[qubes-users] Fwd: I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems
-- Forwarded message -- From: explodingbee . <exploding...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 12:22 PM Subject: Fwd: I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems To: dumbcyber <dumbcy...@riseup.net>, Andrew David Wong <a...@qubes-os.org>, Foppe de Haan <0spinbo...@gmail.com> -- Forwarded message -- From: explodingbee . <exploding...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:15 AM Subject: Re: I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems To: dumbcyber <dumbcy...@riseup.net> *Hi dubmcyber,* *See my comment below.* On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 6:29 AM, dumbcyber <dumbcy...@riseup.net> wrote: > On Tuesday, 13 December 2016 21:29:28 UTC-5, explodingbee . wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I installed qubes several days ago. I now have several problems and I > would appreciate some help: > > > > 1) How can I open WIndows 7 again? First, I intended to install Qubes > beside Windows 7, which was working fine. Instead I can only boot to Qubes > now. How can I have a dual-boot setup so that I can also go to Windows 7? > (Note: my files from Windows 7 were apparently not damaged and I have > recently managed to get apparently all of them off of the computer and onto > an external hard drive so they should be safe.) (I did read this file [ > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/multiboot/] but it seems to say that one > needs to wipe out everything and reinstall Windows 7 and then reinstall > Qubes. Can't I fix the GRUB file somehow so that I can use my existing > installations and programs?) > > > > 2) In Qubes the computer often gets slow as molasses. I get error > messages saying "Warning: unresponsive script" sometimes. When I try to > open a VM it says that there is not enough memory and that I should close a > VM first. When the computer gets like this sometimes I click on things and > nothing happens or it takes forever for something to happen; sometimes I > can't even close windows because they don't respond. (I am using an HP > Elitebook 8540w laptop. It has 4 GB of RAM and an i7 CPU.) Also, when I > shut down the computer sometimes it gets stuck and does not shut down all > the way. It freezes with the Qubes splash screen there and the progress > bar indicating partial or complete progress. > > > > > > 3) Problem relating to program installation: When I install programs in > the Fedora or Debian templates they don't appear in the list of available > programs in the templates or in the VMs based on those templates so I don't > see how I can create shortcuts for programs in my VMs. > > > > > > 4) Problem in getting a video player to work: I have installed four > different video players (Snappy, Budgie, Banshee and Parole) and none of > them seem to be able to play videos I have downloaded (with Video Download > Helper and Firefox in an App VM). (I can get the video players to launch > not with the proper shortcuts but in another, awkward way, by going to > Domain: personal -> personal: Software and then clicking around until I get > to the right app which was previously installed and then clicking on > "launch.") Also, the default player, apparently called "Videos," doesn't > work. Am I missing something here? > > > > > > > > This paragraph shows the problems which arise when I try to use each of > the above mentioned video players. You may (or may not) want to skip this > paragraph. (I am including these video player error descriptions partly > because they may give a clue as to an overall problem here.) > > (a) Snappy: The video player shows that a video has loaded but then > when I click play it does nothing. > > (b) Parole: When I try to play a video I get the following error > message: "Error GStreamer backend error Could not intialize Xv > output." The only button to click on the error message dialogue box says: > "Close." > > (c) Banshee: This video player doesn't play videos when I click > play. It sometimes causes an error message which reads: "Additional > multimedia codecs requires. An application is requesting additional > multimedia codecs." Then there is a button which reads "find in > software." (Other times when I click play after selecting a video the > video player just does nothing.) > > (d) Budgie: This videos player does nothing when I click play after > a video which has been loaded into the program is selected. > > (e) Videos: (Apparently this video player is called "Videos." It > is the default player.) When I select a video and then select "Play with > Videos" an error me
[qubes-users] Fwd: I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems
-- Forwarded message -- From: explodingbee . <exploding...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 12:21 PM Subject: Fwd: I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems To: Foppe de Haan <0spinbo...@gmail.com>, Andrew David Wong < a...@qubes-os.org>, dumbcyber <dumbcy...@riseup.net> -- Forwarded message -- From: explodingbee . <exploding...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:15 AM Subject: Re: I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems To: Foppe de Haan <0spinbo...@gmail.com> *Hi Foppe de Haan:* *See my comments below:* On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 3:13 AM, Foppe de Haan <0spinbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > re: 1, can you boot to windows from the bios boot menu (usually accessed > via f9/f11)? If you can, that's a rather easier solution. > > re: 3, do you mean the list of available programs in the 'add more > shortcuts' view? > *Yes, that is what I mean.* > > re: 4, this has to do with the licensing for modern codecs, which is > non-free. Instructions to add a repository which contains those here: > https://unitedrpms.github.io/ *Ok. Thanks. When I reinstall Qubes I will try that (if necessary). * > > > re: 5, try this: "sudo dnf --releasever=25 > --enablerepo=qubes-vm-r3.2-current-testing > update" *Thanks, when I reinstall I may try that. But two of the other people who responded said or implied that maybe I should use Fedora 24 instead. So maybe I will try Fedora 24.* *Regards,* *Vincent* -- 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/CAEgwnuQ7gCURhb87p5kj8rW7bXpKWXQhT9wUi0KMb%3DmWdHJuLg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Fwd: [qubes-users] I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems
-- Forwarded message -- From: explodingbee . <exploding...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 12:23 PM Subject: Fwd: [qubes-users] I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems To: Andrew David Wong <a...@qubes-os.org>, Foppe de Haan < 0spinbo...@gmail.com>, dumbcyber <dumbcy...@riseup.net> -- Forwarded message -- From: explodingbee . <exploding...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [qubes-users] I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems To: Andrew David Wong <a...@qubes-os.org> *Hi Andrew Wong,* *See my comments below.* On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Andrew David Wong <a...@qubes-os.org> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 2016-12-13 18:29, explodingbee . wrote: > > [...] > > > > 2) *In Qubes the computer often gets slow as molasses.* I get > > error messages saying "Warning: unresponsive script" sometimes. > > When I try to open a VM it says that there is not enough memory and > > that I should close a VM first. When the computer gets like this > > sometimes I click on things and nothing happens or it takes forever > > for something to happen; sometimes I can't even close windows > > because they don't respond. (I am using an HP Elitebook 8540w > > laptop. It has 4 GB of RAM and an i7 CPU.) Also, when I shut down > > the computer sometimes it gets stuck and does not shut down all the > > way. It freezes with the Qubes splash screen there and the > > progress bar indicating partial or complete progress. > > > > I think this is just due to a lack of RAM. 4 GB is the bare minimum. > Any chance you can add some more? > *I have not had any problems with lack of RAM in Windows 7. Maybe Qubes needs more RAM than Windows 7? If you are correct I can certainly get more RAM. After I reinstall Qubes if the problem persists I may get more RAM.* > > > 3) *Problem relating to program installation:* When I install > > programs in the Fedora or Debian templates they don't appear in the > > list of available programs in the templates or in the VMs based on > > those templates so I don't see how I can create shortcuts for > > programs in my VMs. > > > > Are you installing these programs from the Fedora and Debian repos? If > so, are you fully shutting down the template after installing the > program? This should trigger qvm-sync-appmenus, but you can try to run > it manually from dom0: > > qvm-sync-appmenus > *Yes, I was installing from within the Fedora VM (which is what I think you mean). Yes, I fully shut everything down, including the whole computer, after installing the programs and then at no time did the installed programs appear on the list of available programs in the Fedora VM or in the AppVMs. If the problem persists after I reinstall Qubes I may try to manually enter the phrase you provided above.* > > > 4) *Problem in getting a video player to work:* I have installed > > four different video players (Snappy, Budgie, Banshee and Parole) > > and none of them seem to be able to play videos I have downloaded > > (with Video Download Helper and Firefox in an App VM). (I can get > > the video players to launch not with the proper shortcuts but in > > another, awkward way, by going to Domain: personal -> personal: > > Software and then clicking around until I get to the right app > > which was previously installed and then clicking on "launch.") > > Also, the default player, apparently called "Videos," doesn't work. > > Am I missing something here? > > > > I haven't had any problems with VLC. I'd recommend giving that a try, > if you're willing. You can easily enable the RPMFusion repos to get it: > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/software-update-vm/#rpmfusion-for-a-fedora- > templatevm > *I have also used VLC before in Windows and I liked it. It is a video player which can play almost any type of video file. After I reinstall Qubes if I am still having video problems I will probably try to install it. Thanks for sending the page to help with that.* > > > [...] > > > > 5) *I can't update Fedora:* I have tried to update Fedora 23 to > > Fedora 25. I am able to download the update but then I click > > "Install" and nothing happens. I also click "restart and install" > > just below that and again nothing happens. What is going on with > > that? (I just tried that again and I got the following error > > message this time: *"Sorry this did not work Upgrade to Fedora > > failed. DetailsDetailed errors from the package manager > > follow:*
Re: [qubes-users] I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems
*Hi Andrew,* *See my comments below:* On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Andrew David Wong <a...@qubes-os.org> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > (Please keep the list CCed.) > *Ok. I thought that was automatically happening. I guess it was not. I will cc qubes-users@googlegroups.com <qubes-users@googlegroups.com> in future correspondence.* > > On 2016-12-14 08:17, explodingbee . wrote: > > *Hi Andrew Wong,* *See my comments below.* > > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Andrew David Wong > > <a...@qubes-os.org> wrote: > > > > On 2016-12-13 18:29, explodingbee . wrote: > >>>> [...] > >>>> > >>>> 2) *In Qubes the computer often gets slow as molasses.* I > >>>> get error messages saying "Warning: unresponsive script" > >>>> sometimes. When I try to open a VM it says that there is not > >>>> enough memory and that I should close a VM first. When the > >>>> computer gets like this sometimes I click on things and > >>>> nothing happens or it takes forever for something to happen; > >>>> sometimes I can't even close windows because they don't > >>>> respond. (I am using an HP Elitebook 8540w laptop. It has > >>>> 4 GB of RAM and an i7 CPU.) Also, when I shut down the > >>>> computer sometimes it gets stuck and does not shut down all > >>>> the way. It freezes with the Qubes splash screen there and > >>>> the progress bar indicating partial or complete progress. > >>>> > > > > I think this is just due to a lack of RAM. 4 GB is the bare > > minimum. Any chance you can add some more? > > > > > >> *I have not had any problems with lack of RAM in Windows 7. Maybe > >> Qubes needs more RAM than Windows 7? If you are correct I can > >> certainly get more RAM. After I reinstall Qubes if the problem > >> persists I may get more RAM.* > > > > Yes. Windows 7 requires a minimum of 1 GB for 32-bit and 2 GB for > 64-bit, whereas Qubes requires a minimum of 4 GB (and is available > only as a 64-bit operating system). Take a look at our system > requirements: > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/system-requirements/ *Yes, I see that 4 Gb is the minimum RAM requirement. I suspect though that there may have been some problem with the Qubes installation file which was causing this issue. But if the problem persists after I reinstall Qubes I can get more RAM.* > > > > > >>>> 3) *Problem relating to program installation:* When I > >>>> install programs in the Fedora or Debian templates they > >>>> don't appear in the list of available programs in the > >>>> templates or in the VMs based on those templates so I don't > >>>> see how I can create shortcuts for programs in my VMs. > >>>> > > > > Are you installing these programs from the Fedora and Debian > > repos? If so, are you fully shutting down the template after > > installing the program? This should trigger qvm-sync-appmenus, but > > you can try to run it manually from dom0: > > > > qvm-sync-appmenus > > > > > >> *Yes, I was installing from within the Fedora VM (which is what > >> I think you mean). Yes, I fully shut everything down, including > >> the whole computer, after installing the programs and then at no > >> time did the installed programs appear on the list of available > >> programs in the Fedora VM or in the AppVMs. If the problem > >> persists after I reinstall Qubes I may try to manually enter the > >> phrase you provided above.* > > > > How were you installing them? Were you using a command like `sudo dnf > install ` in a Fedora TemplateVM, or were you installing > them in some other way, instead? > *I was installing programs by going to the "software" link in the Fedora domain and then clicking around until I found the video or other program I wanted and then clicking on "install." I did not use any command lines.* > > In any case, in order to have a menu entry, there has to be an > appropriate .desktop file for the program. You can write one yourself > if necessary, but usually programs installed through a package manager > like dnf or apt-get do this for you. > > > > >>>> 4) *Problem in getting a video player to work:* I have > >>>> installed four different video players (Snappy, Budgie, > >>>> Banshee and Parole) and none of them seem to be able to play > >>>> videos
[qubes-users] Re: I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems
Hi folks, Thank you all for your responses. There is some significant new information at this point: Last night I was able to install Linux Mint beside the other operating systems. It is not that I wanted to use Mint, it is just that by installing it it redid the GRUB file so now I can boot to Windows 7 or Qubes (or Mint). So that solves the first problem. (I had tried to do this previously but was unable to. Last night I deleted most of the files [which I was able to copy to an external hard drive] from the hard drive and apparently that made a difference.) However, now for some reason Qubes doesn't work right at all. The Dom0 domain doesn't load. (I can see that this is true because it isn't there and also I could read one of the error messages while the program was loading. It said something like "FAIL. Dom0 did not load.") So I am going to download a fresh copy of Qubes and then reinstall it. So it may be that after I reinstall Qubes some of these problems I have been having will be resolved. Nonetheless, I will answer the questions where appropriate that each of you posed because I appreciate your help and also because I may have the same issues when I reinstall. (Note: I am going out of town later today so it may be several days before I can reinstall Qubes.) Best regards, Vincent On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:29 PM, explodingbee . <exploding...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I installed qubes several days ago. I now have several problems and I > would appreciate some help: > > 1) *How can I open WIndows 7 again?* First, I intended to install Qubes > beside Windows 7, which was working fine. Instead I can only boot to Qubes > now. How can I have a dual-boot setup so that I can also go to Windows 7? > (Note: my files from Windows 7 were apparently not damaged and I have > recently managed to get apparently all of them off of the computer and onto > an external hard drive so they should be safe.) (I did read this file [ > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/multiboot/] but it seems to say that one > needs to wipe out everything and reinstall Windows 7 and then reinstall > Qubes. Can't I fix the GRUB file somehow so that I can use my existing > installations and programs?) > > 2) *In Qubes the computer often gets slow as molasses.* I get error > messages saying "Warning: unresponsive script" sometimes. When I try to > open a VM it says that there is not enough memory and that I should close a > VM first. When the computer gets like this sometimes I click on things and > nothing happens or it takes forever for something to happen; sometimes I > can't even close windows because they don't respond. (I am using an HP > Elitebook 8540w laptop. It has 4 GB of RAM and an i7 CPU.) Also, when I > shut down the computer sometimes it gets stuck and does not shut down all > the way. It freezes with the Qubes splash screen there and the progress > bar indicating partial or complete progress. > > 3) *Problem relating to program installation:* When I install programs > in the Fedora or Debian templates they don't appear in the list of > available programs in the templates or in the VMs based on those templates > so I don't see how I can create shortcuts for programs in my VMs. > > 4) *Problem in getting a video player to work:* I have installed four > different video players (Snappy, Budgie, Banshee and Parole) and none of > them seem to be able to play videos I have downloaded (with Video Download > Helper and Firefox in an App VM). (I can get the video players to launch > not with the proper shortcuts but in another, awkward way, by going to > Domain: personal -> personal: Software and then clicking around until I get > to the right app which was previously installed and then clicking on > "launch.") Also, the default player, apparently called "Videos," doesn't > work. Am I missing something here? > > *This paragraph shows the problems which arise when I try to use each of > the above mentioned video players*. You may (or may not) want to skip > this paragraph. (I am including these video player error descriptions > partly because they may give a clue as to an overall problem here.) > (a) *Snappy*: The video player shows that a video has loaded but > then when I click play it does nothing. > (b) *Parole*: When I try to play a video I get the following error > message: "Error GStreamer backend error Could not intialize Xv > output." The only button to click on the error message dialogue box says: > "Close." > (c) *Banshee*: This video player doesn't play videos when I click > play. It sometimes causes an error message which reads: "Additional > multimedia codecs requires. An application is requesting additional > multimedi
[qubes-users] I recently installed Qubes and I now have several problems
Hi folks, I installed qubes several days ago. I now have several problems and I would appreciate some help: 1) *How can I open WIndows 7 again?* First, I intended to install Qubes beside Windows 7, which was working fine. Instead I can only boot to Qubes now. How can I have a dual-boot setup so that I can also go to Windows 7? (Note: my files from Windows 7 were apparently not damaged and I have recently managed to get apparently all of them off of the computer and onto an external hard drive so they should be safe.) (I did read this file [ https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/multiboot/] but it seems to say that one needs to wipe out everything and reinstall Windows 7 and then reinstall Qubes. Can't I fix the GRUB file somehow so that I can use my existing installations and programs?) 2) *In Qubes the computer often gets slow as molasses.* I get error messages saying "Warning: unresponsive script" sometimes. When I try to open a VM it says that there is not enough memory and that I should close a VM first. When the computer gets like this sometimes I click on things and nothing happens or it takes forever for something to happen; sometimes I can't even close windows because they don't respond. (I am using an HP Elitebook 8540w laptop. It has 4 GB of RAM and an i7 CPU.) Also, when I shut down the computer sometimes it gets stuck and does not shut down all the way. It freezes with the Qubes splash screen there and the progress bar indicating partial or complete progress. 3) *Problem relating to program installation:* When I install programs in the Fedora or Debian templates they don't appear in the list of available programs in the templates or in the VMs based on those templates so I don't see how I can create shortcuts for programs in my VMs. 4) *Problem in getting a video player to work:* I have installed four different video players (Snappy, Budgie, Banshee and Parole) and none of them seem to be able to play videos I have downloaded (with Video Download Helper and Firefox in an App VM). (I can get the video players to launch not with the proper shortcuts but in another, awkward way, by going to Domain: personal -> personal: Software and then clicking around until I get to the right app which was previously installed and then clicking on "launch.") Also, the default player, apparently called "Videos," doesn't work. Am I missing something here? *This paragraph shows the problems which arise when I try to use each of the above mentioned video players*. You may (or may not) want to skip this paragraph. (I am including these video player error descriptions partly because they may give a clue as to an overall problem here.) (a) *Snappy*: The video player shows that a video has loaded but then when I click play it does nothing. (b) *Parole*: When I try to play a video I get the following error message: "Error GStreamer backend error Could not intialize Xv output." The only button to click on the error message dialogue box says: "Close." (c) *Banshee*: This video player doesn't play videos when I click play. It sometimes causes an error message which reads: "Additional multimedia codecs requires. An application is requesting additional multimedia codecs." Then there is a button which reads "find in software." (Other times when I click play after selecting a video the video player just does nothing.) (d) *Budgie*: This videos player does nothing when I click play after a video which has been loaded into the program is selected. (e) *Videos*: (Apparently this video player is called "Videos." It is the default player.) When I select a video and then select "Play with Videos" an error message comes up. It says: "H.264 (Constrained Baseline Profile) decoder, MPEG-4 AAC decoder are required to play the file, but are not installed." Then there is a button which says "Find in software." When I click that button I get another error message which says "Unfortunately, the H.264 (Constrained Baseline Profile) decoder and MPEG-4 AAC decoder you were searching for could not be found. Please see this website for more information." 5) *I can't update Fedora:* I have tried to update Fedora 23 to Fedora 25. I am able to download the update but then I click "Install" and nothing happens. I also click "restart and install" just below that and again nothing happens. What is going on with that? (I just tried that again and I got the following error message this time: *"Sorry this did not work Upgrade to Fedora failed. DetailsDetailed errors from the package manager follow:** Error running transaction: installing package filesystem-3.2-37.fc24.x86_64 needs 135168 on the /rw filesystem")* So I am frustrated. I had a whole life on Windows 7 and now I can't do most of what I used to do. (Do you think that maybe I downloaded and installed a bad copy of Qubes?) Help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Vincent Gillespie exploding...@gmail.com 978-830-4392
[qubes-users] Re: How do I move files between qubes? Why has my computer gotten slow as molasses?
On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 1:23:59 PM UTC-5, explod...@gmail.com wrote: > The relevant video from the qubes-os.org website is not working. > > See: https://www.qubes-os.org/video-tours/07:28 (Moving files between qubes) > > Also, I just installed Qubes yesterday and my computer has been sometimes > getting slow as molasses. Also, it sometimes won't finish shutting down. > What is going on? Ok. Never mind the first question. I was misunderstanding how the links to sections of the overview video were working. But the second question, about my computer suddenly becoming slow as molasses with qubes is proper. What is going on? -- 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/fcdda3cb-84f1-4c76-9a1f-f55a01321b45%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] How do I move files between qubes? Why has my computer gotten slow as molasses?
The relevant video from the qubes-os.org website is not working. See: https://www.qubes-os.org/video-tours/07:28 (Moving files between qubes) Also, I just installed Qubes yesterday and my computer has been sometimes getting slow as molasses. Also, it sometimes won't finish shutting down. What is going on? -- 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/a2f2e8e0-0fb2-4c9c-99e3-bd454b91a828%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
