[qubes-users] Re: can not update dom0

2021-01-25 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
evo: Hi, I can not update dom0. The problem comes long ago, I found a solution by setting the update VM on dom0 to sys whonix. With update VM sys firewall I got "/usr/liv/qubes-download-dom0-updates.sh: No such file or directory". Sounds like the template sys-firewall is using is not

Re: [qubes-users] Is it possible to install qubes as UEFI?

2021-01-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Svetlana Reseneder: Is it possible? I don't want to use Grub Bootloader anymore. But also i cannot turn off Secure Boot in my Bios interface. I have heard for secureboot the OS must be signed from a root of trust? I installed Qubes in legacy mode. It is possible to install in UEFI on many

Re: [qubes-users] Problems setting /etc/hosts

2021-01-20 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
mgla...@gmail.com: Hi, Hopefully I'm doing something silly here. I want to add a couple of entries into my /etc/hosts file in a specific VM. The instructions here are nice and clear: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/config-files/ except... that doesn't work. I've added the following to my

Re: [qubes-users] Can't access flash drive

2021-01-18 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Shawn Creighton: I have a Sandisk Cruzer 8GB flash drive I've had for a few years, when I plug it in to Qubes it shows up in the available devices but when I connect it to any appvm it's not rshowing up in the file manager. Other newer flash drives work fine. Any ideas? NTFS format vs. ExFAT

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes boots to grey screen, mouse frozen

2021-01-12 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
TheCrispyToast: Edit: I did some research and meant to edit this before I posted. Watchdog actually appears to be an NMI and I found one thread about someone increasing the threshold? I had thought this was a response error to when I tried to disable the firewall/net VM but actually might be an

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes boots to grey screen, mouse frozen

2021-01-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
TheCrispyToast: On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 12:18:54 AM UTC awokd wrote: This seems like it could be a hardware or disk corruption issue. Try hitting ctrl-alt-F5 to switch to a text terminal when you are at the grey screen. Should hopefully be able to login there and pull logs. If your disk

Re: [qubes-users] How do you think about the clipboard inter-VMs

2021-01-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
pillule: Hello, I wonder how do you manage your computing life with the problem of the clipboard / file sharing. For example, the seemingly-innocent link that we copy from an untrusted qube could turn out to be a large buffer of junk that, when pasted into the target qube’s word

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes boots to grey screen, mouse frozen

2021-01-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
TheCrispyToast: Aloha generous qubes-users group. I've been getting used to qubes for the past 6months or so and have found lots of helpful conversations in this group. Have had no problems with my thinkpad T580. The issues arose when I first tried to update with the GUI. Fedora and qubes

Re: [qubes-users] Re: HCL -- Intel NUC10i7 issues with kernel-latest

2021-01-04 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
tv.f...@gmail.com: How did you install the 5.8.16 kernel? When I do something like $ qubes-dom0-update kernel-lateat-5.8.16 it shows me the package, downloads it, but then it tells me "no package kernel-latest-5.8.16 available" so I'm a bit confused. See

Re: [qubes-users] Can't seem to install pidgin on whonix VM + AppVM shortcut?

2021-01-04 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
TheCrispyToast: Furthermore, how can one go about adding a shortcut? I've created a .desktop file and then used these instructions but am not sure what the custom menu entry would look like

Re: [qubes-users] Audio latency issues?

2021-01-04 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
TheCrispyToast: On a thinkpad T580 with a Fedora29 template. At first I had to tinker some in the audio mixer to get the right audio profile so laptop would work with TV. Then I noticed a delay in audio, I thought it was just the HDMI but its with all audio profiles. Netflix, youtube, all the

Re: [qubes-users] xen hypervisor.log

2020-12-29 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Svetlana Reseneder: Can someone explain to me what this .log file means when xen disables the VT-d engine and what causes this? Is this the usual behavior when the maschine is entering S3 state? It's disabling the Intel Graphics Device VT-D support due to the no-igfx option. This is by

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Can a virus be transfered from a USB storage device before or after attaching it to a App VM ?

2020-12-22 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ME: When I inserted my USB storage device in my Qubes OS pc after login to Qubes OS, their appeared a small transparent window (before I mounted the USB device to a VM) where I only could see its frame. I then wondered if it could be caused of a virus that was planted on the USB storage device

Re: [qubes-users] Re: qvm-run multimedia nautilus nothing happens

2020-12-22 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Franz: Cannot test it because neither gnome-terminal nor term start, so? Anyway I prepared a new template, reinstalled everything, even the printer, and it works, but now I am scared by the custom dvm thing. Sometimes xterm will start when others don't. Failing that, you can sometimes

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] crontab backups?

2020-12-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Stumpy: Thank you for the response. It actually ended up that cron did not like executing a script, I just put the exact same line from the script directly into cron. You can also put (executable) scripts directly in /etc/cron.daily or .weekly and they should run without having to mess with

Re: [qubes-users] custom sys-usb end up with an error

2020-12-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
lik...@gmx.de: Hi! I've built my sys-usb now on a fedora32 template and a dvm setup (according to this manual: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/disposablevm-customization/). Every usb-device works fine except the built-in camera. The camera is being detected during sys-usb-dvm startup, but when

Re: [qubes-users] Q: Kernel being used in VM

2020-12-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
David Hobach: On 12/21/20 1:45 PM, Mike Keehan wrote: On 12/21/20 12:23 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: Hi! I wonder: What sense is in updating the kernel in a VM (e.g. fedora-32) when that kernel isn't used when booting the VM? It's only for standalone VMs IIRC. Uninstalling them shouldn't hurt

Re: [qubes-users] new xen kernel 5.xx

2020-12-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
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

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

2020-12-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Stumpy: > In fed32min I am getting this: > > bash-5.0# sudo dnf install qubes-repo-contrib && sudo dnf update && sudo > No match for argument: qubes-tunnel > Error: Unable to find a match: qubes-tunnel > bash-5.0# sudo dnf install tunnel > Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:28 ago on Sat Dec

Re: [qubes-users] LVM thinpool issue: no volume groups found lvs -av

2020-12-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Haisam Khalil: Ok so here’s the story. Tlaurion was helpful enough over the past few days to get me here, but now I’m stuck. Issue: It started with an lvm thinpool issue I thought I solved by deleting excess appVMs and fstrim’ing everything, including dom0. I updated dom0 one day, did the usual

Re: [qubes-users] Re: qvm-run multimedia nautilus nothing happens

2020-12-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Franz: On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 12:24 PM Franz <169...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello, qvm-run multimedia nautilus and nothing happens, no error, nothing. If I try with firefox it is the same and multimedia is up and running, with a green mark point. Closing multimedia vm last time had to kill

Re: [qubes-users] /dev/dri/card0: No such file or Directory

2020-12-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Archie J: Hi, When checking my /var/log/Xorg.0.log I am getting an error for "/dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory" which is stopping me from connecting my external monitor. Does anyone have any ideas how I can rectify this? If you have the monitor connected and powered on before booting

Re: [qubes-users] How to edit Qubes R4.0.3 ISO image file in Windows 10 system

2020-12-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Data Eight: I am trying to install "Qubes-R4.0.3-x86-64 OS" on Windows 10 UEFI system. Using Rufus created bootable media (DD image option selected). The installation is done (till the message that qubes successfully installed and ready to go) but after first reboot, the black screen not proceed

Re: [qubes-users] Need Help: Ruined my installation via PCI pass through

2020-12-08 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Ulrich Windl: Hi! Trying to get my WLAN adapter into sys-net, I made a fatal mistake: The USB host added also has the boot device (and mouse) connected. Now as soon as sys-net starts (maybe even earlier) the PV for qubes becomes inaccessible. Mounting the device in another Linux system, I

Re: [qubes-users] Are known cpu bugs a risk as long as I work with Qubes OS?

2020-12-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Rainer Neumann: Thank you, Sven, for your answer to the topic of qubes-hcl-report. I have one aditional question. If I type in a console "cat /proc/cpuinfo", I get an output, where one line is called "bugs". It looks like my cpu has a lot of bugs: null_seg, cpu_meltdown, spectre_v1,

Re: [qubes-users] Not detecting hdmi or usb-c external Monitor

2020-12-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Hayden Llowarch: Hi guys, My laptop with qubes was working fine with my external monitor however now it doesn’t even detect the monitor. It doesn’t even appear in xrandr. All I get is: Failed to get size of gamma for output default I have made sure that I reset the gui-videoram-min to cover

Re: [qubes-users] Are "smart" monitors/TVs a security issue?

2020-12-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Andrew David Wong: Since I never planned to use the voice features, I simply found a sewing needle, inserted it into the mic hole, and used a flat piece of hard plastic on the other end to apply moderate force. There was a single "click" sound. After that, voice commands were no longer

Re: [qubes-users] Recover from bootloop after failed kernel install

2020-12-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
River~~: Am I right in assuming that until Qubes 5 there is no solution within the Qubes system? Meaning that I will need to boot with Knoppix or some other live distro ?? There is/was a rescue option while booting from the Qubes installer. I think it is on the boot menu, so I'm not quite

Re: [qubes-users] How to recover files from a broken qubes pertition on ubuntu live CD?

2020-12-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Guerlan: My Qubes worked great but after a day it suddenly wouldn't boot and I got an error about qubes_dom0 root or something like that being not available. I I mounted, on Ubuntu live CD, a LUKS partition that has these lvm containers from Qubes OS: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lvs LV

Re: [qubes-users] How to install Maple in a Fedora-30 template in Qubes OS R4.0 ?

2020-11-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'M' via qubes-users: I have received this file from a administrator at my workplace: "Maple2020.1LinuxX64Installer.run" which I have downloaded to my work domain. My question is then: How can I install Maple in a Fedora-30 template in Qubes OS R4.0. ... ? Don't know Maple specifically, but if

Re: [qubes-users] Re: win7 seamless mode, teams, vmware

2020-11-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Alex Smirnoff: I would rather use native Teams client. However, regarding Win7 seamless mode (to which I am yet to give a try), is there a chance we will ever get rid of that ugly double window decorations? :) On Monday, November 2, 2020 at 12:50:27 PM UTC+2 Rasta Bude wrote: Hello, I try to

Re: [qubes-users] Potential Accidental Install of Unsigned Package

2020-10-27 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'Yiyi50' via qubes-users: > I'm running qubes 4.0 on a Purism Librem 13 v4. I've installed updates for my > templates without necessarily reading everything in the terminal before > clicking "y". How concerned should I be of having inadvertently installed an > unsigned package? Is there a

Re: [qubes-users] I broke qubes.UpdateProxy. Does anyone have a default version of it I can reference to fix it in dom0?

2020-10-27 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
setemera...@posteo.net: > I was halfway through setting my updateProxy file to go off of a sys-vpn > instead of sys-whonix. However I can't remember how it was supposed to > be initially. Could someone show me a default one or otherwise tell me > how to adjust this one? Thank you Think this is

Re: [qubes-users] finally got working broadcom bcm4360 on a macbook air 7,2 with qubes os

2020-10-27 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
OH MY PLUG: > > i only installed the package broadcom-sta-dkms on debian 10 template, then > i changed the sys-net template from fedora 30 to debian 10 > Glad it was an easy fix! -- - don't top post Mailing list etiquette: - trim quoted reply to only relevant portions - when possible, copy

Re: [qubes-users] Usability of Qubes Tools for Windows 10

2020-10-27 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Knut von Walter: > Hi, > well I have read the documentation of installing Qubes Windows Tools > ,link: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-tools/ Especially the known > limitations of that software on, link: > https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3585 . Also I discovered > this video

Re: [qubes-users] Monitor all processes

2020-10-27 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
preill...@gmail.com: > On 10/14/20 3:11 AM, mj.jos...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I want to creat a 'Monitor' VM with absolutely no internet capability >> using debian (i started learning Linux with Ubuntu, then moved onto >> Kali and Arch, now im experimenting with Raspbian, so im much more >>

Re: [qubes-users] wifi does not work after update on nitropad X230

2020-10-27 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
tms7: > Hi all, > > I faced a wifi-related issue on Nitropad X230. Wifi used to work properly > at the beginning, but after update it stopped functioning. > > After entering the following commands (according to the documentation here: > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/wireless-troubleshooting/)

Re: [qubes-users] Suddenly I can't get internet access from within one of my Win 10 HVM's but I can from another one

2020-10-27 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'M' via qubes-users: > > Suddenly I can't get internet access from within one of my Win 10 HVM's, > but I can from another one. > > I have compared the internet settings under "Qube Settings". And it says > sys-whonix in both HVM's. > > What can be the reason for not being able to get

Re: [qubes-users] Troubleshooting Installation of Windows 10 in Qubes OS

2020-10-05 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Qubes: > On 10/5/20 10:21 AM, Knut von Walter wrote: >> Hi, >> >> at the moment I am trying to install Windows 10 following this >> instruction, link: _https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-vm/_. However >> Windows is not booting. After clicking on ”Boot from CDROM”. I get the >> following

Re: [qubes-users] Tunderbird in new anon-whonix is refusing to connect to internet

2020-09-29 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
taran1s: > > > 'awokd' via qubes-users: >> From your new anon-whonix AppVM, test using a different app like regular >> Firefox and see if it can connect to the Internet. Also, verify its >> NetVM is set to sys-whonix. >> > > As I mention, TB in t

Re: [qubes-users] Tunderbird in new anon-whonix is refusing to connect to internet

2020-09-22 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
taran1s: > Hi, I am stuck with the following Thunderbird issue. > > I created new anon-whonix AppVM where I would like to have my new email > account in Thunderbord, but whatever I do, I get "Could not connect to > server xxx connection was refused" immediately after clicking the Get > Messages.

Re: [qubes-users] Boot Menu disappeared after 2-nd Qubes installation. Need Help!

2020-09-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
load...@gmail.com: > Hi everyone, need any help, because I am stuck. > > Today I got my External SSD and *I installed the 2-nd Qubes OS* on this > Drive (the first one was been installed on my internal Laptop drive. > > But to my surprise, when I *tried to load my first Qubes OS*, I couldn't.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Witch one is the best?

2020-09-21 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Mélissa Ch.: > Fist excuse for my english. > I have instal Qube on a external hard-drive and use the silitech pc tower. > I have put in the bios the visualisation "on" Evrething goes well, Qube > start, i can go in whit my loggin info. The only problem i have actualy is > i can't open any

Re: [qubes-users] Failed to shutdown or suspend. Help

2020-09-17 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
vin cen zo: Forgot to respond to your other question in the previous email- I don't think SATA controller going to ACPI would cause the shutdown problem, but it could be a quick test to change it back to RAID mode and see. Put back on ACPI if it doesn't help. > It seems that some have also

Re: [qubes-users] Intel Optane?

2020-09-17 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Sandy Harris: > Is 32G enough for that? du -h on my current Kubuntu system shows 29G > for / and 18G of that is my home directory (which on the new system > will not be on the root drive) so it looks to me like it should be > fine. But how big is Qubes, assuming all VMs except perhaps Dom0 are >

Re: [qubes-users] Failed to shutdown or suspend. Help

2020-09-17 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ioko8: > Hi, for more than two months, qubes-os has not completed the shutdown and > has not entered into suspension. To turn it off, I must necessarily hold > down the power button. > > further details: > 1. after shutdown, at the end of the loading bar (which I didn't remember > being there)

Re: [qubes-users] Issue verifying media

2020-09-11 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'src11' via qubes-users: > Trying to install the most recent version of Qubes from USB on a Purism > Librem 15 laptop. When I click verify media I get two of these errors: > > dracut-pre-udev[463]: rpc.idmapd: conf_reinit: open ("(null)", 0_RDONLY) > failed > > What does that refer to and is

Re: [qubes-users] Boot message

2020-09-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'src11' via qubes-users: > I recently purchased a new Librem 15 laptop from Purism and am installing > Qubes for the first time from a USB they sent me. When I boot it, before the > installer loads, a long message flashes quickly which reads: > > Loading the new kernel: > kexec -l

Re: [qubes-users] Nirokey fails to mount on Debian AppVMs

2020-09-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
sbstrkt: >- I would to know where I could find the logs for the "mount fail". >- Maybe there is a known issue related to Debian specifically (maybe the >equivalent of missing drivers for nitrokeys on debian). Since it seems template related, do sudo journalctl from a terminal in

Re: [qubes-users] Hardening Guide for Paranoid Noobs?

2020-09-05 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Stumpy: > I was reminded about qubes hardening that Chris L has been working on > and also noticed that Patrick/Whonix is now basing whonix on thier > kicksecure distro and was trying (not so successfully) to absorb all of > this. I got the impression that Chris's work wouldnt jive so well with >

Re: [qubes-users] Digital art & 3D modeling/animation inside of Windows VM on Qubes?

2020-09-05 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Lazy Lexicographer: > > > Hello everyone. > > So, I am a person who is interested in both digital art and cybersecurity. > I have been fascinated with the Qubes OS for quite sometime and, having > already tried it out, I plan on switching over to it completely in the near > future. The only

Re: [qubes-users] Move SSD

2020-08-29 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Magnus Borud: > I have two almost identical PC's: > Asus Q270M-C Motherboard's > i5-7400 CPU's > 64G ram on both > Docking solution för SSD in the front so I easily can move the SSD between > the two PC's > > I installed Qubes 4.0.3 and it works fine. When I move the SSD to the other > PC, it

Re: [qubes-users] Alerts, notifications, calendar in Qubes

2020-08-29 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
evado...@gmail.com: > Hello, > > What apps do you use on Qubes to get notifications of upcoming events? > I'm searching for some app to manage notifications (want to start it > automatically on boot of my main appVM) > Might look at Evolution/Thunderbird or some other calendar application. --

Re: [qubes-users] Recover vm after lvresize

2020-08-24 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Filippo Merli: > > Hi, > > after shrink a standalone vm volume with lvresize is not possible anymore > access the volume data. > The vm start but is not possible to open a terminal. Is there a way to > access the data from another vm or from dom0? Enabling debug mode in Qube Settings might

Re: [qubes-users] Witch one is the best?

2020-08-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Mélissa Ch.: > Silitech > > Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10 GHz 3.10GHz > > Mémoire 16.0 Go ram > > Système d’exploitation 64 bits > > Windows 7 Familiale Premium > > Carte graphique ADM Radeon HD 7470 This one is the better Qubes candidate because of the AMD video card and 16GB

Re: [qubes-users] bind-dirs configuration not persisting to dvm

2020-08-20 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Qubes: > I have an appVM that I changed into a dvm template, but I need to > increase the size of tmpfs /run/user/1000 from the default 10% of memory > size to e.g. 40% when an application in the dvm is opened (and the > disp gets created). > > To do this I edited /etc/systemd/logind.conf in

Re: [qubes-users] Suspend and high load issues on AppVM shutdown

2020-08-20 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Johnboy3@eclipso.email: > Hello, > > i'm new to qubes and i like the security aspect it provides. During testing i > noticed 2 problems i couldn't solve. Welcome. > 1. The resume from suspend function doesn't work for me. The Computer powers > on again, but the screen stays black. Keyboard

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Google requiring login to access qubes-users

2020-08-18 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
54th Parallel: > As someone who has had an open tab on the Google Groups page for a long > time, I want to add that activity has dropped *dramatically* since Google > started mandating logins. Like, it has fallen off a cliff and now the place > has a ghost town vibe to it. I imagine China's

Re: [Fwd: Re: [qubes-users] how to install virtualbox?]

2020-08-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
unman: > Running in a Debian standalone. > Install the virtualbox package and dependencies, as normal. > Edit the file, /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh and comment out the Xen > test at lines 269-271 > > That's minimum to get you running. You'll be limited in what you can run > and vbox will

Re: [qubes-users] how to install virtualbox?

2020-08-13 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
afdskjbkjds...@secmail.pro: > Is it even possible to do that? I tried to make some mistakes, but it > didn't work out. Nothing is impossible, but it's too difficult and time consuming to recommend. Qubes is already a hypervisor running multiple VMs. Why would you want another one like Virtualbox

Re: [qubes-users] Re: sys-usb issues recognizing devices & maintaining drive connections

2020-08-12 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'Антон Чехов' via qubes-users: > I don't need the Personalization Tool very often. On the contrary, once the > slots are configured they usually stay that way for a long time. > > My conclusion for now is, that I can live with this message. Or is this not > the expected behavior? What do you

Re: [qubes-users] Problem with VMs not launching

2020-08-12 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
BGW: > I have a personal debian app vm that starts automatically with qubes. I > can't launch anything within the vm. If I stop the vm it will then restart > automatically without being told to do so. But I still can't launch > anything in the vm (browser, files etc). Temporarily disable

Re: [qubes-users] HP Elitebook 2570P - sys-usb fails to start

2020-08-11 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
pblackhurs...@gmail.com: >> Tried the following to fix the sys-usb problem: >> qvm-pci detach sys-usb dom0:00_14.0 >> qvm-pci attach --persistent -o no-strict-reset=True sys-usb dom0:00_14.0 >> Still get the same error. Tried the same for 00_1a.0 and 00_1d.0. Same > error. > > Excellent that

Re: [qubes-users] Can't get Debian-11 template updated

2020-08-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
TheGardner: > I recently got some templates (bullseye, kali and Debian-11) installed on > my system, but I can't get them updated. So speaking first about Denian-11, > I always get the following message, when I try to update the qube via > "Update Qube" function: > > > > *Failed to apply

Re: [qubes-users] HP Elitebook 2570P - sys-usb fails to start

2020-08-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'c1nturion' via qubes-users: > Clicked OK to continue the install anyway and finishes ok apart from the > sys-usb problem above. When I try to start sys-usb it fails to start with > error: > "Domain sys-usb has failed to start: internal error: > Unable to reset PCI device :00:14.0: internal

Re: [qubes-users] Re: sys-usb issues recognizing devices & maintaining drive connections

2020-08-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'Антон Чехов' via qubes-users: > I have a handful ob Yubikeys (v.2 to v.4) and I really want to make use of > them with Qubes as well. So the next thing will be U2Fproxy and > YubikeyLogin. > There is some weird (?) behavior when attaching a Yubikey and the > Personalization Tool in sys-usb

Re: [qubes-users] Can’t download large files

2020-08-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Steve Coleman: > On Sat, Aug 8, 2020, 1:50 PM wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply. The system still prioritizes the tmp file even after >> I change the settings and use a usb. Do you know any other command that can >> disable the tmp folder? >> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1195088

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes dom0-update-guard script

2020-08-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
fiftyfourthparal...@gmail.com: > Another option is to have the offline AppVM handle cross-checking between > Tor and HTTPS repodata as well, so all Whonix does is fetch. Which sounds > better? > Probably this option, mostly because it seems simpler to copy both data sources to the same AppVM

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes dom0-update-guard script

2020-08-08 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
fiftyfourthparal...@gmail.com: > I have Awokd, Chris, *and* Unman replying to my post--I feel pampered. It's an interesting security exercise; but agree, don't think our open source availability syncs up very often. :) > So the new overview of the script is: have a dedicated (and hardened?)

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes dom0-update-guard script

2020-08-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
fiftyfourthparal...@gmail.com: > Right now my plan is to take the output of 'rpm -qa' or 'yum list > installed' and compare it via some sort of 'match' or 'crosscheck' function > to a repo list pulled from somewhere secure (i.e. not tampered with by > potential adversaries) and maybe imported

Re: [qubes-users] Qube 4 Restore Backup succesful but doesn't show up in Q Menu

2020-08-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ebarrowsy_o1...@xedmi.com: > Hello, > > I go through the Backup process and everything is OK > > I restore without any issue (BackUp source, decryption, templateVM exists, > nothing missing) and I have a successful message : > > Finished successfully! > > -> Done. > > But, I cannot see my

Re: [qubes-users] RTL8111/8168/8411 requires power cycle after Windows 10

2020-08-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Ulrich Windl: > Hi! > > I had reported problems with the RTL8111/8168/8411 ethernet controller > and Qubes OS before. In the meantime I found out that it does not work > when Windows 10 was running, and after a "restart" Qubes SO is booted. > > The effect is interesting: The card detects whether

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes Backup Warning

2020-08-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'taran1s' via qubes-users: > When I backup my qubes, after I click on the backup icon in the Qube > Manager, I can see in the bottom following warning that was not there > before: > > Warning: unrecognized data found in configuration files. > > I didn't make any changes to dom0. I am running

Re: [qubes-users] Re: sys-usb issues recognizing devices & maintaining drive connections

2020-08-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'Антон Чехов' via qubes-users: > Hi, > > I just wanted to ask if there is hope getting sys-usb to work on the G505s > in the future? I tried sys-usb in Qubes 4.0 and 4.1 with and without > kernelopts irqpoll but unfortunately it doesn't work for me. > > Off-topic: > Suspend doesn't work in

Re: [qubes-users] qvm-usb does not see any usb devices

2020-08-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Cranix: > After bunch of reboots system started to see devices > connected to two usb ports(3.0), I have a few usb 2.0 ports > that are still not visible to sytem. > > Any ideas how i can debug this? > On another os all ports work fine. > Review sys-usb's journalctl/syslog for errors as you plug

Re: [qubes-users] Memory snapshot

2020-08-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
martinga...@gmail.com: > Hello, I'm running a VM which is suspected to contain malware. Therefore I > would like to get a snapshot of the VM's RAM in order to further analyze it. > > Can this be done in Qubes? Qvm-pause might do it. Not sure where it saves the file for memory. -- - don't top

Re: [qubes-users] network installation of qubes

2020-08-07 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
flatten: > I know the traditional way of installing qubes using usb drives. Can qubes > provide network installation (using iPXE or something else)? I remember someone got Qubes installed by PXE boot. Search for how to install Fedora via PXE, it would be similar. -- - don't top post Mailing

Re: [qubes-users] Barebones templates (stripping down minimal templates)

2020-08-04 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
fiftyfourthparal...@gmail.com: >- How much more can one strip from minimal templates while allowing them >to start and retain basic Qubes functions? >- Are the current minimal templates really the absolute minimum? >- Are there diminishing returns to increases in security by

Re: [qubes-users] Expanding dom0 after partition size increase

2020-08-04 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
groverj: > I have a dual boot set up, and have recently increased the size of the hd > partition I wish to allocate to QubesOS. > > N.B. I made sure to clone the entire disk before starting as a precaution! > > Here is what I have attempted thus far: > > I successfully increased the size of

Re: [qubes-users] Re: YouTube Sound & Video

2020-07-24 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Pmonf: > Thanks for the help. I don't know what I am looking at but here is the > whole ball of wax down to the software rendering line: cat Xorg.0.log > [ 159.890] > X.Org X Server 1.19.3 > Release Date: 2017-03-15 > [ 159.890] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > [ 159.890] Build

Re: [qubes-users] Whonix configuration

2020-07-24 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
E: > Greetings, > > > I had a question about configuring the Whonix network connection.  It > has to do with a possible timer associated with an exterior facing IP > address.  How can a exiting IP become static. On several occasions, > websites log out a user for changing the IP address. 

Re: [qubes-users] wired problems with 4 screens and 2 graphics boards: ps/2 mouse and kbd lock up, machine still running, but not usable.

2020-07-24 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ludwig jaffe: > I disabled hyper-threading, and the box feels more stable. > But I am not sure if it was the problem. > > On Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 1:35:01 PM UTC, ludwig jaffe wrote: >> >> Hi, the machine still crashed, so I need to give it a long memtest >> to see if it has any loose

Re: [qubes-users] Re: YouTube Sound & Video

2020-07-24 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Pmonf: > An update: I found this which appeared to describe my problem: > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/intel-igfx-troubleshooting/ > > I checked /var/log/Xorg.0.log and found the "reverting to software > rendering" line. I then followed the recommended fix for EFI by adding " >

Re: [qubes-users] Deleting a user created template VM, using dom0

2020-07-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
E: > Could some one help with the code to delete an appVM from the qubes VM > drop down menu using dom0. Might be able to fix in dom0 terminal with qvm-sync-appmenus, or look around under ~/.local/share. -- - don't top post Mailing list etiquette: - trim quoted reply to only relevant portions

Re: [qubes-users] File syncing between Qubes

2020-07-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Michael Haynes: > *Question: Is there a simple way to setup a dedicated "server" VM* > *using WebDAV to allow qubes to [automatically / periodically] exchange > encrypted data even without Internet access?  If so, what are the > security implications of doing this?  If not, what are some

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

2020-07-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
tomas.schutz...@gmail.com: > Wait a minute... How checking account number, can represent security risk? https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0196-automatic-debit-scams -- - don't top post Mailing list etiquette: - trim quoted reply to only relevant portions - when possible, copy and paste

Re: [qubes-users] Verifying VM updates and packages

2020-07-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ed about the file system corruption.  How can I change the > system, or should I attempt a new install? > > > Thanks, > > > > On 7/14/20 8:19 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: >> E. Foster: >> >>> Or do some updates occur because a template VM

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes in a corporate network behind HTTP proxy [R4.0.x]

2020-07-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
unman: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 11:41:57PM -0700, pr0xy wrote: >> On 2020-07-15 09:28, pr0xy wrote: >>> proxy.example.com:8080 >>> >>> In R4.0.x how and where would I set this proxy for the Qubes Updates >>> Proxy? sys-net? sys-firewall? TemplateVMs?

Re: [qubes-users] Re: DisposableVM Help

2020-07-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Robert Spigler: > How would I go about properly creating a fedora-32-dvm with the > 'template_for_dvms' flag set? https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/disposablevm-customization/ -- - don't top post Mailing list etiquette: - trim quoted reply to only relevant portions - when possible, copy and paste

Re: [qubes-users] Fetching updates after disabling qubes-update-check in clearnet qubes

2020-07-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
haaber: >>  <<--snip-->> >> Though it's not clear to me whether this is actually an issue, I figured >> I'd do it anyways. My question is, if I wanted to disable >> qubes-update-check service, how would I go about updating my templates >> over tor? Do I create debian and fedora templates linked to

Re: [qubes-users] Trouble installing Whonix 15

2020-07-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
shamaarmarti...@gmail.com: > I wanted to use the uninstall reinstall method to upgrade whonix 14 to 15 on > qubes 4.0 > > Procedure: > 1. Delete all whonix template packages > 2. Make sure dom0 is updated > 3. Adjust whonix version to 15 > 4. Attempt to download and configure TemplateVMs with

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

2020-07-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
tomas.schutz...@gmail.com: > 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

Re: [qubes-users] Can’t get rid off black screen

2020-07-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
shamaarmarti...@gmail.com: > 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

Re: [qubes-users] Reattaching PCI device to dom0 via console. Error in documentation.

2020-07-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
alexhisf via qubes-users: > > The solution at > http://qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/doc/pci-devices/ > Bringing PCI Devices Back to dom0 > echo > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/unbindMODALIAS=`cat > /sys/bus/pci/devices//modalias`MOD=`modprobe -R $MODALIAS |

Re: [qubes-users] Re: need help or support

2020-07-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Frédéric Pierret: > Hi > > On 2020-07-07 11:50, david russo wrote: >> The main issu is when I want to use internet acces as Firefox comboned with >> TOR, I checked my IP on the websit « monip » and Nothing change, tor doesn’t >> support the hide IP. If I understand you right, you are using

Re: [qubes-users] Verifying VM updates and packages

2020-07-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
E. Foster: > Or do some updates occur because a template VM has been changed in a > repository, and the update package is then pushed to the respective VMs > using the template? This. Qubes Updater (Qubes menu/System Tools) runs periodically and checks for updates in repos. > Bizarrely, I

Re: [qubes-users] LUKS passphrase failures

2020-07-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
joshkane...@gmail.com: > Booting into Kali (forensics mode) and unlocking the ssd failed. > > I typed out the passphrase to a text document, confirmed it was correct, > and pasted it into the prompt. > > "incorrect passphrase" > > This implies to me that the header was altered in some way. 2

Re: [qubes-users] Updating Linux and Whonix

2020-07-01 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
E. Foster: > Thanks for the reply, > > I finally started working on the appVMs with the docs in hand. I've had to > restart my apps designs from the start after reading some of the docs. > You're right, there a lot of apps. I am now trying to find the libre > office ones to install in a

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Getting started with Qubes (in steps)

2020-07-01 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
E. Foster: > Thanks for responding, > > I was busy trying to figure out what to do, 1) work on 4.0.1 or 2)start > with 4.0.3. Finally, I decided to go with 4.0.3. So the install occurred > last week with the help of some members of the community. So now, I'd deep > dived into the config

Re: [qubes-users] dom0 /qubes version how

2020-07-01 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
anon: > I see there is a 4.0.3 in the website. > > I believe I am using 4.0.1 , dumb question but how do I confirm what > version am I using? > > > I just do the dom0 updates, so imagine things are fine, but shouldn't I > be on 4.0.3 if that is what is offered on the website? > If your dom0

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