated URL

On 2/22/24 21:54, 'Stuart Perkins' via qubes-users wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:25:18 +0100 Ulrich Windl wrote: Hi! I managed to configure Thunderbird to run any links via a DVM. However today I realized that URLs with parameters are truncated (Qubes-OS 4.2) after the first pa

Re: [qubes-users] issue with URL handler in Thunderbird: started VM receives truncated URL

On 2/22/24 22:15, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 2/22/24 21:54, 'Stuart Perkins' via qubes-users wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:25:18 +0100 Ulrich Windl wrote: Hi! I managed to configure Thunderbird to run any links via a DVM. However today I realized that URLs with parameters are trunca

Re: [qubes-users] issue with URL handler in Thunderbird: started VM receives truncated URL

Hi! I kind of disagree: When passing the URL as "$1", it is passed as one single parameter. The user cannot be expected to know to how much more levels of shell script the parameter will be passed to, so any deeper layers have to keep the single parameter. That is: Every layer of shell script m

[qubes-users] 80x24 geometry used by qvm-console-dispvm

Haven't done it for ages, but can't you configure the size using X resources? Like this: Now to set the size of the console itself, you would add this to the ~/.Xresources file:xterm*geometry: 127x37 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" grou

[qubes-users] Error updating Whonix Workstation 17

I had updated the Whonix Workstation 17 successfully, but a System Check suggested that there are updates outstanding, so I tried another round: Unfortunately there was an odd error: ... Get:20 tor+https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports/main amd64 Packages T-2024-03-12-0211.22-F-202

[qubes-users] whonix update issues (The certificate is NOT trusted. The received OCSP status response is invalid.)

Hi! When trying to update whonix-gateway-17 and whonix-workstation-17, both fail with a message like this: Updating whonix-gateway-17 Refreshing package info Refreshing packages. Fail to refresh InRelease: tor+https://deb.whonix.org bookworm InRelease from tor+https://deb.whonix.org/dists/boo

[qubes-users] Issues updating qubes (Qubes OS 4.2.1 (R4.2))

Hi! When trying to update qubes today, I had two unexpected issues so far: 1) Whonix Worksattion 17 caused this syslog message: dom0 qubesd[5091]: vm.whonix-workstation-17: Invalid 'os-eol' value '', expected -MM-DD Otherwise the update worked fine. 2) Updating Debian-12 caused thise me

[qubes-users] Issues with new "Block Device widget

Hi! I discovered two issues with the new widget for block devices in Qubes OS 4.2.1: 1) The icon looks as if "greyed-out", while it seems to be working 2) I have a partitioned USB stick that only worked if the whole device was added to a qube (never investigated what the problem was); howev

[qubes-users] Issue with shutdown; is it mdmon@.service?

Hi! I had reported some time ago that Qubes OS hangs quiote some time (1 min 30 sec) on shutdown. It seems some process isn't terminating properly. For some time I noticed this message in the journal: systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/mdmon@.service:28: Unit configured to use KillMode=non

[qubes-users] qubes-app-menu[70878]: IndexError: list index out of range

Hi! As the Qubes Template Manager told me there are upgradable templates available (even though my templates were upgraded/updated in-place), I downloaded those gigabytes and waited a long time until the templates were installed (why is that so slow, BTW?) At the end of that process, the te

[qubes-users] Whonix Tor Browser 13.0.15 is very slow starting

Hi! With the current updates Tor Browser in Whonix takes very long to display a local file (file:///usr/share/doc/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html). The Browser Console had to say: -- Browser Console Mode Parent process only(Fast) Multiprocess(Slower) 1716504658322    addons.xpi

[qubes-users] Qubes OS 4.2.2 has been released!

Hi! A short note: When trying to install on a Schenker Media (https://www.schenker-tech.de/schenker-media-17-e23/) laptop using two NVME SSDs (Samsung 990 Pro), "no disks" were found. However going to the shell I saw two nvme* devices in /dev. It seems the Anaconda installer needs a refresh. Ki

[qubes-users] Settuing up WiFi on the Lenovo P16 Gen2

After having installed Qubes OS 4.2.2 on my new Lenovo P16 Gen2, I wondered how to set up WiFi (6). As no prompt or popup to select or configure WLAN did appear, I thought the issue is that sys-net lacks the WiFi device. So I guessed what it might be and added it to sys-net. When starting sys-net

[qubes-users] Installation with VT-d disabled; need to redo?

Hi! I'm new to Qubes OS and to this list: I installed QUbesOS on an 64GB USB stick. That took almost 3 hours! (I filed some issues at github, too) My problem was that I could not find the VT-d setting in the BIOS (see also https://superuser.com/questions/367290/how-to-enable-hardware-virtualizat

[qubes-users] Q: is Qubes OS a "portable" installation?

Hi! Being new to Qubes OS on an USB stick, I wonder whether the installation is "portable", meaning whether I can put the stick into different computers. Or is specific hardware-configuration saved during installation (like passing the NIC to the network VM) or at first boot? Of course I'd lik

Aw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] screenshot: send to VM ??

I just want to say that I'd vote for this feature as the user is expected not to save screenshots in Dom0. Maybe some "Set default destination VM" would be useful for programs that want to save files... >>> Claudia 08.02.2020, 13:13 >>> February 8, 2020 9:01 AM, "haaber" wrote: > Hi, when I pre

[qubes-users] Where are the VM NICs?

I have a question on the networks used for VM communication: I'm using Xen PVMs, and then I see the virtual NICs a VM has in xentop (for example). However in Qubes OS the number of NICs is zero. So where are those NICS and virtual LANs configured? I also could not find a bridge device. Maybe the

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: is Qubes OS a "portable" installation?

>>> unman schrieb am 08.02.2020 um 02:10 in >>> Nachricht <21911_1581124220_5e3e0a7c_21911_3958_1_20200208011020.ga...@thirdeyesecurity.or >: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 11:06:40PM +0100, Ulrich Windl wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Being new to Qubes OS on an

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Using secondary storage

>>> "'awokd' via qubes-users" 02/12/20 10:02 PM >>> >>> donov...@unseen.is: > I am attempting to setup some secondary storage per > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/secondary-storage/ and when I run " sudo > cryptsetup luksFormat --hash=sha512 --key-size=512 --cipher=aes-xts-plain64 > --verify-

Antw: Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Using secondary storage

>>> "'awokd' via qubes-users" schrieb am >>> 13.02.2020 um 06:07 in Nachricht : > Ulrich Windl: > >> -the silly web front-end can't quote; top-posting would probably be > better, but... >> Some systems (not fedora) have

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Encrypt disk after installation

>>> "'ukernel' via qubes-users" schrieb am 13.02.2020 um 07:30 in Nachricht <5506_1581575424_5E44ECFF_5506_1266_1_7nB9eByckB2PElYJX91w8-ncjVmJ1Cqq1UiUVWlAZv gCnJIt8ANf3IKkJAwPcXjn_3UxHkqJfJXuvLiKcbSHi-cWo4JqgOB7nyk_jNPDBI=@protonmail.com : > For some reason despite the fact that during installat

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] How to set the screensaver to either show keyboard language or not to lock screen ?

>>> A E schrieb am 13.02.2020 um 18:27 in Nachricht <13346_1581614848_5E458700_13346_4480_1_CABRRaUGQSEHtrpfb1ouJiU8HHaqm3TVsQ6_4rdN ofrNv6A=f...@mail.gmail.com>: > tor. 13. feb. 2020 kl. 11.11 skrev A : > >> How to set the screensaver to either show keyboard language or not to lock >> screen as

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] How to setup Win10 HVM ?

>>> schrieb am 13.02.2020 um 22:38 in Nachricht <7614_1581629892_5E45C1C4_7614_2602_1_20200213213810.GV8973@priv-mua>: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:33:45PM +0100, A E wrote: > >> When I try to use “*” around the domaine name, it says there doesn’t exist >> any domain with that name. And I have ch

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] checking allocated disk space

>>> pixel fairy schrieb am 18.02.2020 um 06:04 in >>> Nachricht <13889_1582002262_5E4B7056_13889_59_1_2104823c-c9c1-4fc9-aa9c-090863f09825@googl groups.com>: > trying to see how much space is allocated, not actually used in all the > qubes. is there an easy command for this? something like qvm-v

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] How well does Qubes OS actually protect against key lockers ?

>>> A schrieb am 19.02.2020 um 13:19 in Nachricht <6060_1582114749_5E4D27BD_6060_305_1_418aea73-f8b8-44bc-9152-b644e3ad2551@google roups.com>: > How well does Qubes OS actually protect against key lockers ? You mean key _loggers_? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed t

[qubes-users] debian-10 dvm and Terminal

Hi! I have an odd issue with a debian-10 DVM and the Terminal: If I try to launch a DVM opening the Terminal, the VM starts, the terminal appears for a short moment, then disappears and the DVM is stopped. However when I try the other commands (each starting a new DVM): Files, Firefox, Thunderb

[qubes-users] Those "eintr" log messages from qrexec

Hi! I always thought it must be a bug, seeing "eintr" log messages like this: Feb 29 17:05:19 host qrexec-agent[607]: eintr When viewing the qrexec log, on only see "eintr" messages each in a line, nothing else. What is that supposed to tell me? Regards, Ulrich -- You received this message

[qubes-users] the qubes clipboard

Hi! I'm very much confused with the Qubes OS clipboard: When trying to copy some text from a Temrinal, I mark the text with the mouse then press "Ctrl+Shift+C", and I get a confirmation that the text is copied. However when I try to paste the clipboard in another machine, the contents is not wha

[qubes-users] Q: (debian-10) Why Thunderbird "Daily"?

Hi! When launching Thunderbird via debian-10-dvm I'm greeted with "Welcome to Daily" ("You are using the daily version of Thunderbird, which means you get to experience the absolute newest Thunderbird - fresh out of the build system! But with great power comes great responsibility, we hope you’ll

[qubes-users] Odd DigiNotar Certificates in Thunderbird

Hi! Examining the certificates in Thunderbird, I found two "suspect" ones under "Servers": DigiNotar PKIoverheid CA Organisatie - G2 DigiNotar Root CA For a CA those have a very strange certificate serial number, and most oddly Thunderbird displays a "*" in the "Server" column. Shouldn't CA

[qubes-users] Q: Monitoring Updates

Hi! I noticed that update of templates is rather silent when using the Updater App. Opposed to that when I use "Update Qube" in the Qubes Manager, a text window opens showing actual progress of the update. Unfortunately the mechanism is different (i.e. no Managment DVM is being used). Is there

[qubes-users] On "https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/tails/"

Hi! I have some questions that are not covered in https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/tails/: First what is the procedure to add the image the same way as the other templates are installed? If I have the image on a stick, the VM creation procedure does not copy the image, to I would need the image al

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] the qubes clipboard

On 3/1/20 1:37 AM, unman wrote: On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 07:02:58PM +, 'Jackie' via qubes-users wrote: Ulrich Windl: Hi! I'm very much confused with the Qubes OS clipboard: When trying to copy some text from a Temrinal, I mark the text with the mouse then press "Ctrl+S

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: Monitoring Updates

On 3/1/20 2:02 AM, unman wrote: On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 07:40:02PM +0100, Ulrich Windl wrote: Hi! I noticed that update of templates is rather silent when using the Updater App. Opposed to that when I use "Update Qube" in the Qubes Manager, a text window opens showing actual progr

[qubes-users] sys-net: Odd messages in syslog

Hi, I'm wondering about many "odd" messages seen in syslog; maybe someone can explain what they really mean and whether they are intended to appear. First in sys-net when booting: Mar 06 22:58:10 localhost kernel: Run /init as init process Mar 06 22:58:10 localhost kernel: Invalid max_queues (4

[qubes-users] the master and the user

Hi! I have a general question: I named my installation user "master" and I have two issues: 1) I tried to change the password in Dom0 using passwd; it failed. How Can I change the password? 2) In an anonymous cube I saved some file with Firefox, and it said it's below /home/master/... When

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] probable lvm thin_pool exhaustion

>>> schrieb am 09.03.2020 um 22:14 in Nachricht <32730_1583788450_5E66B1A2_32730_943_1_20200309221408.Horde.6suQ5c39eHZROYAnW9Jp w...@webmail.df.eu>: > Hello folks, > > I have Qubes 4.0 Release standard luks + lvm thin pool. > After a sudden reboot and entering the encryption pass, the dracut > e

[qubes-users] Q: Using VMs to test networking vcode

Hi! I have some experince with Xen and PVMs and networking at work. When I read about qubes I thought it could be great to create some VMs to test some networking code at home (where I only have one computer). However as it turned out Xen networking in Qubes is completely different from what I k

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Dom 0 latest update disabled my wireless device.

>>> schrieb am 14.03.2020 um 01:21 in Nachricht <8634_1584145286_5E6C2386_8634_1604_1_f5cd14a3-460b-49a4-a5bc-45c21fc9d81f@googl groups.com>: >> >> I did a search on this. There have been a number of folk complaining of >> it on the fedora groups. It seems to have been a problem with a recent

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] where to update initramfs & disable novevu? trying to get nvidia drivers to work

>>> "'Bhyrf' via qubes-users" schrieb am >>> 14.03.2020 um 20:22 in Nachricht <29653_1584213784_5E6D2F17_29653_305_1_T4hbegaMXmdfNdKSaXu_tEyzBmPpymhe77AzL9qXr S6vvxtqopHcNmsU0XLrR-LLzqoM_e12-oU4hyKUuxGOhmTAjE81ElMbGZsZpB77xw=@protonmail.co >: > firstly i would like to say i am mostly aware of w

[qubes-users] More on network issue "send queue timed out"

Hi! Today I was booting Qubes OS after having run Windows 10. I was unable to get a network connection, even after booting several times. The message in sys-net was the infamouse "send queue timed out" while DCHP was repeatedly requesting a lease (but did not receive any response). Eventually

[qubes-users] dom0 qubesd[4917]: unhandled exception while calling src=b'dom0' meth=b'admin.vm.property.Get

Hi! While examining networking problems, I noticed this traceback in Dom0's journal: Mar 31 22:57:15 dom0 qubesd[4917]: unhandled exception while calling src=b'dom0' meth=b'admin.vm.property.Get' dest=b'sys-firewall' arg=b'start_time' len(untrusted_payload)=0 Mar 31 22:57:15 dom0 qubesd[491

[qubes-users] Q: USB tethering

Hi! I had been asking this before: How hard will it be to use USB tethering in Qubes OS? Dom0 seems to recognize the interface, but I cannot assign it to any VM: Mar 31 22:55:57 dom0 kernel: usb 2-10.2: new high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd Mar 31 22:55:57 dom0 kernel: usb 2-10.2

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: USB tethering

>>> Sven Semmler schrieb am 01.04.2020 um 02:24 in >>> Nachricht <17386_1585700702_5E83DF5C_17386_420_1_20200401002455.GC1128@app-email-private>: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 12:04:00AM +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote: >> I had been asking this before: How hard w

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Can't start apps from VM

>>> Günter Zöchbauer schrieb am 02.04.2020 um 14:59 in Nachricht <982_1585832348_5E85E19C_982_20_1_c360d75a-8e92-41ec-9765-682b3272d66d@googlegro ps.com>: > My development VM became quite slow because some kswapd0 (if I remember > correctly) running at 100% all the time. > > I have my machine us

[qubes-users] What do these Dom0 messages mean?

Hi! I'm watching Dom0 journal messages, and I'm wondering about some of those (marked with ### blocks): ...during initializing the AMD graphics card... Feb 12 22:25:14 dom0 kernel: [drm] VCE enabled in VM mode ### Feb 12 22:25:14 dom0 kernel: resource sanity check: requesting [mem 0x000c-

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Neuer Artikel über Qubes OS

On 4/14/20 2:44 PM, GWeck wrote: Hallo, sehr schöner Artikel! Ich habe den Link zur Kenntnis an den Präsidiums-Arbeitskreis Datenschutz und IT-Sicherheit der Gesellschft für Informatik weitergeleitet. Hi Guys! Please no private conversations in German in this list! Herzliche Grüße Ihr

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] On "https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/tails/"

On 3/1/20 2:28 AM, unman wrote: [...] Works for me. Did you download the version for virtual machines? Hmmm, seems one of the problems is that the ISO for VMs has the same name as the regular ISO: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/tails/stable/tails-amd64-4.5/tails-amd64-4.5.iso https://archive.t

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] On "https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/tails/"

On 4/15/20 12:48 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 3/1/20 2:28 AM, unman wrote: [...] Works for me. Did you download the version for virtual machines? Hmmm, seems one of the problems is that the ISO for VMs has the same name as the regular ISO: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/tails/stable/tails

[qubes-users] Q: LV (disk) as fake USB stick?

Hi! I wonder: Some stupid installer insists on installing on a USB stick, not to a disk or partition. If I boot the installer as VM (I did that already), can I fake a LV (logical volume) as USB stick for the VM? I don't want to connect an USB stick just to run some VM from that stick... And: If

[qubes-users] message after updating whonix-gw-15: "missing 'Name' key"

Hi! When updating whonix-gw-15 today, I noticed this message near the end of the update: Apr 22 22:01:37 dom0 qubes.SyncAppMenus-whonix-gw-15[16212]: Warning: not creating/updating '/home/master/.local/share/qubes-appmenus/whonix-gw-15/apps.templates/display-im6.q16.desktop' because of missin

[qubes-users] Updating Dom0: pkcon crashed

When updating Dom0 manually via Qubes Manager, I see these messages in the journal: Apr 23 00:44:08 dom0 widget-wrapper[9086]: ** Apr 23 00:44:08 dom0 widget-wrapper[9086]: PackageKit:ERROR:pk-progress-bar.c:371:pk_progress_bar_init: assertion failed: (self->priv->tty_fd > 0) Apr 23 00:44:08 do

[qubes-users] thunderbird in debian-10: Issue with add-on "wetransfer"

Looking at the error console of Thunderbird, I noticed these: 1587757883773 addons.xpi-utils WARN addMetadata: Add-on wetrans...@extensions.thunderbird.net is invalid: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST) [nsIFile.isFile]" nsresult:

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Contradictory measures of disk space in a VM

>>> Franz <169...@gmail.com> schrieb am 29.04.2020 um 20:10 in Nachricht <12446_1588183865_5EA9C338_12446_12_1_CAPzH-qB-p_Q3kCn7kGUE8F4=Bsn4mPPrmU-w76NO0 2l7fy...@mail.gmail.com>: > Dear Dhorf, > I tried fsck on dom0, but got the enclosed terror screen. > For me it is enough, I created a new VM, co

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] To the Qubes developers (German translation) - An die Qubes Entwickler (Übersetzung auf Deutsch)

>>> Caroline Villinger schrieb am 03.05.2020 um 08:11 in Nachricht <13676_1588486297_5EAE6099_13676_409_1_4a35faa1-f58a-4d47-9818-a852c0f07612@goog egroups.com>: > Hello dear Qubes developers, > > I would like to ask you whether we can translate the Qubes software into > German. > Would you be w

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Erste deutsche Rezension von Qubes OS auf Youtube

>>> GWeck schrieb am 04.05.2020 um 14:04 in Nachricht <22855_1588593848_5EB004B7_22855_343_1_8c98f91b-eec7-465e-8b1d-381ad2ea9717@goog egroups.com>: > > A rather good first introduction to the basic concepts of Qubes OS! I hope > this helps spreading the word about Qubes in the DACH countries.

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Re: disp-vm whonix torbrowser open tabs file?

>>> Catacombs schrieb am 04.05.2020 um 14:18 in Nachricht <24740_1588594718_5EB0081D_24740_209_1_e4ab08ee-0ed4-4089-9427-86850a35c9ea@goog egroups.com>: > ”l have a whonix disposable tor browser whonix vm running with a load of > tabs open, maybe 30 but I can't check the precise amount because t

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Constant firefox crashes because of Qubes shared memory

>>> Zbigniew Lukasiak schrieb am 04.05.2020 um 14:34 in Nachricht <25184_1588595663_5EB00BCE_25184_83_1_CAGL_UUtUxkCeqF2xj8Fud5Fwj7dfT5GanOYhxmRx6 sonby...@mail.gmail.com>: > marmarek advised me on irc to add more shared memory: > > mount /dev/shm -o remount,size=10G > > and it seems to work. 10

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Libreoffice window sized tiny every time

On 5/22/20 12:05 PM, qtpie wrote: Hi, I have a very weird issue with LibreOffice writer, calc and possibly other Libreoffices on Fedora templates (at least Fedora 31 and 30). It doesnt occur on Debian 10. When I open an existing document the window that is opened gets a tiny size and is pla

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Microphone Not Recording in Qubes R4 on Purism Librem v4

On 5/22/20 7:30 PM, 'Yiyi50' via qubes-users wrote: I'm a novice Linux user, so please bare with me. A few days ago, I was trying to chat online and noticed that my microphone isn't picking up anything. I tested the microphone on a few sites and still nothing. Are there any command line tools i

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Next update of Qubes?

On 5/23/20 5:32 PM, Catacombs wrote: I see that Qubes does not announce planned new releases of Qubes, or state what should trigger an update. I am between updating Qubes with Fedora 32, which also means creating AppVMs, I am not sure how I would update the Work VM, as it is, I am guessing, b

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] which OCR software, address database and e-mail program run with the Qubes-OS operating system - welche OCR Software, Adressdatenbank sowie E-Mail- Programm mit dem Betrieb

On 5/25/20 9:25 AM, haaber wrote: Hi, I don't know what to do now because I want to switch to the Qubes OS operating system soon, that's why I'm asking you! Because I suspect that you can no longer use them with Qubes OS. That's why I'm interested in whether there is such software in Qubes OS.

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Problems with keyboard

On 5/25/20 8:54 PM, drbgw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I've got a wireless logitech mouse and keyboard that I'm using. I have JFYI: After some security issues with wireless Logitech devices became public some time ago, our security department did forbid the use of any such devices (may

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] SplitGPG with Subkeys Encryption Error

On 5/27/20 9:21 PM, Robert Spigler wrote: qubes-gpg-client-wrapper -r robertspig...@protonmail.ch --trusted-key -e '/home/user/Documents/Test_Encryption.txt' -o /home/user/Documents/Final.gpg Still results in: bash: C2C60E279E86F10D5697782535CE0FE6C2141823: No such file or directory I won

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Multiple X sessions in Dom0?

On 5/29/20 12:23 PM, Frédéric Pierret wrote: On 2020-05-29 02:34, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: Can Qubes support multiple X sessions in dom0? I guess you want to see VMs in separate X sessions. Without speaking of user management, yes it can but currently gui-daemon is running on DISPLAY=:

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Another newbie question related to TemplateVMs

On 5/29/20 7:00 PM, Frédéric Pierret wrote: ... Control+Middle mouse clic -> Select to Clipboard. Then, you can you QubesOS clipboard shortcut (Control+Shift+C). It may be obvious to you, but for me - coming from the Windows world - it is not really clear ... The middle click simply

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Another newbie question related to TemplateVMs

On 5/30/20 12:48 AM, 'Jackie' via qubes-users wrote: Frédéric Pierret: On 2020-05-29 18:26, viktor.ransm...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Frederic, Am Freitag, 29. Mai 2020 14:01:46 UTC+2 schrieb Frédéric Pierret: On 2020-05-29 13:53, viktor@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm trying to co

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] X Startup Failed, Aborting Installation. Pane is Dead.

On 5/30/20 1:10 AM, dennisjmen...@gmail.com wrote: I verified with the PGP key. Redownloded. Wrote the dd in Fedora. Still not working. I’m stumped. I don’t get it. I’m super bummed. Could it be that there _is_ graphics output, but your screen cannot handle it (and thus stays black)? You co

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] X Startup Failed, Aborting Installation. Pane is Dead.

On 5/30/20 2:49 AM, dennisjmen...@gmail.com wrote: Update! Solved the issue. For future searchers: All that had to be done for me was: •Launch in Legacy boot •On the blue install screen, highlight Install and press Tab •move the text cursor with your left arrow key and after “alpha_support=1” a

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Qubes won't boot

On 5/31/20 10:02 PM, dhorf-hfref.4a288...@hashmail.org wrote: On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 12:45:22PM -0700, Boot problems wrote: Hello, I wanted to migrate from my old hhd to a new ssd, I installed [...] could it be a grub issue? What can I do? assuming you were NOT reinstalling because you were

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Qubes won't boot

On 6/1/20 1:59 AM, Boot problems wrote: Using fdisk -l /dev/xvdi shows me 2 partitions only, a 200m EFI System and xvdi2 a 931G Linux file system, there are no more partitions even if I decrypt, mount and fdisk -l /dev/xvdi2 luksopen won't add another partition; it will create /dev/mapper/ Ma

[qubes-users] WARNING: Thin volume qubes_dom0/img-Tails maps 8.00 GiB while the size is only 2.00 GiB.

Hi! While experimenting with an image that didn't do what I wanted to I ended up with this LVM warning: WARNING: Thin volume qubes_dom0/img-Tails maps 8.00 GiB while the size is only 2.00 GiB. How can I "heal" LVM? [root@dom0 master]# lvdisplay qubes_dom0/img-Tails --- Logical volume ---

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Replacing SSD with larger SSD on Qubes System

On 6/7/20 3:06 PM, TheGardner wrote: Did this in the past with a - clon of the entire (smaller) in Tails - Drives on a extern backup dive - replace the old drive with the new one - and extend the written partition later up to 1TB Wouldn't a Qubes OS command like "clone drive" (that re-creates t

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Upgrading to Fedora 32...

On 6/14/20 10:35 PM, Sven Semmler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 6/14/20 3:30 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote: The Software app in my Fedora template on Qubes 4.0.3 tells me that Fedora 30 has reached EOL and that I should upgrade to Fedora 32. Should I go ahead and do this

[qubes-users] fedora-31-minimal and sudo

Hi! A short question: Is it intentional that "sudo" asks for a password in fedora-31-minimal? I had installed the template and then applied updates. After that I tried to "sudo -s"... Regards, Ulrich -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Getting to the bottom of screenshots in Qubes OS

On 7/8/20 8:24 AM, haaber wrote: On 7/8/20 2:39 AM, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote: On 20/06/2020 10.29, Logan wrote: Hi Everyone, Speaking with a colleague earlier today, I heard "Qubes is great, but the no screenshots problem makes it a 'hard' no for me". As a Qubes user and advocate, this st

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] How to make aliases persistent?

On 7/10/20 10:28 AM, Alex Lu wrote: For example, when I type: alias ll='ls -lh' it works just fine, but after restarting the VM (either appVM or templateVM), I have to do all over it again. "man bash", not qubes os specific: " When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Re: WARNING: Thin volume qubes_dom0/img-Tails maps 8.00 GiB while the size is only 2.00 GiB.

On 7/20/20 5:28 PM, Qubes wrote: On 7/20/20 5:24 PM, ludwig jaffe wrote: So never ever let qubes fill your disk(s) completely. Leave some room. That should not be a warning it should be common sense, and it is true for any storage device whether that storage device is used by an OS or for ge

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Update templates in parallel

On 8/2/20 4:42 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: On 8/2/20 8:32 AM, fiftyfourthparal...@gmail.com wrote: I have a ton of templates and standalones (>10), so updating them one by one serially is a pain. I found a convenient dom0 script so I thought I'd share. Basically, take this and paste it into dom0

[qubes-users] RTL8111/8168/8411 requires power cycle after Windows 10

Hi! I had reported problems with the RTL8111/8168/8411 ethernet controller and Qubes OS before. In the meantime I found out that it does not work when Windows 10 was running, and after a "restart" Qubes SO is booted. The effect is interesting: The card detects whether the link goes up or dow

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Has anyone had a qube compromised?

On 9/6/20 5:32 PM, unman wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2020 at 11:12:31AM -0400, Demi M. Obenour wrote: In all of my time using QubesOS, I have never had reason to believe that a qube was compromised. Has anyone here had a qube compromised? Hi! Not quite what you are asking for, but I had this case

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: For a Windows VM?

On 9/7/20 4:43 AM, BGW wrote: On Monday, September 7, 2020 at 10:08:23 AM UTC+10, Sandy Harris wrote: Windows 10 "minus the spyware" https://ameliorated.info/ Not

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Hardening Guide for Paranoid Noobs?

On 9/9/20 3:45 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2020-09-07 5:42 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 2020-09-05 12:35 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: If you're concerned about Fedora's lack of signing, switch to Debian templates, or some other that

[qubes-users] Heads-up (Non-Qubes): thin-provisioned swap via LVM caused machine lockup

Hi! Just a note as qubes uses thin-provisioned LVs (but not for swap by default): I could reproducibly cause a Linux kernel freeze when multiple processes started to cause paging to a non-encrypted thinly-provisioned LV (basically backed on SSD, actually two SSDs behind a hardware RAID1 contr

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] [unofficial] Qubes security advisory

On 10/26/20 3:24 AM, 'J.M. Porup' via qubes-users wrote: #This email represents my analysis of the events of the last few weeks. #It does not reflect the views of the Qubes Project or Qubes developers #in any way. My Qubes laptop got hacked by Five Eyes because they thought I was a terrorist, wh

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] browser plugin?

On 11/13/20 4:42 AM, Sven Semmler wrote: On 11/12/20 11:41 AM, Alex Smirnoff wrote: Is there a browser plugin that adds "open URL in disposable VM" function? like private tab on steroids :) I think this is important when following an URL in Thunderbird from a non-disposable / not-anonymous VM

[qubes-users] Q: Remove fedora-30 template

Hi! I've upgraded all my fedora-30 VMs to fedora-31, and before going to fedora-32 I wanted to get rid of one fedora-30 template that is unused. However when I try to delete the qube from the Qubes Manager, I get this error: "VM installed by package manager: fedora-30" I have no idea what to

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] browser plugin?

On 11/28/20 8:20 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 11/28/20 8:43 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 11/22/20 2:19 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 11/21/20 4:00 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 11/13/20 4:42 AM, Sven Semmler wrote: On 11/12/20 11:41 AM, Alex Smirnoff wrote: Is there a browser plugin that

[qubes-users] Qubes OS: .onion and links

Hi! I noticed when I click the link "upgrading Fedora TemplateVMs" found on the onion version of the page (using the tor browser of whonix), you are directed to a non-onion page (https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template/fedora/upgrade/), and you'll have to switch to onion again. In contrast wh

[qubes-users] Qubes Installer needs update (Part 3 of 3)

Final Hi! As can be seen from the issues reported before, it's _very_ hard for the average or beginning user to diagnose when installation or boot fails. Therefore (knowing it's bad security and privacy wise) I suggest an addition "blackbox log" debugging aid: Can't a log be written on the EFI p

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Qubes OS: .onion and links

On 12/1/20 6:22 PM, TheGardner wrote: > What happens, if you have set "Prioritize .onion sites when known." to > ALWAYS under Privacy & Security - Browser Privacy ? That was not the question: The page exists; otherwise I wouldn't have asked. > > Cheers :) >

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Qubes OS: .onion and links

On 12/1/20 7:35 PM, 'disrupt_the_flow' via qubes-users wrote: > On November 30, 2020 8:15:14 PM UTC, Ulrich Windl > wrote: > > Hi! > > I noticed when I click the link "upgrading Fedora TemplateVMs" found on > the onion version of the page (

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Qubes Installer needs update (Part 1 of 3)

On 12/5/20 10:17 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote: > Hi! > > The Qubes Installer for 4.0.3 has some severe bugs (it seems to me): > I installed Quebes OS 4.0 for the third time, so I should have a littel > experience by now: > The only difference from last install I could remember was: &

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