Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
one VM entries, and avoid starting by mistake an app from a clone backup VM... ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh PGP 9076E32E -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4.0 Cannot change desktop background

2019-02-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
correct ones. The machine being an i7, it's quite unexpected. So I thought it wasn't working and retried and retried... At some point I went away for a pee, and when I came back the thumbnails were displayed and I could select one. Since, the background slide show seems to work properly. Best regards.

[qubes-users] Qubes 4.0 Cannot change desktop background

2019-02-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
played, I can anyhow only see the images from the original picture folder. I checked the rights of the files and folders and everything seems to be OK, still I cannot navigate and select what I want. Any clue appreciated :) Best regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh PGP 9076E32E -- You received

[qubes-users] Qubes 4.01 and hybrid Intel + NVidia GPU issues on Lenovo P51

2019-02-27 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
mouth boot screen with a password prompt ? BTW I do get a proper Plymouth display whent powering the machine down... Any help highly appreciated. Kind regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qub

Re: [qubes-users] Re: UEFI Troubleshooting workaround does not work

2017-09-17 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
xplained how to try and solve a serious UEFI issue and boot Qubes in UEFI mode on a system that doesn't want to, but if you're sure it is irrelevant ;-) Regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

Re: [qubes-users] [SOLVED] Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo Thinkpad P51

2017-09-13 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
tool... But rEFInd brings a graceful solution. I think I will have to install it permanently in the EFI system partition (which leaves way too many boot possibilities for my taste, but the Qubes SSD being encrypted anyway...) Le 10/09/2017 à 12:35, Swâmi Petaramesh a écrit : > Hi, > > I

[qubes-users] Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo Thinkpad P51

2017-09-10 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
ppreciated. TIA. -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- 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...

Re: [qubes-users] Win7 Template?

2017-07-09 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
antly create Windows appvms (and can even use them in "seamless GUI" mode, it finally works for me too). Kind regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" gro

[qubes-users] Qubes WIndows seamless GUI integration

2017-07-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
play, no error, nothing. Does anybody have any clue ? TIA, kind regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Any release schedule for Qubes 4.0

2017-06-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Ms. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- 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...@goo

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Any release schedule for Qubes 4.0

2017-06-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Le 20/06/2017 à 19:34, Foppe de Haan a écrit : > Do you know if driver support is included in newer kernels? I know that recent Mints and Debian do manage this hardware well... ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are s

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Any release schedule for Qubes 4.0

2017-06-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
it of course. Only, I hope to be able to use my laptop :-\ ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- 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, s

[qubes-users] Any release schedule for Qubes 4.0

2017-06-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hi there, I've been googling here and there, and couldn't find any release schedule for the upcoming qubes 4.0... Any clue anybody ? ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-u

Re: [qubes-users] [UP] Qubes and USB Ethernet adapter

2017-06-19 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hi, Does anybody here have an idea about this ? Le 16/06/2017 à 08:28, Swâmi Petaramesh a écrit : > Hi, > > I have a new Asus laptop which comes with no integrated Ethernet, but an > USB Gigabit Ethernet adapter. > > I wonder if this will be compatible with Qubes' Net VM, o

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Transform an HVM into a template ?

2017-06-18 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
is also a root-cow.img, a volatile.img... I don't figure out yet this quite complex filesystem setup with overlays etc... Any further help appreciated, for turning wy HVM into a template ;-) TIA ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message be

[qubes-users] Transform an HVM into a template ?

2017-05-22 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
m it ? I coudln't find this documented anywhere... TIA for any help. Best regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: [qubes-users] [Security] Anti-evil-maid didn't notice Xen update ?

2017-01-12 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
On 01/12/2017 03:51 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote: > On Thu, 2017-01-12 at 13:42 +0100, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 04:32:50PM +0100, Swâmi Petaramesh wrote: >>> Hi Rusty Bird, and thanks for your help, >>> >>> Please see below. >&

Re: [qubes-users] Best way to install qubes on mixed ssd and sata disks

2017-01-03 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Thoughts appreciated > > At the moment I installed qubes on the sata drive to test out and experiment > on. Yo can go on from there by following this : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/qubes-users/ArHTEeQAH8A/r9zzY0DLBQAJ ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- Y

[qubes-users] SSD cache breaks Anti Evil Maid completely

2017-01-03 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
to document this to the list : SSD cache works plain good, but breaks AEM. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emai

Re: [qubes-users] Re: disk passphrase failing with error message "luks_open failed for /dev/sda2 with errno -1"

2016-12-18 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Le 17/12/2016 à 18:55, Hello Mister a écrit : > Luks error started way before I even thought of reinstallation attempt. So I'm very afraid that you definitely lost your data. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are s

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes Windows 7 HVM & Windows update

2016-12-18 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
gt; patches needed. Hi Entropy, I could finally get the Windows to update by manually applying most of the patches mentionned there (at least 4). Thanks for your help. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Re: [qubes-users] Re: disk passphrase failing with error message "luks_open failed for /dev/sda2 with errno -1"

2016-12-17 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
to starting it by mistake if the installer isn't there ;-) Kind regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [qubes-users] Re: disk passphrase failing with error message "luks_open failed for /dev/sda2 with errno -1"

2016-12-17 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
ryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda2 open_sda2 ...If your passphrase works that's good. if it doesn't, that's probably dead. Good luck ! ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users

[qubes-users] Qubes Windows 7 HVM & Windows update

2016-12-17 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
llations I attempted, Windows cannot use "Windows Update" : When starting Windows update, the Win7 VM will stay at the "Checking for updates" phase forever, without any visible progress, until the VM eventually crashes. Is there something that I missed, does anybody have a clue ? TI

Re: [qubes-users] disk passphrase failing with error message "luks_open failed for /dev/sda2 with errno -1"

2016-12-16 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
manual partitioning during Qubes installation is a bit tricky (and somewhat bugged), better use the default automated way. You may have hard times finding more help if you're not going with the latest release... Kind regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E --

Re: [qubes-users] How to completely remove a template ?

2016-12-16 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
On 12/16/2016 02:26 PM, Swâmi Petaramesh wrote: > Thanks for the reply Cubit, > > Unfortunately I get > > $ qvm-remove fedora-23 > > This VM has been installed by RPM, use yum remove to remove it! > > ...Which has been done long ago :/ Well, I finally soled it by rein

Re: [qubes-users] disk passphrase failing with error message "luks_open failed for /dev/sda2 with errno -1"

2016-12-16 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
our setup. Try to type [Esc] and enter your passphrase in text mode, so you may see more detailed error messages. Regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" gr

Re: [qubes-users] How to completely remove a template ?

2016-12-16 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Thanks for the reply Cubit, Unfortunately I get $ qvm-remove fedora-23 This VM has been installed by RPM, use yum remove to remove it! ...Which has been done long ago :/ On 12/16/2016 12:31 PM, cubit wrote: > qvm-remove ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E

[qubes-users] How to completely remove a template ?

2016-12-16 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
I have then removed all the fedora-23 folders under /var/lib/qubes , still I cannot get rid of the entry in the VM manager.* Any clue ? TIA, kind regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- Y

[qubes-users] Are qubes-windows-tools gone ?

2016-12-07 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
clue about where to find it ? TIA, Kind regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] [SOLVED] Trouble installing Windows SP1 7 64-bit on Qubes 3.2

2016-12-07 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
ll is complete. Thank you very much for the hint. Kind regards. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails f

[qubes-users] Qubes' Firefox and videos

2016-12-06 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
prefer to get my own language interface and I'm not sure where to change this in the Qubes context. TIA for any help. Kind regards. -- ॐ Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-us

[qubes-users] Trouble installing Windows SP1 7 64-bit on Qubes 3.2

2016-12-06 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hello, I run Qubes 3.2 on an HP ProBook 6470b laptop I'm trying to install Windows 7 64-bit SP1 following instructions : https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hvm/ I'm using an ISO file sitting in an AppVM. I could create the VM and start it, it first starts in character mode and displays a

Re: [qubes-users] [Security] Anti-evil-maid didn't notice Xen update ?

2016-12-04 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hi again, On 12/04/2016 03:54 PM, Rusty Bird wrote: Maybe your system still doesn't boot into AEM mode for some reason. Does /proc/cmdline in dom0 contain "rd.antievilmaid" at the end? If not: Yes, it does. In the GRUB boot menu, do you choose the entry "AEM Qubes, with Xen hypervisor"? If

Re: [qubes-users] [Security] Anti-evil-maid didn't notice Xen update ?

2016-12-04 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
file? Yes, it does. Thanks again for your help. ॐ -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emai

Re: [qubes-users] [Security] Anti-evil-maid didn't notice Xen update ?

2016-11-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hi, On 11/30/2016 09:40 AM, Jean-Philippe Ouellet wrote: Check if the latest xen version installed is actually the xen version running. [root@dom0 ~]$ xl dmesg | head -1 Xen 4.6.3-24.fc23 [root@dom0 ~]$ rpm -q xen-hypervisor xen-hypervisor-4.6.3-24.fc23.x86_64 [root@dom0 ~]$ rpm -qi

[qubes-users] [Security] Anti-evil-maid didn't notice Xen update ?

2016-11-29 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
ng whatsoever. So I wonder : Is AEM actually working on my system ? Any clue appreciated. TIA. Kind regards. -- Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscrib

[qubes-users] HCL - HP ProBook 6470b

2016-11-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
--- layout: 'hcl' type: 'notebook' hvm: 'yes' iommu: 'no' slat: 'yes' tpm: 'yes' brand: | Hewlett-Packard model: | HP ProBook 6470b bios: | 68ICE Ver. F.66 cpu: | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz cpu-short: | i5-3320M chipset: | Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core