Re: [qubes-users] Possibility to detect suspend events in VM?

2020-07-12 Thread unman
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 01:04:40PM +0200, Phil Kn??fer wrote: > Hi, > > when accessing an SMB share in a Qubes AppVM after the system has been > suspended for some time, I experience a serious lag (up to about a > minute or so for each share that is mounted from the same SMB server). > This seems

Re: [qubes-users] DisposableVM Help

2020-07-12 Thread unman
On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 04:40:57PM -0700, Robert Spigler wrote: > I have a debian-10-dvm and a whonix-ws-15-dvm. I also had a fedora-30-dvm, > but when upgrading to fedora-32, I followed "Creating a New DisposableVM > Template" here: (https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/disposablevm-customization/),

Re: [qubes-users] vCPUs count over-booking

2020-07-12 Thread unman
On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 11:44:34AM -0700, Claudio Chinicz wrote: > Hi, > > I noted that my sum total of vCPUs is larger than the actual number of vCPUs. > > Maybe Xen works at the minimum in order to keep sum total of vCPUs within > limits? > > One thing I tried was to disable VT-x and then

Re: [qubes-users] Security benefits of rootless template VMs

2020-07-12 Thread unman
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 08:18:20AM +, Alex Lu wrote: > I've been thinking about splitting my templateVMs into a bunch of smaller > ones with no root access where I don't need it. Is having like 5 templateVMs > 4 of which have no root is better than having 1 templateVM which have root > and in

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes Methodology

2020-07-12 Thread unman
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 01:27:04PM +, 'qubesanon' via qubes-users wrote: > Hello! I am looking for guidance in how best to set up my Qubes. I understand > that it's a very personal decision but having a methodology for how to > navigate the tradeoffs with an individual's personal philosophy

Re: [qubes-users] vCPUs count over-booking

2020-07-12 Thread Claudio Chinicz
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[qubes-users] Can’t get rid off black screen

2020-07-12 Thread shamaarmartin96
I turned off auto start rebooted turned it back on rebooted again. Now I have what appears to be a command screen but I can’t interact with it. The screen is blocking the qubes icon and I keep restarting it and it’s lets me type for a second then disappears back to a black screen. I would

[qubes-users] Re: DisposableVM Help

2020-07-12 Thread fiftyfourthparallel
On Sunday, 12 July 2020 07:40:58 UTC+8, Robert Spigler wrote: > > I have a debian-10-dvm and a whonix-ws-15-dvm. I also had a > fedora-30-dvm, but when upgrading to fedora-32, I followed "Creating a New > DisposableVM Template" here: ( >

[qubes-users] saltstack used to update firefox profile

2020-07-12 Thread liked2
Hi, I'm trying to build up my AppVms with saltstack and currently stuck with updating my firefox profile because it's located in a randomly generated directory (where xxx are random alpha-numerics): /home/user/.mozilla/firefox/xxx.default-release/prefs.js 1st try with file.append from

[qubes-users] Re: HCL - Lenovo ThinkPad W520

2020-07-12 Thread pokhojo
I have the W520 with CPU type i7-2630QM and Nvidia Quadro 2000M (Lenovo 4284-E78). https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=52219,53474 This laptop version doesnt have VT-d, but I completed the installation of Qubes R4.0.3 even though there was a warning about this.

[qubes-users] Re: Security benefits of rootless template VMs

2020-07-12 Thread dmoerner
On Friday, July 10, 2020 at 4:18:30 AM UTC-4, Alex Lu wrote: > > Is having like 5 templateVMs 4 of which have no root is better than having > 1 templateVM > which have root and in charge of every appVM? > There is one potential disadvantage to this setup: Will you actually bother to keep all

[qubes-users] Re: Does qubes protect against all firmware viruses ?

2020-07-12 Thread tomas . schutz707
I am still looking into this, it is a lot of to think of. Do you know any sites where is threat modeling for average user? I was trying dozens of phrases... and i didn't find any threat model website. Everything only for companies and developers, which were completely useless, i even banned

[qubes-users] YouTube Sound & Video

2020-07-12 Thread Pmonf
I recently installed Qubes 4.0.3 on a new Thinkpad E15 with an Intel i-5-10210U with 16GB ram with a 512SSD.I have two problems I have not yet resolved: 1. There is no sound on, for instance, youtube videos and the framerate is very slow. It doesn't matter what template I use to access

[qubes-users] Re: HCL - Dell XPS 15 9560

2020-07-12 Thread Luis Sotomayor
Hi, Have the xps 9560 i7-770hq with integrated graphics card 1070. Bios doesn't have a setting to disable the graphics card. My Quebes install get's stuck on the video card. Did try changing SATA to ACHI and Legacy Boot (only way it would boot) but no dice. Can you explain more about the

[qubes-users] Re: HCL - Dell XPS 15 9560

2020-07-12 Thread Luis Sotomayor
Hi, Have the xps 9560 i7-770hq with integrated graphics card 1070. Bios doesn't have a setting to disable the graphics card. My Quebes install get's stuck on the video card. Did try changing SATA to ACHI and Legacy Boot (only way it would boot) but no dice. Can you explain more about the