[qubes-users] HCL - Dell Inspiron 7577 Laptop "New Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming"
Intel i7-7700HQ 2.8Ghz quad-core. 16GB RAM. 256GB SSD. 1TB HD. Qubes 4.0-RC4 runs great. Install was just a bit tricky. Mouse/trackpad did not work during install (worked fine after reboot), had to use keyboard navigation. Also used legacy mode in BIOS to get installed. I had installed Qubes 4.0-RC3 first (before RC4 was out). I seem to remember going the UEFI boot route on that and it worked, but when doing RC4 I either didn't do the same thing or just went with legacy mode and it worked so I left it at that. My machine has a 256GB SSD and a 1TB HD. When I installed RC3 first I let it use both drives during install. However, while it ran OK, it was not super speedy, and I could hear the 1TB HD when in use. Not loud or anything, but I was aware of it. And some operations seemed to take more time than I would have liked. However, when I installed 4.0-RC4 I only specified the 256GB SSD, and that really made a positive difference, especially during boot time. Very snappy now. I have not yet tried to get the 1TB partitioned and going for storage. Wi-fi & ethernet work no problems, out-of-the-box. I'm not able to use dual-screens via the HDMI just yet. On 4.0-RC3 it didn't recognize it at all (xrandr shows HDMI but shows "disconnected"). 4.0-RC4 does recognize it, and I was able to get screen mirroring to work, but not extended desktop just yet. At one point I was able to get the mouse pointer to seamlessly move from screen to screen, but the display identifier function did not work, nor would anything but the mouse pointer show up on the screen.So there is some hope here I'm thinking with further tweaking. When I loaded 4.0-RC3 I spent a bit of time playing with the nvidia drivers (as explained in several articles). I was able to get them compiled and installed (very painful), but then the machine could not be used, ended up having to blacklist both the nvidia and nouveau drivers. That brought it back to life. With 4.0-RC4 I have not yet tried to mess with any of this. Bootup takes about 90 seconds from the time I push the button to the time I can use it fully. This includes pushing the power button, entering a BIOS user password, disk encryption password, and Qubes login password. The USB keyboard/mouse connect almost instantly after that (within the 90 seconds). I was able to create and run a Centos 7.4 HVM with no issues. I've had the one HVM, two F26 PVH AppVMs running simultaneously (plus sys-usb, sys-net, & sys-firewall) with no issues. Both running Firefox (multiple tabs), GIMP, Libreoffice, and terminal simultaneously. I only tested sleep mode once (closed the lid). While it did go to sleep, and was able to wake up, ethernet and attached USB keyboard/mouse never came back. I unplugged ethernet and re-attached and still no-go. Same with mouse/keyboard... even physically unplugged and plugged back in, did not come back. I did not pursue it further as I don't use that function very often. But if sleep/suspend is important to you, you may have to do some tweaking, unless you don't use wired ethernet and USB devices. Wifi did come back by itself however. Sound too. All in all a very snappy machine so far. -- 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/CAM9FSFyDPx-qAY0LaJoz8-ofd_caES_C8kkk2Q6eKt6TRw8a3Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Qubes-HCL-Dell_Inc_-Inspiron_7577-20180205-151442.yml Description: application/yaml
[qubes-users] Known working USB to VGA or USB to HDMI adapters with Qubes?
Does anyone have direct knowledge of a USB to VGA or USB to HDMI adapter that is known to work in Qubes? I've installed Qubes 4.0-rc3 on my new Dell 7577 laptop (Nvidia Geforce GTX). Everything seems good except I can not get another monitor to work on the HDMI port (HCL forthcoming). I followed the Qubes NVIDIA instructions and get about the same issue as others have reported... X does not start. After I blacklisted the nvidia and nouveau modules I was able to get X to function again. xrandr in dom0 shows HDMI and DisplayPort ports as disconnected, even when I have an HDMI monitor connected. One weird thing, when I plug in an HDMI monitor, the Qubes Display app pops up automatically... like it knows something was plugged in, but nothing I did was able to make it available for use or say "connected" in xrandr. Anyway, I'd really like to add another monitor (or two!!!) to the setup. If I have to purchase an external adapter to bypass the issue I guess that will work, but I want to know that it works specifically with Qubes before I buy one. I've done searches for Qubes and Fedora and didn't seem to come up with anything specifically positive, only negative reports. -- 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/CAM9FSFyeJVSZ5ubw57DPzhGyyN8YDtcGE%2BudvNDoh0AVa53E_g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] HCL - Gigabyte B150 Mobo / Intel i7-6700k CPU / WD Blue M.2 1TB SSD
Machine seems to work well, having run overnight. 16GB RAM currently but will be upgrading to 32GB. No TPM. Updated BIOS before installing Qubes using mobo built-in installer. Had some issues getting the Qubes installer to work (USB). Playing with the boot settings convinced it to work. I seem to recall choosing to boot from the USB partition #1, not from the drive itself as playing a factor. The BIOS "compatibility module" settings did not help, I recall turning those off. Also had to turn on the items for VT-d & VT-x (in separate places on the menus). The first time the install actually ran is crashed after language selection. I rebooted and it ran fine the second time. Video works - using VGA. Mobo also has HDMI & DVI, have not tried those (no plans on it). Networking works. No use for sound, have not tried it. M.2 SSD seems to work great. Copying VMs takes a little longer than I would expect, but still faster than a traditional HD. I've had several CentOS 7 HVMs (CLI, no GUI - Although the installer was GUI and ran fine) running concurrently as well as a work VM with multiple terminals and Firefox running, all speedy. -- 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/CAM9FSFwjT7%2BLeiHSDbQXqJrxVnj0%2BKJ7Kep2XNdK5ZHavhyM0w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Qubes-HCL-System_manufacturer-System_Product_Name-20170329-173008.cpio.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data Qubes-HCL-System_manufacturer-System_Product_Name-20170329-173008.yml Description: application/yaml
Re: [qubes-users] HVMs auto-resizing, causing positioning issues.
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 2016-08-19 09:00, Joe Thielen wrote: > > I have a minor GUI usability issue. > > > > I'm using a smaller monitor, and my CentOS 7 HVMs seem to always want to > > take up the entire height of the screen. The problem is the HVM window > > title bar will show at the top cutting off a little at the bottom of the > > window. When using text-mode/CLI, this means once I get to the bottom of > > the screen I can't see what I'm typing. > > > > I've tried right-clicking on the title bar, going to More Actions, then > > Special Window Settings. If I set Position to Force 0,-25, this seems to > > work when I do it manually. > > > > When the HVM boots again it works... for the first bootloader screen. > > However, after that, the HVM re-sizes itself, and I'm in the same boat > > again. Now, when I go back to look at the settings, it still says Force > > 0,-25, and if I hit OK, it will resize. > > > > The problem is it doesn't do this automatically upon resizing. > > > > I could force position to 0,0 then remove the header and frame. But then > > I can't figure out how to get the header back, in order to get to the > > "Special Windows Settings" menu section again... in case I want to make > > further changes. If I right-click on the HVM in the taskbar there is a > > "More Actions" section, but no "Special Windows Settings". I can only > > seem to find it when right-clicking the title bar. But I've removed the > > title bar for this HVM now...! > > > > Any ideas? > > > > I think you're normally supposed to set the desired resolution from within > the > HVM OS's internal settings. In this case, try to set the desired resolution > within CentOS. > > I think it's to be expected that attempting to force window properties in > KDE's window settings wouldn't work, since CentOS doesn't "know" about > dom0's > window manager. > > A tip for moving unwieldy windows around: Since you're using KDE, you can > simply hold alt, then drag anywhere on the window. This should work even if > the title bar is completely offscreen. > > - -- > Andrew David Wong (Axon) > Community Manager, Qubes OS > https://www.qubes-os.org > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXt1rIAAoJENtN07w5UDAwyEAP/izU8N2q5os1A4ewj13Czl4c > JDa08VekcmQJRVVT2ZTmMeyqblZiuGI6xah9zBIc9gk1cryUNI588zBkGlmjlMvK > IbEKnkZbHRTYZIdA1sjlvjhkuiJhRcl+W+rIfRtjMTz/JYeG7zIFG1XgP98g9B05 > zhCzeQPzmRYUxGZoIK1s3S0Hz470YM/dGdSy/6snfSXoCHpMY5s2z1q7Eoy7aN+q > MabH/9lVfT/xbJceuo9ydlsKHhOcD+dmL+woJ9WJFHVr4qmKVh5XvnG+bM9Bex5B > bYDFq7f2+E1/U35wLwLoVw7eNVGkILEF1vQmr74oFkxilZyyzlM4inLdBmWCEwRu > J4lRNMR1Ne7KPXQ4eINZxf88f5xl8D/kPgAnEJHmI3s/+V1GDo9ljp1DR+kVxFls > Vx/6veKJRnxOnwqCfBrl2ayO75MCywIBujPLfghrqHX18/yRoHeHMgOEBB0/jsJi > npU8uO64cfMz9ljlfApdN/sTFj6/EmLsFuuZoQfHk5v5EwkVEsFD1aLS2pgQ9Tiw > fgcyi8cBs5ff2fTQyOsBU9eRRHYDTWtsnTufA0AyW6V0ab823e+a/3ZrThMPKJvJ > 5Wdg/DBFAbk+ZrzdgzaoRng0Zywt7t0+SFhQGGufbZFWSts46miWPub0V7SE0xkT > fswhU9KPeg8ihG45AtoF > =4oQx > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > Thank you Andrew. I'm not sure that I know how to set the resolution for CentOS in non-GUI mode. I will have to look at that. Holding alt and draging does not work for the windows. It does for windows with a header/frame, but not for the ones where I've removed the header/frame and/or forced to position 0,0. -- 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/CAM9FSFxGoHA1ShX5ZY8D7vwkGfehhOF__c2QOSOckWd%3DdVGmtA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] HVMs auto-resizing, causing positioning issues.
I have a minor GUI usability issue. I'm using a smaller monitor, and my CentOS 7 HVMs seem to always want to take up the entire height of the screen. The problem is the HVM window title bar will show at the top cutting off a little at the bottom of the window. When using text-mode/CLI, this means once I get to the bottom of the screen I can't see what I'm typing. I've tried right-clicking on the title bar, going to More Actions, then Special Window Settings. If I set Position to Force 0,-25, this seems to work when I do it manually. When the HVM boots again it works... for the first bootloader screen. However, after that, the HVM re-sizes itself, and I'm in the same boat again. Now, when I go back to look at the settings, it still says Force 0,-25, and if I hit OK, it will resize. The problem is it doesn't do this automatically upon resizing. I could force position to 0,0 then remove the header and frame. But then I can't figure out how to get the header back, in order to get to the "Special Windows Settings" menu section again... in case I want to make further changes. If I right-click on the HVM in the taskbar there is a "More Actions" section, but no "Special Windows Settings". I can only seem to find it when right-clicking the title bar. But I've removed the title bar for this HVM now...! Any ideas? -- 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/CAM9FSFwhrhk4DvRSMzNazVVBCTNXKrrBrUXHk%2BfrAKj7pQkA2g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] HCL - Hewlett-Packard-500-223w
I have successfully created and used several CentOS 7 (1511/Minimal) HVMs. Intel i3 so no IOMMU. No TPM installed. Seems to work decent so far. 16GB RAM, I can have 3 CentOS HVMs open simultaneously, the work VM (with 4 terminals and Firefox), the Fedora 23 VM open (while doing an update on the Fedora 23 VM) and everything was still fairly responsive, very nice. I've had this machine loaded for about three months now. -- 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/CAM9FSFy-uzCFgMOyRYW_E7aCxwRNw-XOhwJ3KynY6e0bKHCKew%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Qubes-HCL-Hewlett-Packard-500-223w-20160729-124134.cpio.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data Qubes-HCL-Hewlett-Packard-500-223w-20160729-124134.yml Description: application/yaml
