[qubes-users] Re: QSB-063: Multiple Xen issues (XSA-115, XSA-325, XSA-350)

2020-12-16 Thread donoban
On 12/17/20 12:13 AM, donoban wrote: > After upgrading I get an unbooteable system. Using a rescue pen I saw > that xen.cfg has a wrong initramfs for 5.4.832 (4.4.83 instead 5.4.83). > wOps, here is a typo. Just for clarify I mean that kernel '5.4.83-1' had initramfs '4.4.83-1'. -- You

[qubes-users] Re: QSB-063: Multiple Xen issues (XSA-115, XSA-325, XSA-350)

2020-12-16 Thread donoban
On 12/16/20 10:25 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: > Dear Qubes Community, > > User action required > = > > Users must install the following specific packages in order to address > the issues discussed in this bulletin: > >   For Qubes 4.0: >   - Xen packages, version 4.8.5-28 >

[qubes-users] VM displaying statusbar?

2020-12-16 Thread viq
I'm running i3. I'd like to have in a statusbar (can be a separate one) displayed some information coming from network queries. It's generally advised against doing that in dom0, but I haven't found a way to make a VM be able to display a status bar. Is it possible? Or any other suggested ways to

Re: [qubes-users] Installing Rofi on dom0 via contributed packages?

2020-12-16 Thread Frédéric Pierret
Le 12/16/20 à 7:42 PM, Stumpy a écrit : On 12/16/20 1:26 PM, Rusty Bird wrote: Stumpy: [bob@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-rofi [...] No Match for argument qubes-rofi The package is called just "rofi": https://contrib.qubes-os.org/yum/r4.0/current/dom0/fc25/rpm/ which seems to

Re: [qubes-users] Using Qubes base Salt pillar in user_salt?

2020-12-16 Thread Vasilis
Hi David, David Hobach: On 12/16/20 9:41 AM, Vasilis wrote: When using the Salt user configuration located in '/srv/user_salt' what is the best way to use the Qubes specific pillars located (for this example) in '/srv/salt/_pillar'? The below script should give you the idea how to do it:

Re: [qubes-users] Installing Rofi on dom0 via contributed packages?

2020-12-16 Thread Stumpy
On 12/16/20 1:26 PM, Rusty Bird wrote: Stumpy: [bob@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-rofi [...] No Match for argument qubes-rofi The package is called just "rofi": https://contrib.qubes-os.org/yum/r4.0/current/dom0/fc25/rpm/ which seems to be similar to an error i get when i try to

Re: [qubes-users] Installing Rofi on dom0 via contributed packages?

2020-12-16 Thread Rusty Bird
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Stumpy: > [bob@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-rofi [...] > No Match for argument qubes-rofi The package is called just "rofi": https://contrib.qubes-os.org/yum/r4.0/current/dom0/fc25/rpm/ > which seems to be similar to an error i get when i

Re: [qubes-users] lag causes dropped or repeated keys

2020-12-16 Thread Sven Semmler
On 12/16/20 4:07 AM, 'keyandthegate' via qubes-users wrote: When my computer is laggy key sometimes the UI will freeze for a second, and then the last key i pressed before it froze will be repeated as if it was held down the entire time (I like setting my key repeat rather low). Does this

[qubes-users] Installing Rofi on dom0 via contributed packages?

2020-12-16 Thread Stumpy
So i tried, and think I suceeded in installing qubes-repo-contrib on dom0: [bob@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-repo-contrib Using sys-whonix as UpdateVM to download updates for Dom0; this may take some time... fedora/metalink | 6.4 kB 00:00

[qubes-users] Installing qubes-tunnel on fedora-32-minimal?

2020-12-16 Thread Stumpy
Firstly, I was able to get the user contrib qubes tunnel going on a fedora-32-minmal template and it was great! (great meaning so much easier than the more manual methods; though its still not clear to me if it includes a kill switch) The problem is fed31 has reached EOL so I wanted to

Re: [qubes-users] Using Qubes base Salt pillar in user_salt?

2020-12-16 Thread David Hobach
On 12/16/20 9:41 AM, Vasilis wrote: When using the Salt user configuration located in '/srv/user_salt' what is the best way to use the Qubes specific pillars located (for this example) in '/srv/salt/_pillar'? The below script should give you the idea how to do it: #!/bin/bash # # Run the

Re: [qubes-users] ftp'ing to a computer on my LAN from an AppVM that is using a VPN proxyVM?

2020-12-16 Thread Stumpy
On 12/12/20 9:17 PM, unman wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 02:47:49PM -0500, Stumpy wrote: On 12/11/20 9:22 AM, unman wrote: On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 08:56:20AM -0500, Stumpy wrote: Is there a way to ftp to another computer on my LAN from a appvm that is using a proxyvm? I am able to ftp to

Re: [qubes-users] How to login in tty

2020-12-16 Thread Günter Zöchbauer
I wasn't even aware that I had an username there :D In Qubes it's always just "user" and when I log in after restarting the machine I can't remember to ever need to enter a username, just the password. User is probably already autofilled from previous logins. But it worked. I tried with the

Re: [qubes-users] How to login in tty

2020-12-16 Thread Mike Keehan
On 12/16/20 12:14 PM, Günter Zöchbauer wrote: Sometimes my KDE freezes but I can switch to TTY using Ctrl-Alt-F2 but I wasn't able to login with user "root" and password. Should this be possible? No. The login is for your username and password that you use when logging in to Qubes. Once

[qubes-users] How to login in tty

2020-12-16 Thread Günter Zöchbauer
Sometimes my KDE freezes but I can switch to TTY using Ctrl-Alt-F2 but I wasn't able to login with user "root" and password. Should this be possible? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[qubes-users] lag causes dropped or repeated keys

2020-12-16 Thread 'keyandthegate' via qubes-users
When my computer is laggy key sometimes the UI will freeze for a second, and then the last key i pressed before it froze will be repeated as if it was held down the entire time (I like setting my key repeat rather low). Sometimes key presses are also dropped. This is really frustrating is

Re: [qubes-users] Re: QSB-063: Multiple Xen issues (XSA-115,XSA-325,XSA-350)

2020-12-16 Thread 'Ilpo Järvinen' via qubes-users
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, haaber wrote: > On 12/16/20 10:55 AM, 'Ilpo Järvinen' via qubes-users wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, haaber wrote: > > > > > Dear Andrew, > > > > > > >   For Qubes 4.0: > > > >   - Xen packages, version 4.8.5-28 > > > >   - Linux kernel packages, versions 5.9.14-1,

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes Canary 025

2020-12-16 Thread Andrew David Wong
On 12/14/20 5:58 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: Dear Qubes Community, Several users have pointed out a mistake in the canary below. "March 2020" should instead be "March 2021". This was just a typographical error. We will be fixing this and updating the signatures on the canary. Thank you.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: QSB-063: Multiple Xen issues (XSA-115, XSA-325,XSA-350)

2020-12-16 Thread haaber
On 12/16/20 10:55 AM, 'Ilpo Järvinen' via qubes-users wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, haaber wrote: Dear Andrew,   For Qubes 4.0:   - Xen packages, version 4.8.5-28   - Linux kernel packages, versions 5.9.14-1, 5.4.83-1, 4.19.163-1 how do I fetch 4.19.163-1 for example? I tried sudo dnf

Re: [qubes-users] Re: QSB-063: Multiple Xen issues (XSA-115, XSA-325,XSA-350)

2020-12-16 Thread 'Ilpo Järvinen' via qubes-users
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, haaber wrote: > Dera Andrew, > > >   For Qubes 4.0: > >   - Xen packages, version 4.8.5-28 > >   - Linux kernel packages, versions 5.9.14-1, 5.4.83-1, 4.19.163-1 > > how do I fetch 4.19.163-1 for example? I tried > > sudo dnf install

[qubes-users] Re: QSB-063: Multiple Xen issues (XSA-115, XSA-325, XSA-350)

2020-12-16 Thread haaber
Dera Andrew,   For Qubes 4.0:   - Xen packages, version 4.8.5-28   - Linux kernel packages, versions 5.9.14-1, 5.4.83-1, 4.19.163-1 how do I fetch 4.19.163-1 for example? I tried sudo dnf install kernel-1000:4.19.163-1.pvops.qubes.x86_64 but this gives "no package available". Same

[qubes-users] XSAs released on 2020-12-15

2020-12-16 Thread Andrew David Wong
Dear Qubes Community, The Xen Project released new Xen Security Advisories (XSAs) on 2020-12-15. The security of Qubes OS *is affected* by at least one of these XSAs. Therefore, *user action is required*. XSAs that affect the security of Qubes OS (user action required)

[qubes-users] QSB-063: Multiple Xen issues (XSA-115, XSA-325, XSA-350)

2020-12-16 Thread Andrew David Wong
Dear Qubes Community, We have just published Qubes Security Bulletin (QSB) 063: Stack corruption from XSA-346 change (XSA-355). The text of this QSB is reproduced below. This QSB and its accompanying signatures will always be available in the Qubes Security Pack (qubes-secpack). View

[qubes-users] Using Qubes base Salt pillar in user_salt?

2020-12-16 Thread Vasilis
Hi, When using the Salt user configuration located in '/srv/user_salt' what is the best way to use the Qubes specific pillars located (for this example) in '/srv/salt/_pillar'? Step to reproduce my test: - Install qubes.user-dirs `qubesctl state.apply qubes.user-dirs` - Enable

[qubes-users] new xen kernel 5.xx

2020-12-16 Thread haaber
I have still instabilities with the xen kernels 5.x (sudden system freeze). I also have a small /boot and hold only the last 3 kernels. They are right now: vmlinuz-4.19.155-1.pvops.qubes.x86_64 vmlinuz-5.4.78-1.qubes.x86_64 vmlinuz-5.4.83-1.qubes.x86_64 I would like to mark the (for me very