[qubes-users] Problems with keyboard

[drbgward]

Hi everyone,


I've got a wireless logitech mouse and keyboard that I'm using. I have 
qubes on my laptop and am putting it on my desktop and plugging a few 
things into it like another monitor and the mouse/keyboard (which are a 
set). Thing is that the mouse works fine, and it is seen in the dropdown as 
'logitech usb receiver'. The keyboard though is not working. The mouse 
works in all vms without having to tweak anything and I have had both the 
mouse and keyboard working in another install of qubes, but for some reason 
I can't get the keyboard to work with the mouse this time round. I have 
even tried another wireless keyboard/mouse combo with the same result.


I have been into settings and tried different keyboards etc to no effect.


I have posted this in the reddit group with no one able to help so far, so 
if anyone can help I'd appreciate it.  Currently I am using a keyboard with 
a cable that I have to change with each vm which is a deal breaker for me 
I'm afraid.  So if someone can tell me where to look or whatever I'd 
appreciate it.

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Re: [qubes-users] how to start with QubesOS

[drbgward]

On Friday, 20 March 2020 05:11:21 UTC+11, agroz...@cegepgim.ca wrote:
>
> Thank you for thr prompt reply Sven,
>
> Could you send links to some particular ones, please?
>
> Best,
>
>
> Asen
>
>
> On Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:38:11 UTC-4, Sven Semmler wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:09:06AM -0700, agroz...@cegepgim.ca wrote: 
>> > I am looking into the forum, and lots of online materials but I cannot 
>> find 
>> > a manual explaining what are all virtual machines there for, how to use 
>> > them, and basically how to start using the system (including cli). 
>> > The ones found are not structured, outdated or very technical. 
>> > Could you, please post some links to help out to start with the OS. 
>>
>> I think you'd be best served going onto youtube and searching for Qubes 
>> demos and overview presentations/talks. 
>>
>> /Sven 
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>
Seriously man, use google.  You won't get spoonfed by the Linux community 
that much.  But I will help out.

Micah Lee gives a great overview:  https://www.qubes-os.org/video-tours/  
Sit down, have you pc with qubes in front of you and follow what he says 
and does.  This is a good video.
This one is not too bad:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbN5Bz3v-uA

There are lots of others.  Just get your qubes and muck around with it.  If 
you are not familiar with linux in general you are on a steep learning 
curve, but enjoy it.  

But just don't ask for people to do the work you should do.  Make the 
effort, and then if you get stuck people will be more than helpful.  But 
not by asking for them to search google for you.


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Re: [qubes-users] Problems connecting USB to WIn7 VM

[drbgward]

On Tuesday, 17 March 2020 09:31:12 UTC+11, Sven Semmler wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 02:34:36PM -0700, drbg...@gmail.com  
> wrote: 
> > To attach the entire usb controller is that via qubes settings>devices? 
>   
> > I'm not near qubes just now.  I am thinking of the box where there is 
> the 
> > list of devices on the left that has a number of usb controllers.  Am I 
> in 
> > the right spot? 
>
> In general yes. You could try it via the GUI first. Alternatively I'll 
> describe to you how to do it on the dom0 command line: 
>
> 1) run 'qvm-pci' to see your available devices 
> 2) if your USB controller is already assigned to e.g. sys-usb then 
> detach it first by calling 'qvm-pci detach sys-usb dom0:xx_xx.x' 
> 3) then attach it to your windows qube while it is powered down by 
> calling 'qvm-pci attach win --persistent dom0:xx_xx.x' 
> 4) start your win qube 
> 5) if you get any error messages about being unable to attach the usb 
> controller or not supporting reset redo step 3) with an additional 
> parameter like this: 'qvm-pci attach win --persistent --option 
> no-strict-reset=True dom0:xx_xx.x' 
>
> Also: with my USB controller memory of the win qube needs to be 2G or 
> less. Any more and it crashed the qube. But that might be very specific 
> to my hardware. 
>
> PS: the GUI should give you all the option you need, I just find it 
> easier to describe it in terms of the command line. 
>
> /Sven 
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Thank you again Sven
I'll give it a go hopefully this afternoon if I get a chance,
 

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Re: [qubes-users] Problems connecting USB to WIn7 VM

[drbgward]

Thanks Sven
To attach the entire usb controller is that via qubes settings>devices?  
I'm not near qubes just now.  I am thinking of the box where there is the 
list of devices on the left that has a number of usb controllers.  Am I in 
the right spot?

Thanks

On Tuesday, 17 March 2020 06:11:06 UTC+11, Sven Semmler wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 10:55:11AM -0700, redpo...@gmail.com  
> wrote: 
> > I have successfully installed win7 and things work perfectly, well 
> almost. 
> > 
> > For some reason I can't connect a usb to it.  When I try it will tell me 
> > that it has (which it hasn't) and then I will get the following error 
> > message": 
> > "Error:  QubesVMError Domain Win7:  grexec:  not connected" 
> > 
> > Does anybody have any idea what it happening?   
>
> Attaching USB devices is not supported, but you can attach the entire 
> USB controller ... that'll work. 
>
> Note that Win7 doesn't come with USB 3 support and requires you to 
> install a dedicated driver. 
>
> /Sven 
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[qubes-users] Re: How to get Ubuntu 18.04 running in a HVM with a GUI desktop in Qubes OS 4.0.3 ?

[drbgward]

I installed Ubuntu as a HVM and had to muck around with the disc it 
installed on as I said (xvda/xvdb etc).  Some worked some didn't.

With regards to resolution I did try from within Ubuntu but the maximum 
resolution was I think 800X600 which is tiny and it didn't give me any more 
options.  Supposedly this is fixable, but I didn't go there.  If you get 
that far you will see that the display window cuts off your ability to 
access the resolution drop down bar on the right.  Grab the window in the 
middle and pull the entire thing to the left and you can then get to the 
drop down bar, but mine only had the one resolution option.

I didn't go down the template path but Sven kindly posted this below as a 
guide.  It probably recreates what you said, but it may provide some finer 
detail.  

Again, let me know how you get on. 

Here's the post:  


















































*I'll take a shot at it.Let's say you have a VM called 'web' in which you 
downloaded a file'template.rpm' which is not stored 
under/home/user/Downloads/template.rm in that 'web' VM.You want to transfer 
it to dom0.So in dom0 you will be using a command called qvm-run, which 
allows youto run/start programs inside VMs. It has a parameter called 
--pass-iowhich let's you see the output of that program in your dom0 
terminal.You can test this for example with a simple text file. In your 
'web' VMstart a terminal and use gedit to create a text file test.txt in 
yourhome directory (/home/user/test.txt). Put some "hello world!" 
textinside and safe it / close gedit. Not in your terminal write 
"cat/home/user/test.txt" and you will see the contents of that text file 
inthe terminal.Next, go to dom0 and open a terminal there. In that terminal 
write:"qvm-run --pass-io web 'cat /home/user/test.txt'"Now you see the 
context of the text file in your dom0 terminal. Thefinal step is to add 
something to the end of this command: "qvm-run--pass-io web 'cat 
/home/user/test.txt' > /home/user/test.txtWhen you run this, instead of 
seeing the output in the terminal it isnow written into /home/user/test.txt 
in dom0! You can verify with "cat/home/user/test.txt"I've explained this 
with a little text file to make it easy tounderstand. Back to your 
/home/user/Downloads/template.rpm in the webVM. We can use the same 
mechanism:qvm-run --pass-io web 'cat /home/user/Downloads/template.rpm' 
>/home/user/template.rpmIt'll take a few secondes or maybe even a minute 
depending on yourcomputer and the size of the file. But when it's done you 
know havesuccessfully copied the template.rpm into dom0 and can now runsudo 
dnf install template.rpmThis is all described a bit more brief 
athttps://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/ 
Cheers,/Sven*





On Tuesday, 17 March 2020 06:12:35 UTC+11, M wrote:
>
> mandag den 16. marts 2020 kl. 18.48.13 UTC+1 skrev redpo...@gmail.com:
>>
>> Good luck with this.  I have managed to install Ubuntu but you only get a 
>> small window (which apparently is fixable but I didn't go there).  
>> Networking is difficult and I could never get it to recognise my wifi 
>> adapter.  You could always try and install an Ubuntu template from here: 
>> https://qubes.3isec.org/Templates_4.0/  but that entails installing the 
>> template in dom0 which I wasn't real keen on.  There is guide here on how 
>> to do it.  Let me know if you can't find it and you want it.
>>
>> I also into the problems that you are citing.  I solved it by mucking 
>> around with installing it on xvda then xvdb etc.  I changed the virtual 
>> drive installation options and it worked.  But I'm just letting you know 
>> that you will opening a door to some more challenges.  I was trying to 
>> install Ubuntu because I know it and I can set up my printers etc, but I 
>> gave up and went through the learning of doing all of this on a Fedora 
>> template in qubes which was a better result anyway.
>>
>> Good luck.  Let us know how you go.  
>>
>
>
> 1)  Thanks for the optimistic view. :)
>
> 2)  Regarding the small window: Have you tried to change the screen 
> resolutions in Ubuntu ? - although you can't get full screen, it should be 
> possible to get it at least almost full screen. It works in both Windows 
> 10, Linux Mint and Debian 10.3.
>
> 3)  For me it's fine if just I can get on the internet from within Ubuntu 
> by using a cable connection ? - I haven't been able to get it working in a 
> Debian GUI HVM, but at least in a Windows 10 and Linux Mint HVM. But I 
> would like to install a program that only works with Debian and Ubuntu, so 
> I need to at least get either Debian or Ubuntu to work and being able to 
> connect to the internet.
>
> 4)  Thanks for the link. For me this one sounds relevant: 
> https://qubes.3isec.org/Templates_4.0/qubes-template-bionic-desktop-4.0.1-202001121248.noarch.rpm
>   
> as I guess it has a desktop with a GUI.
>  To use it, shall I then just download it to a 

Re: [qubes-users] Installing templates.

[drbgward]

Thank you SO much for taking time to do this.  I have the weekend coming up 
so I am going to follow your guide.  At least I understand this as you've 
made it simple.  

I really appreciate you taking the time to do this.  Its a time consuming 
thing just to type that much so thanks.  Its not gone unnoticed or 
unappreciated I can assure you! 

On Friday, 13 March 2020 08:25:45 UTC+11, Sven Semmler wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 01:03:50PM -0700, drbg...@gmail.com  
> wrote: 
> > Pardon my basic understanding, but I probably need someone to serve this 
> up 
> > to me in a  very easy way.  I haven't asked this question because its so 
> > basic so maybe I can get a lead here? 
>
> I'll take a shot at it. 
>
> Let's say you have a VM called 'web' in which you downloaded a file 
> 'template.rpm' which is not stored under 
> /home/user/Downloads/template.rm in that 'web' VM. 
>
> You want to transfer it to dom0. 
>
> So in dom0 you will be using a command called qvm-run, which allows you 
> to run/start programs inside VMs. It has a parameter called --pass-io 
> which let's you see the output of that program in your dom0 terminal. 
>
> You can test this for example with a simple text file. In your 'web' VM 
> start a terminal and use gedit to create a text file test.txt in your 
> home directory (/home/user/test.txt). Put some "hello world!" text 
> inside and safe it / close gedit. Not in your terminal write "cat 
> /home/user/test.txt" and you will see the contents of that text file in 
> the terminal. 
>
> Next, go to dom0 and open a terminal there. In that terminal write: 
> "qvm-run --pass-io web 'cat /home/user/test.txt'" 
>
> Now you see the context of the text file in your dom0 terminal. The 
> final step is to add something to the end of this command: "qvm-run 
> --pass-io web 'cat /home/user/test.txt' > /home/user/test.txt 
>
> When you run this, instead of seeing the output in the terminal it is 
> now written into /home/user/test.txt in dom0! You can verify with "cat 
> /home/user/test.txt" 
>
> I've explained this with a little text file to make it easy to 
> understand. Back to your /home/user/Downloads/template.rpm in the web 
> VM. We can use the same mechanism: 
>
> qvm-run --pass-io web 'cat /home/user/Downloads/template.rpm' > 
> /home/user/template.rpm 
>
> It'll take a few secondes or maybe even a minute depending on your 
> computer and the size of the file. But when it's done you know have 
> successfully copied the template.rpm into dom0 and can now run 
>
> sudo dnf install template.rpm 
>
> This is all described a bit more brief at 
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/ 
>
> Cheers, 
> /Sven 
>
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Re: [qubes-users] Installing templates.

[drbgward]

I am glad to see this discussed.  I downloaded some of your templates buy 
gave up trying to get them to work.

When you say "downloaded in /home/user/Downloads on "dload"

Are you saying that the foo.rpm template is in dom0 at that point? I'm not 
sure how to download straight to dom0?   

Pardon my basic understanding, but I probably need someone to serve this up 
to me in a  very easy way.  I haven't asked this question because its so 
basic so maybe I can get a lead here?

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