Re: [qubes-users] Incredible HD thrashing on 4.0

2018-08-10 Thread Chris Laprise
On 08/10/2018 03:02 PM, Kelly Dean wrote: Has anybody else used both Qubes 3.2 and 4.0 on a system with a HD, not SSD? Have you noticed the disk thrashing to be far worse under 4.0? I suspect it might have something to do with the new use of LVM combining snapshots with thin provisioning.

Re: [qubes-users] Best Laptop for Qubes 4+ and Heads

2018-08-10 Thread Chris Laprise
On 08/10/2018 08:25 PM, Franz wrote: On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:23 PM, Jonathan Brown mailto:jonbrownmaste...@gmail.com>> wrote: How bad does the RAM issue affect your VM number you want to run vs what you can run? Can it handle all the required VMs needed by default along with

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4.0 sluggish feel

2018-08-10 Thread Outback Dingo
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 6:54 PM wrote: > > On Friday, August 10, 2018 at 12:49:05 AM UTC-4, Outback Dingo wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 6:18 AM John S.Recdep wrote: > > > I blame intel speedstep for everything in your local uefi , and dingos :) > > > > great but how do we resolve it... its

[qubes-users] Re: X1 Carbon again; Qubes DSDT override?

2018-08-10 Thread richd . bdb
I have followed these steps with a degree of success. >From a fresh Qubes install, I have compiled the patched kernel and specified >the following kernel command options in my /boot/efi/EFI/qubes/xen.cfg file: acpi_force_s3=5 mem_sleep_default=deep The system now responds to the power

Re: [qubes-users] Best Laptop for Qubes 4+ and Heads

2018-08-10 Thread Franz
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:23 PM, Jonathan Brown wrote: > How bad does the RAM issue affect your VM number you want to run vs what > you can run? Can it handle all the required VMs needed by default along > with both Whonix templates and split GPG? > yes, a part from the system VMs, I usually

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4.0 sluggish feel

2018-08-10 Thread brendan . hoar
On Friday, August 10, 2018 at 12:49:05 AM UTC-4, Outback Dingo wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 6:18 AM John S.Recdep wrote: > > I blame intel speedstep for everything in your local uefi , and dingos :) > > great but how do we resolve it... its makes Qubes itself really unuseable Maybe try

Re: [qubes-users] Minimal builder.conf and template security

2018-08-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
On Fri, August 10, 2018 6:43 pm, bobthebuil...@tutamail.com wrote: > What is the minimal configuration for building qubes? I want to build a > custom iso minus most of the templates so I only need dom0, netvm, usbvm > and whonix. Are there any components that always need to build or can the >

[qubes-users] Xenstore flakiness

2018-08-10 Thread Kelly Dean
On Qubes 4.0, I get intermittent bugs when using qvm-prefs. One example: [user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-prefs sys-whonix netvm sys-firewall [user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-prefs sys-whonix netvm "" usage: qvm-prefs [-h] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--help-properties] [--get] [--set] [--default]

[qubes-users] Extreme CPU usage by dom0 on Qubes 4.0

2018-08-10 Thread Kelly Dean
For no apparent reason, dom0 suddenly starting consuming practually all CPU power, and the system is unusably sluggish. Have a dual core Core-i3, and xentop says dom0 is taking anywhere from 112% to 201% CPU. top in dom0 shows load average ranging from 2 to 3. Occasionally qubesd, qvm-pool, or

[qubes-users] Incredible HD thrashing on 4.0

2018-08-10 Thread Kelly Dean
Has anybody else used both Qubes 3.2 and 4.0 on a system with a HD, not SSD? Have you noticed the disk thrashing to be far worse under 4.0? I suspect it might have something to do with the new use of LVM combining snapshots with thin provisioning. The problem seems to be triggered by

[qubes-users] Minimal builder.conf and template security

2018-08-10 Thread bobthebuilder
What is the minimal configuration for building qubes? I want to build a custom iso minus most of the templates so I only need dom0, netvm, usbvm and whonix. Are there any components that always need to build or can the whole iso be build from packages and templates in the yum or deb repository?

[qubes-users] Spontaneous rebooting

2018-08-10 Thread Kelly Dean
Am I the only one having a problem with Qubes spontaneously rebooting on Intel hardware? Only other reports I see are about AMD problems, but I'm using an Intel Core i3. Happens every few weeks. Sometimes just 1 or 2 weeks, sometimes 5 or 6. Got it on Qubes 3.2, and now 4.0 too (new

Re: [qubes-users] Re: yubikey password

2018-08-10 Thread joeviocoe
On Friday, 10 August 2018 11:31:08 UTC-4, Unman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 07:39:45AM -0700, > > Both /etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.InputKeyboard and InputMouse, should say > > something like this. > > > > sys-usb dom0 allow,user=root > > > > Yes, If you have a sys-usb set up, then the

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4.0 sluggish feel

2018-08-10 Thread John S.Recdep
On 08/09/2018 06:48 PM, Outback Dingo wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 6:18 AM John S.Recdep > wrote: >> >> On 08/06/2018 01:50 PM, Outback Dingo wrote: >>> I dont remeber qubes being so sluggish on a skylake laptop with 64Gb, >>> qubes is installed on a SSD, however it now seems to take an

Re: [qubes-users] Best Laptop for Qubes 4+ and Heads

2018-08-10 Thread Franz
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 11:00 AM, wrote: > Heyo, > > I am looking for the best laptop for Qubes 4.0+ to take advantage of all > the features along with Heads. I know Heads only officially supports Lenovo > Thinkpad 230 but is that the best choice to future proof myself and take > advantage of

Re: [qubes-users] Re: yubikey password

2018-08-10 Thread Unman
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 07:39:45AM -0700, joevio...@gmail.com wrote: > Both /etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.InputKeyboard and InputMouse, should say > something like this. > > sys-usb dom0 allow,user=root > > Yes, If you have a sys-usb set up, then the USB keyboard will attach there > first.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: yubikey password

2018-08-10 Thread joeviocoe
Both /etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.InputKeyboard and InputMouse, should say something like this. sys-usb dom0 allow,user=root Yes, If you have a sys-usb set up, then the USB keyboard will attach there first. More specifically, the USB Host Controller that the USB keyboard is plugged into is

Re: [qubes-users] Re: yubikey password

2018-08-10 Thread Unman
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 02:39:21AM -0700, joevio...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, 8 August 2018 13:34:14 UTC-4, Arnulf Maria Bultmann wrote: > > Hello, > > I use my yubikey besides other things as a password safe. under windows > > there is no problem to use the yubikey to type in the

[qubes-users] Best Laptop for Qubes 4+ and Heads

2018-08-10 Thread jonbrownmasterit
Heyo, I am looking for the best laptop for Qubes 4.0+ to take advantage of all the features along with Heads. I know Heads only officially supports Lenovo Thinkpad 230 but is that the best choice to future proof myself and take advantage of all security benefits? How is the 230 on the binary

[qubes-users] Re: yubikey password

2018-08-10 Thread joeviocoe
On Wednesday, 8 August 2018 13:34:14 UTC-4, Arnulf Maria Bultmann wrote: > Hello, > I use my yubikey besides other things as a password safe. under windows there > is no problem to use the yubikey to type in the password into keepass. > Now I want to use the yubikey for thesame procedure under