Re: [qubes-users] Re: Q4R3 - debian-stable

2017-12-13 Thread haaber
Thank you both for comments. That must be a *very* slow boot, it is up for 12h now, and still no xterm available, neither via qubes-menu, nor via qvm-run in dom0 :)) Anyhow, it seems better to download the template. How to you get the template name? I could not find any helpful doc on it, so I tr

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 3.2 only booting with onboard GPU ?? (ASUS KGPE-D16 + AMD Radeon 6450)

2017-12-13 Thread taii...@gmx.com
I forgot to mention (I presume you have not read my notes about this on the coreboot wiki) you need microcode updates for IOMMU and secure operations with the 63xx, please provide a dmesg so I can see if you have the right version! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [qubes-users] What are the disadvantages of NOT having vt-d?

2017-12-13 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-12-13 18:27, 'Chris' via qubes-users wrote: > Hi, > > I am an avid user of Qubes OS and I love what you have done. Finally I have a > feeling of security and a peace of mind... I am not a security person but I > kinda do care about it and

Re: [qubes-users] What are the disadvantages of NOT having vt-d?

2017-12-13 Thread taii...@gmx.com
In terms of security not having an IOMMU means you can be attacked via DMA if someone has an exploit for one of your DMA capable peripherals such as a network interface, usb controller, etc. Those two are the most popular. Of course an x86-64 platform with Intel ME or AMD PSP is still vulnera

Re: [qubes-users] What are the disadvantages of NOT having vt-d?

2017-12-13 Thread taii...@gmx.com
Please note that VT-d is intels marketing term for an IOMMU - AMD's marketing term is AMD-Vi. You can buy a system with a quality functional IOMMU that can play modern games and doesn't have ME/PSP with the board+cpu only $100 total Used SuperMicro H8SCM for $30 + used Opteron 4386 for $70 -

Re: [qubes-users] Re: What are the disadvantages of NOT having vt-d?

2017-12-13 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
On Thu, December 14, 2017 12:49 am, charly LEMMINKÄINEN wrote: > About vt-d, the problem is more about usb controller and the fact that > without vt-d you have not a good control about how they behave and are > assigned but I could be wrong. There's a longer summary in https://www.qubes-os.org/new

Re: [qubes-users] Re: What are the disadvantages of NOT having vt-d?

2017-12-13 Thread charly LEMMINKÄINEN
About vt-d, the problem is more about usb controller and the fact that without vt-d you have not a good control about how they behave and are assigned but I could be wrong. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from th

Re: [qubes-users] Re: What are the disadvantages of NOT having vt-d?

2017-12-13 Thread 'Chris' via qubes-users
I see.. But currently I am using Qubes 3.2 and 4.0 last time I tried was VERY unpolished, I am not sure I am going to look at it before support for 3.2 expires... It's not like I would not have the money to buy a 7700k, but I want to avoid spending money if not necessary that is why I want to g

[qubes-users] Re: What are the disadvantages of NOT having vt-d?

2017-12-13 Thread charly LEMMINKÄINEN
Le jeudi 14 décembre 2017 01:27:23 UTC+1, Chris a écrit : > Hi, > > > > I am an avid user of Qubes OS and I love what you have done. Finally I have a > feeling of security and a peace of mind... I am not a security person but I > kinda do care about it and have some basic understanding and am

[qubes-users] What are the disadvantages of NOT having vt-d?

2017-12-13 Thread 'Chris' via qubes-users
Hi, I am an avid user of Qubes OS and I love what you have done. Finally I have a feeling of security and a peace of mind... I am not a security person but I kinda do care about it and have some basic understanding and am slightly paranoid. I am currently running a DELL Precision 5520, which h

Re: [qubes-users] vpn's log option

2017-12-13 Thread charly LEMMINKÄINEN
Le mercredi 13 décembre 2017 19:56:06 UTC+1, entr0p...@riseup.net a écrit : > charly LEMMINKÄINEN: > > Le mercredi 13 décembre 2017 15:55:39 UTC+1, Chris Laprise a écrit : > >> On 12/13/2017 08:38 AM, charly LEMMINKÄINEN wrote: > >>> is there any possibility to put a log option in the vpn scripts d

Re: [qubes-users] Release date for qube os 4

2017-12-13 Thread Jon Solworth
On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 9:05:30 PM UTC-5, Andrew David Wong wrote: > We'll announce this as soon as we can. We usually can't say > for certain whether an in-place upgrade will be possible until very > close to the stable release. Andrew, now that the schedule for 4.0rc4 is out, it would

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Q4R3 - debian-stable

2017-12-13 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
On Wed, December 13, 2017 7:00 pm, Chris Laprise wrote: > > There is issue #2913 about very long boot delay for debian-9. This means > you have to wait about 2min. before starting programs. A fix is in the > works, and a workaround is deleting an @service link like so: > > sudo rm > /etc/systemd/sy

Re: [qubes-users] Xfce launcher loses dom0 entries

2017-12-13 Thread Jean-Philippe Ouellet
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: > On Qubes R4-rc2, after reinstalling a template I noticed that only my > guest-vm entries remained in the Xfce launcher menu. > > How do I get the dom0 items back? For archive searchers: sudo qubes-dom0-update --action=reinstall $(rpm -qal |

[qubes-users] Re: USB Keyboard & Mouse Intermittent v4.0rc3

2017-12-13 Thread Ray Joseph
Correct to the above: EHCI not xHCI qvm-pci which produced dom0:00_14.0 USB controller: ... - LP USB xHCI Controller sys-usb (no-strict-reset=True) dom0:00_1d.0 USB controller: ... - LP USB EHCI Controller sys-usb (no-strict-reset=True) Further - I initiated a qvm-start for sys-usb which prod

[qubes-users] Re: refresh rate

2017-12-13 Thread Yethal
W dniu środa, 13 grudnia 2017 15:45:57 UTC+1 użytkownik David napisał: > On 12/03/2017 05:16 AM, Roy Bernat wrote: > > Hi > > > > Someone succeeded to solve the refresh rate issue ? > > > > Roy > > > Roy, > > Not sure if anyone has replied to this yet — but, there's no known > refresh rate is

Re: AW: Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-13 Thread Chris Laprise
On 12/13/2017 01:30 PM, [799] wrote: Hello Chris, Original-Nachricht An 13. Dez. 2017, 19:15, Chris Laprise schrieb > Increased CPU usage is a known issue. > You can see it in the 'xentop' listing. > This may be one of the core tradeoffs > when moving to R4.0 Thanks for the h

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Q4R3 - debian-stable

2017-12-13 Thread Chris Laprise
On 12/13/2017 11:02 AM, Westley Argentum Hennigh-Palermo wrote: On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 3:14:17 PM UTC-5, haaber wrote: Hello, I cloned the out-of-the-box debian-8 and brought it to debian-9 with apt-get distupgrade. I halted it. After reboot no way to get a shell, or anything else (not

Re: [qubes-users] vpn's log option

2017-12-13 Thread entr0py-qubes
charly LEMMINKÄINEN: > Le mercredi 13 décembre 2017 15:55:39 UTC+1, Chris Laprise a écrit : >> On 12/13/2017 08:38 AM, charly LEMMINKÄINEN wrote: >>> is there any possibility to put a log option in the vpn scripts described >>> in the wiki? To know the reason why a vpn has been disconnected for ex

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Dumping BIOS

2017-12-13 Thread Matteo
>> Can anyone give me the instructions necessaries to dump the bios of my PC. >> So that I’m sure while using Qubes that I’m safe? >> Best regards >> Leonardo > > How exactly would dumping the bios make sure you're safe? > You don't need to dump it to be safe. Qubes "shields" you from buggy bi

AW: Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-13 Thread '[799]' via qubes-users
Hello Chris, Original-Nachricht An 13. Dez. 2017, 19:15, Chris Laprise schrieb > Increased CPU usage is a known issue. > You can see it in the 'xentop' listing. > This may be one of the core tradeoffs > when moving to R4.0 Thanks for the hint. Honestly I can't believe that Qube

Re: [qubes-users] vpn's log option

2017-12-13 Thread Chris Laprise
On 12/13/2017 11:21 AM, charly LEMMINKÄINEN wrote: Le mercredi 13 décembre 2017 15:55:39 UTC+1, Chris Laprise a écrit : On 12/13/2017 08:38 AM, charly LEMMINKÄINEN wrote: is there any possibility to put a log option in the vpn scripts described in the wiki? To know the reason why a vpn has bee

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-13 Thread Chris Laprise
On 12/13/2017 01:11 PM, '[799]' via qubes-users wrote: Hello, I'm am running version 4rc3 on my X230 and I am suffering from a very reduced battery runtime. Under Qubes 3.2 I was able to get 10 to 11hrs of battery runtime with "tlp" enabled and powertop optimizations. Runtime is now reduce

[qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-13 Thread '[799]' via qubes-users
Hello, I'm am running version 4rc3 on my X230 and I am suffering from a very reduced battery runtime. Under Qubes 3.2 I was able to get 10 to 11hrs of battery runtime with "tlp" enabled and powertop optimizations. Runtime is now reduced to ~4-5 hrs under Qubes 4rc3. I have installed tlp and p

Re: [qubes-users] vpn's log option

2017-12-13 Thread charly LEMMINKÄINEN
Le mercredi 13 décembre 2017 15:55:39 UTC+1, Chris Laprise a écrit : > On 12/13/2017 08:38 AM, charly LEMMINKÄINEN wrote: > > is there any possibility to put a log option in the vpn scripts described > > in the wiki? To know the reason why a vpn has been disconnected for example? > > > > You can

[qubes-users] Re: Q4R3 - debian-stable

2017-12-13 Thread Westley Argentum Hennigh-Palermo
On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 3:14:17 PM UTC-5, haaber wrote: > Hello, > I cloned the out-of-the-box debian-8 and brought it to debian-9 with > apt-get distupgrade. I halted it. After reboot no way to get a shell, or > anything else (not by qvm-run within dom0 either). Is there a way to get > er

Re: [qubes-users] vpn's log option

2017-12-13 Thread Chris Laprise
On 12/13/2017 08:38 AM, charly LEMMINKÄINEN wrote: is there any possibility to put a log option in the vpn scripts described in the wiki? To know the reason why a vpn has been disconnected for example? You can use 'sudo journalctl' to see openvpn log activity. If you're experiencing disconne

[qubes-users] Re: refresh rate

2017-12-13 Thread David
On 12/03/2017 05:16 AM, Roy Bernat wrote: Hi Someone succeeded to solve the refresh rate issue ? Roy Roy, Not sure if anyone has replied to this yet — but, there's no known refresh rate issue. That's going to be based on your monitors config (and, graphics card). I should note that if y

[qubes-users] vpn's log option

2017-12-13 Thread charly LEMMINKÄINEN
is there any possibility to put a log option in the vpn scripts described in the wiki? To know the reason why a vpn has been disconnected for example? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiv

[qubes-users] windows 10 sound

2017-12-13 Thread Nuno Branco
Hi all, I know this is already a problem on win7 HVMs  not having sound by default and I guess win10 will be even worse due to lack of tools but just wondering if anyone on the list got win10 to work with audio? I attempted to pass trough the PCI sound card but not only that did not work it destr

[qubes-users] Re: USB Keyboard & Mouse Intermittent v4.0rc3

2017-12-13 Thread Ray Joseph
Foppe, Thank you for the command. With out executing it, I ran qvm-pci which produced dom0:00_14.0 USB controller: ... - LP USB xHCI Controller sys-usb (no-strict-reset=True) dom0:00_1c.5 USB controller: ... - LP USB xHCI Controller sys-usb (no-strict-reset=True) I searched for 'attach' and

Re: [qubes-users] [HOWTO] use 2nd drive partition as 'home' drive.

2017-12-13 Thread 'Tom Zander' via qubes-users
On Wednesday, 13 December 2017 00:49:14 CET Connor Page wrote: > I’ll disagree with comparison of btrfs to lvm. there is a very significant > difference between btrfs and lvm. btrfs is like a namespace and lvm > volumes are block devices. one can put a namespace on a block device. but > yes, layers