Re: [qubes-users] Q4.0 - LVM Thin Pool volumes - lsblk returns very large (256kb) MIN-IO and DISC-GRAN values

2019-05-25 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Brendan Hoar wrote on 5/25/19 4:45 PM: On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 12:09 PM Chris Laprise wrote: I’m going to add an Issue/Feature request to add metadata store monitoring and alerts to the disk space widget. :) I had the same thought reading Chris' email. -- You received this message because

Re: [qubes-users] Re: qrexec not connected on HVM

2019-05-24 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
vins: 2019-05-17 14: 29: 52.517 + : libxl: libxl_pci.c: 1176: libxl__device_pci_reset: The kernel doesn't support reset from sysfs for PCI device : 00: 14.0 That error is from the 17th. Might not be relevant any more. qvm-pci attach --persistent --option permissive = true --option

Re: [qubes-users] Re: qrexec not connected on HVM

2019-05-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
thedigitalsav...@gmail.com: Also tried to pass the USB controller through the panel of devices in the settings of the virtual machine, first it tells me that the controller is in use by Sys-Net, once killed Sys-Net in the other error logs: 2019-05-17 14:29:52.517+: libxl:

Re: [qubes-users] How to set up a hacking laboratory?

2019-05-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Christophe: Hello, I am using Qubes 4.1 on a Librem 13 v2 laptop, and I would like to simulate a simple enterprise network so as to play attacks on it. Below are the VMs that I would like to set up: -> A Pfsense firewall VM -> A Windows server 2019 VM (running an Active Directory Domain

Re: [qubes-users] X230 vs Purism - real world attack probability

2019-05-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
scurge1tl: I have a question related to the decision about what laptop is the better option for Qubes usage, from the security point of view, in the real world. The question is related to the IME on Intel, PSP on AMD and other Hardware holes. I took these laptop examples to sample the

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes R4.0.1 Installer - The name org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files

2019-05-19 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Adam Lewis: Thanks for the response. Rereading my messages, it's clear that I was lacking some information about what my current state was, so I apologize for that. Issues were primarily occurring during installation from a live usb, before even getting the chance to select a storage device.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: apps from whonix-ws-14-dvm fail to start irregularly

2019-05-19 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
lik...@gmx.de: On 5/19/19 6:42 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: liked2-mmb7mzph...@public.gmane.org: Hi!  From time to time I cannot start the Tor browser in a whonix-ws-14-dvm. While other applications/vms start. The notification window shows 3 windows quite fast one after another

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Can't Install Windows XP HVM, tried different SPs/ISOs.

2019-05-19 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
gorillaear via qubes-users: I managed to solve this, check the reddit post for details https://www.reddit.com/r/Qubes/comments/bpxifq/has_anyone_managed_to_get_a_windows_xp_hvm/eo52mcs/ Glad you got it. Liked what you said at the end, "While having an XP HVM is at best useless and at worst

Re: [qubes-users] Debian-based standalone qube SHORTCUTS(programs) won't start after(unsuccessful?) update / How to access qube's storage?

2019-05-19 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'qubesuser61' via qubes-users: I run the latest available qubes r4.0.1 release The qube template is debian-9 The question is: How do I fix this or how to at least access qube's storage (home folder) to recover important files and transfer them to another VM? You can attempt to recover it

Re: [qubes-users] apps from whonix-ws-14-dvm fail to start irregularly

2019-05-19 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
lik...@gmx.de: Hi! From time to time I cannot start the Tor browser in a whonix-ws-14-dvm. While other applications/vms start. The notification window shows 3 windows quite fast one after another: dvm ist starting dvm started dvm halted This often happens to me when running low on

Re: [qubes-users] whonix-gw: 'Hash sum mismatch' on update

2019-05-18 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Chris Laprise: On 5/16/19 6:27 AM, Chris Laprise wrote: I'm getting a hash sum error when updating my whonix-gw-14 template today. No error occurred when updating whonix-ws-14. See below for the apt-get output... Any ideas why a freshly-installed Whonix 14 template would experience an

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes R4.0.1 Installer - The name org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files

2019-05-18 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Adam Lewis: Tried using YUMI per a similar Asus HCL report, but that was also unsuccessful. Using MBR rather than GPT/UEFI showed a little more info, though; "Problem description: failed to getinitiator name from iscsi firmware". This error can be traced to

Re: [qubes-users] Nondeterministic behaviour of usb mouse

2019-05-18 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Cranix: Hello, I just installed fresh qubes os and setted up sys-usb via saltstack. I edited /etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.InputMouse to allow usb mouse. I got it working but after reboot my mouse again stopped to work. I triple read docs and checked everything but without any success. Rebooting

Re: [qubes-users] How would an adversary hack into your appVMs?

2019-05-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Eccentric Butterfly: I'm curious if and how someone could hack into your appVMs if there is a firewall VM in the way. How would they detect that there is a VM on your PC that is accessing the network connection provided by that VM? Would it just appear to them that all the network traffic is

Re: [qubes-users] Where can I find the documentation for qube services?

2019-05-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Eccentric Butterfly: Services include for example: clocksync, cups, qubes-firewall. I would in particular like to know what meminfo-writer does as https://qubes-os.org/doc/disposablevm-customization/ tells you to disable the service on any new sys-net VM that you create. This is confusing

Re: [qubes-users] Fedora Deprecation

2019-05-15 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Chris Laprise: On 5/13/19 6:52 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: Chris Laprise: Its also the case that Fedora is intended to be a testbed, NON-production OS and Qubes has plans to migrate away from it. Interesting; more details on this somewhere, or was it IRC chatter? There's an issue

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Adding a Firefox add-on error to -dvm ?

2019-05-15 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
john s.: in /etc/apt/sources.list there is this deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free but that is not the same as deb https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free No, they are different. First is for high priority security

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes on Huawei Matebook Pro

2019-05-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
jjsk...@gmail.com: Hello, I am unable to install Qubes on my new Huawei Matebook Pro. I have obviously disabled secure boot in the BIOS. Booting from USB stick stops at the initrd stage. I modified slightly the Anaconda partition, by changing the file EFI/BOOT/Boot64.cfg according to an older

Re: [qubes-users] Computer shutsoff when lid is closed when it should suspend

2019-05-14 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
eduzw...@gmail.com: Does anyone have the i3 suspend command so the pc doesn't shutoff when lid is closed in R4? mem_sleep_default=deep ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: [qubes-users] No internet in Fedora 29-minimal AppVM's or StandaloneVM's

2019-05-13 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
q...@disroot.org: When creating an AppVM or StandaloneVM from Fedora-29-minimal and setting the netvm to sys-whonix I cannot access the general web nor use the update-proxy to update the machine. The Fedora-29-minimal TemplateVM can use the update-proxy just fine. This should use only Qubes

Re: [qubes-users] Fedora Deprecation

2019-05-13 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Chris Laprise: Its also the case that Fedora is intended to be a testbed, NON-production OS and Qubes has plans to migrate away from it. Interesting; more details on this somewhere, or was it IRC chatter? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [qubes-users] Xen cannot find Dom0 kernel

2019-05-13 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Demi Obenour: On my system, Xen cannot find the dom0 kernel. The happened after a kernel-latest upgrade, possibly due to a missing initramfs. Is there a way to recover without live media? Ideally, Xen would prompt the user for a dom0 kernel entry, but it doesn’t. Also, once I have recovered,

Re: [qubes-users] Move StandaloneVM to new Computer

2019-05-13 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
rogertobler via qubes-users: Hi guys I bought a new computer, is there somewhere a tutorial about how to move an existing StandaloneVM from one computer to another? Shouldn't have to do anything special, just do a qubes-backup on one and restore it on the other. -- You received this

Re: [qubes-users] Global settings button stopped working on Qube Manager

2019-05-12 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
scurge1tl: The button Global settings, stopped working in my Qubes manager window. Once I press the button, nothing happens. I run latest Qubes 4. The issue appeared after latest dom0 update. Have heard that's a known issue with a fix coming. Try it from the menus instead, or qubes-prefs in

Re: [qubes-users] Thin Pool metadata full

2019-05-12 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
m...@disroot.org: `Domain disp6345 has failed to start: WARNING: Remaining free space in metadata of thin pool qub/pool00 is too low (94.73%% >= 94.44%%). Resize is recommended. Cannot create new thin volume, free space in thin pool qub/pool00 reached threshold.` If I try to extend the

Re: [qubes-users] I have a question please.

2019-05-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ljul8...@gmail.com wrote: I have a question but I found nothing online regarding this. Let’s say I used my own connection to check if Qubes in my new laptop works and then I only ever used it with public wifi. Let’s say someone infects my laptop and finds out everything about it, will he/she

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Adding a Firefox add-on error to -dvm ?

2019-05-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Jon deps: On 5/8/19 6:31 AM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: 22rip-2xk3N/kkaK1Wk0Htik3J/w...@public.gmane.org wrote: Recently I noticed an add-on needed update and when I went to update it, it says it was no longer compatible? I knew enough to start the -dvm using gnome->terminal->f

Re: [qubes-users] R4.0.1: RTL8152 USB Ethernet adapter (Dell XPS13 TB16 dock) fails

2019-05-08 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
peter.palen...@gmail.com: Thanks for the tip. It leads me to the next question: How do i tell my sys-firewall VM to use two network VMs (sys-net and sys-usb)? Thanks! You can't do that. You can have multiple sys-firewall equivalents pointing to their own network VMs, and have a portion of

Re: [qubes-users] "Run command doesn't work" in VM after updating vmtemplate

2019-05-08 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
eduzw...@gmail.com: I am on R3.2 I know its not supported. I am going to update to R4. But before I update. I have been running on 3.2 for for a week and I used the arch vm to download and save some work. I updated archLinux vmtemplate to install new pkgs. After update I shutdown template

Re: [qubes-users] Boot / Installer Problem

2019-05-08 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'mich...@schefczyk.net' via qubes-users: As far as I can tell, the Acer Spin 1 does boot loop even with: [qubes-verbose] options=console=vga efi=attr=uc # noexitboot=1 # mapbs=1 and [qubes-verbose] options=console=vga efi=no-rs # noexitboot=1 # mapbs=1 Are there any further ideas on how to

Re: [qubes-users] R4.0.1: RTL8152 USB Ethernet adapter (Dell XPS13 TB16 dock) fails

2019-05-08 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
peter.palen...@gmail.com: I have a Dell TB16 dock with Ethernet over USB, based on a Realtek 8152 chip. The device appears fine in sys-usb VM using r8152 driver and ehci/xhci. So it works fine with direct PCI access to the device. Connecting the usb device (via 'dom0$ qvm-usb attach...') to

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Adding a Firefox add-on error to -dvm ?

2019-05-08 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
22rip-2xk3N/kkaK1Wk0Htik3J/w...@public.gmane.org wrote: Recently I noticed an add-on needed update and when I went to update it, it says it was no longer compatible? I knew enough to start the -dvm using gnome->terminal->firefox in -dvm however this time it didn't allow me to update the add-on?

Re: [qubes-users] Backup Error: Warning: unrecognized data found in configuration files

2019-05-06 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Eccentric Butterfly: Speaking of which, is there really any security benefit in making sure the backup is not connected to a network? Provided the encryption password is secure. I don't think this was mentioned in the docs anywhere as something to consider so it's probably a bit excessive on

Re: [qubes-users] USB not recognized

2019-05-06 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'Whenow' via qubes-users wrote on 5/6/19 6:41 PM: **Qubes OS version** R4.0 **Affected component(s) or functionality** USB devices not recognized **Brief summary** dom0 recognizes USB ports but nothing attached. I can plug in USB devices and lspci only shows the controllers, lsusb only shows

Re: [qubes-users] Re: New Install is Missing sys-USB, How to recover

2019-05-05 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Ray Joseph: I very much appreciate all the input. The keyboard is a PS/2. I am in question. We are talking about creating a new AppVM for usb. Is this any different than running: qubesctl state.sls qvm.sys-usb Only other thing that does is add rd.qubes.hide_all_usb to your Linux boot

Re: [qubes-users] Backup Error: Warning: unrecognized data found in configuration files

2019-05-05 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Eccentric Butterfly: When I go to backup my Qubes, the backup screen shows a red error at the bottom of the window saying "Warning: unrecognized data found in configuration files". Try closing backup, then "rm /etc/qubes/backup/qubes-manager-backup.conf" in dom0 terminal. This will delete

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes-Builder Issue: No rule to make target 'bulider'

2019-05-04 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'Public Email Account' via qubes-users: When using Qubes-Builder for making Qubes 4.0 I have one more issue that I do not yet have solution for. I ran into other issues that I found solution and posted earlier here in qubes-users. The unresolved issue is that Make failed to build 'builder'.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Fedora-29 update does not work

2019-05-03 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
cchin...@gmail.com: On Friday, 3 May 2019 17:00:20 UTC+3, awokd wrote: cchin...@gmail.com: I've found the issue. I have separate sys-net for cabled eth and sys-net-wifi. Today I tried to update and it failed but I happened to see that sys-net was started (I was on wifi and had turned

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Fedora-29 update does not work

2019-05-03 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
cchin...@gmail.com: I've found the issue. I have separate sys-net for cabled eth and sys-net-wifi. Today I tried to update and it failed but I happened to see that sys-net was started (I was on wifi and had turned sys-net off). I then connected through cable and the update was successful.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: New Install is Missing sys-USB, How to recover

2019-05-02 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
unman: Not quite as simple as that. sys-usb is created with label red, mem 300, and virt-mode hvm. Also autostart is True, and pci_strictreset is false. You also need to disable memory balancing. However, only that and HVM mode are required in the VM config to support a sys-usb, and both are

Re: [qubes-users] Global Settings button stopped working

2019-05-02 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
qubes-...@tutanota.com wrote on 5/2/19 6:10 PM: Hello all, after the last dom0 update my Global Settings button in Qube Manager stopped working. Any advices how to solve the issue? Interesting, on mine the button on the toolbar works, but not the menu entry. Try it from the menu on yours. If

Re: [qubes-users] Install of R4.0.1 stops before anaconda

2019-05-02 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Larhama wrote on 5/2/19 11:03 AM: Hi, I would really like to test and learn to use Qubes OS, but can't install it. I have followed the installation troubleshooting guide and didn't find any advice there on my current problem. First I couldn't get past the EFI booting stage but adding options

Re: [qubes-users] [Qubes 4.0/Debian 9] LibreOffice 6.2.3 doesn't start

2019-05-02 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
schwoerera...@gmail.com wrote on 5/2/19 1:57 PM: Hello everyone ! I uninstalled an old version of LibreOffice (I did sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*) to put the latest version (6.2.3) on the Debian 9 template but it is impossible for me to run LibreOffice, nothing is happening. I

Re: [qubes-users] Re: New Install is Missing sys-USB, How to recover

2019-05-02 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Ray Joseph wrote on 4/28/19 5:21 AM: jrsm, Thank you, that was a lot of info. This took me to here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/ From which as root, I executed: qubesctl state.sls qvm.sys-usb 4 succeeded and 1 failed. In sequence: ID: hide-usb-from-dom0-legacy Function:

Re: [qubes-users] USB Eject command from Dom0

2019-05-02 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Daniil Travnikov wrote on 5/1/19 11:38 PM: Is anybody knows how to Eject usb/flash drive from Dom0? I know, that there is a command for AppVM's, for example: qvm-block detach templatename dom0:sda But what if I want to eject my usb at all from Dom0 and only after that turning off manually?

Re: [qubes-users] Re: New Install is Missing sys-USB, How to recover

2019-05-02 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Ray Joseph wrote on 4/28/19 5:21 AM: jrsm, Thank you, that was a lot of info. This took me to here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/ From which as root, I executed: qubesctl state.sls qvm.sys-usb 4 succeeded and 1 failed. In sequence: ID: hide-usb-from-dom0-legacy Function:

Re: [qubes-users] Help! Windows 7 standalone vm doesn't have the right resolution for my moniter.

2019-05-02 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Ye Lin wrote on 5/1/19 4:10 AM: Hi, guys. Please give me a little help to improve my windows VM. :) I used 'sudo qvm-features --unset win7new video-model'. However, the only available resolution in windows 7 is 2560 x 1600, 1920 x 1200, 1920 x 1080. I have a monitor that prefer 2560 x 1440.

Re: [qubes-users] Is there a trusted source for mapping a Fedora build install?

2019-05-02 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Island Anchor wrote on 4/28/19 1:19 PM: I was successfull in my install of a Debian application and know the particulars. If I have something like libdb5.3++-dev or something like libssl-dev Is there a reliable source to find the yum equivilant so I can build the same app in Fedora? I

Re: [qubes-users] UEFI Installer Crashes

2019-05-01 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Ubayd Sarfraz wrote on 5/1/19 8:28 PM: Hello, I've previously posted this to qubes-issues on GitHub without much success. When I boot the Qubes 4.0.1 image written with Rufus in UEFI mode, it boots but afterwards gets a black screen. This is the output before: (XEN)

Re: [qubes-users] Re: off topic - invite codes to 'riseup'

2019-04-30 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
tmac...@gmail.com wrote on 4/28/19 10:14 PM: Hello, Could anyone also be so kind to offer me an invite for rise.net as well? As for the privacy part of it and if this is still a Qubes discussion group. I was wondering if any of you have already been using it as your main OS and together with

Re: [qubes-users] Help with a good laptop!

2019-04-29 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ljul8...@gmail.com wrote on 4/29/19 8:57 AM: I’ve decided to buy a brand new laptop but I’m going crazy! I just can’t find any of the laptops listed in the hardware compatibility list for sale brand new. I found the “Dell Inspiron 15 7000” but the one in the hardware compatibility list is

Re: [qubes-users] Help with a good laptop!

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ljul8...@gmail.com: I will do now, thank you for the suggestion. Ps. What do you think of this one instead? https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-530s-14-intel-core-i5-laptop-256-gb-ssd-grey-10180754-pdt.html Not finding a lot on that model on either HCL or

Re: [qubes-users] Help with a good laptop!

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ljul8...@gmail.com: Thank you for the reply. So why is it a bad idea to install Qubes in a MacBook Air? I mean is it because it’s not possible to install Qubes in a MacBook Air or because it won’t function properly? Right, people seem to have a lot of trouble installing Qubes on those. Try

Re: [qubes-users] Help with a good laptop!

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
ljul8...@gmail.com: Hello people, I think I’m going crazy right now! I need help please! I’m only learning now about Qubes and Whonix and I’m really interested in buying a new laptop dedicated only for Qubes and Whonix but I’m unable to find a brand new one listed in the hardware

Re: [qubes-users] attaching an usb wifi adapter to kali-appvm fails

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
lik...@gmx.de: Hi! I'm trying to add an usb wifi adapter to several AppVms. With AppVms based on fedora or debian it works. But it fails to attach at a Kali based AppVm built according to instructions of

Re: [qubes-users] attaching an usb wifi adapter to kali-appvm fails

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
lik...@gmx.de: Hi! I'm trying to add an usb wifi adapter to several AppVms. With AppVms based on fedora or debian it works. But it fails to attach at a Kali based AppVm built according to instructions of

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes does not work anymore, only have access to dom0

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
juana231231...@gmail.com: El domingo, 28 de abril de 2019, 12:31:16 (UTC-3), juana23...@gmail.com escribió: I did that, the default and netvms had nothing set to them, I fixed that now, I know how to use nano so I'm sure that's ok now, but the qubes-prefs command keeps giving me the same

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes does not work anymore, only have access to dom0

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
juana231231...@gmail.com: And qubes-prefs default_template debian-9 (I did check that I have debian-9 installed) qubes-prefs: error: Failed to connect to qubesd service: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Well that's not going to do us much good if we need to have it running to fix an

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes does not work anymore, only have access to dom0

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
juana231231...@gmail.com: El domingo, 28 de abril de 2019, 8:57:14 (UTC-3), awokd escribió: juana231231...@gmail.com wrote on 4/28/19 11:35 AM: If it helps when I restart it tells me to check systemctl status qubesd.service When I put that on terminal I do get errors qubesd.service - Qubes

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes does not work anymore, only have access to dom0

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
juana231231...@gmail.com wrote on 4/28/19 11:35 AM: If it helps when I restart it tells me to check systemctl status qubesd.service When I put that on terminal I do get errors qubesd.service - Qubes OS daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/qubesd.service; enabled; vendor preset;

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes does not work anymore, only have access to dom0

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
juana231231...@gmail.com wrote on 4/28/19 10:42 AM: r/Qubes •Posted byu/dom0help 11 minutes ago Qubes does not work anymore, only have access to dom0 Hi, Qubes0S was working perfectly until yesterday, I turned the machine on today and nothing works, a dom0 terminal is open on start (this

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes OS energy consumption TOO high! Is this normal?

2019-04-28 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Ye Lin: Hi, I am new to Qubes OS. I just brought a Thinkpad x1 Carbon gen6 to install Qubes OS onto it. Despite, I tried to install tlp on every appVM and Dom0, my energy-rate still go up to as high as 28.9W when I have a lot of appVM open. The energy-rate is between 15W~28W according to

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes installer reboots computer spontaneously

2019-04-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
freddycribb...@gmail.com wrote on 4/23/19 1:59 PM: Did so and was able to get through the setup. However, now it is exhibiting the same behavior at “Executing Qubes configuration.” It will display the above, freeze, and then reboot. So you've made it all the way through the first stage of the

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes Windows Tools R4 - testing repository or old version?

2019-04-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Daniil Travnikov: Yes, I tried the 4.0.1-3 version. And after the command: 'bcdedit /set testsigning on' in Windows promt i got testing mode OS and after that I start the .exe file on the 'D:' but on the middle of the installation process VM halting every time. At first I thought that it

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes Windows Tools R4 - testing repository or old version?

2019-04-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Daniil Travnikov: And every time I get this version: qubes-windows-tools 4.0.1-3 Can anybody tell me is there old version. If yes, then how can I install the older version of QWT? There are older versions in https://yum.qubes-os.org/r3.2/current-testing/dom0/fc23/rpm/, but you may want to

Re: [qubes-users] MirageOS as NetVM

2019-04-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
miragenetvm@mail2tor: Faq: Can I install Qubes OS on a system without VT-d? Yes. You can even run a NetVM, but you will not benefit from DMA protection for driver domains. On a system without VT-d, everything should work in the same way, except there will be no real security benefit to having

Re: [qubes-users] Question on when to use SIGN_KEY when building Qubes

2019-04-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'Public Email Account' via qubes-users: Excuse if this is already asked or documented somewhere. I was not able to find. I am 80 year old grandma and still learning computers so please dont flame me too much. I am still learning. I ask questions so I can prevent from arriving to error on false

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes source code in Python?

2019-04-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
jrsmi...@gmail.com: I was looking at the Qubes source recently and was mildly surprised to see that much of the Qubes-specific code is written in Python. As much as that helps with productivity, I would have thought that the security risks outweigh the benefits. Doesn’t the runtime engine

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes installer reboots computer spontaneously

2019-04-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
freddycribb...@gmail.com: After some tinkering, I’ve come to find out that it’s not only the installer that causes the computer to reboot, but the initial setup post-installation as well. It’s as if my laptop refuses to play nice with the OS. I’m at a loss as to what to do going forward. I

Re: [qubes-users] GPU vs NIC: firmware security

2019-04-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
demioben...@gmail.com wrote on 4/15/19 4:28 AM: My laptop (Lenovo P51) works fantastically with QubesOS. It has two GPUs: Intel integrated graphics and a discrete NVIDIA card. For gaming, I am interested in pass-through of one (NOT both) to a VM. I believe that the integrated graphics

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4 boot stuck at: "[ OK ] Reached target Basic System. "

2019-04-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Ryan Tate wrote on 4/16/19 6:44 PM: It would be nice if someone from the Qubes team could provide at least some basic tips for Qubes users on how to avoid having our installations completely ruined by what are apparently LVM issues. Here's why I'm hoping 4.1 will help:

Re: [qubes-users] status of USB devices in "Qubes Devices" not updated

2019-04-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Tomáš Vondra wrote on 4/16/19 12:56 PM: Hi, I'm struggling with a strange issue with USB devices for the last couple of days - not exactly sure when it started, though. I'm running up to date 4.0 without sys-usb (because of USB keyboard etc.) and when I connect a USB disk / SD card I get

Re: [qubes-users] manually import VM's

2019-04-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Chris Laprise wrote on 4/16/19 9:48 PM: Perhaps you could define the secondary storage as a Qubes storage pool, then create empty vms in that pool. Finally, mv/lvrename/snapshot/ln (your choice, depending on type of storage and preference) your existing volumes as necessary. Thank you,

Re: [qubes-users] manually import VM's

2019-04-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
awokd wrote on 9/26/18 9:55 PM: cyberian@national.shitposting.agency wrote on 9/25/18 7:05 PM: I will be reimaging a QubesOS machine.  Will I be able to save the existing VM's manually and import into the fresh Install of Qubes? I would like to do the backup operation without needing to

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4 boot stuck at: "[ OK ] Reached target Basic System. "

2019-04-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
awokd wrote on 4/4/19 6:56 PM: cube...@tutamail.com wrote on 4/4/19 6:32 PM: Hi, Yes, I've tried the command "vgchange -ay" and it gives me error message: "Check of pool qubes_dom0/pool00 failed (status:1). Manual repair required! 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "qubes_dom0" now active.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Updated HCL report - Dell Precision 5520

2019-04-16 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Came across the right way to do this. See the "Change xen configuration directly in an iso image" section under https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/#change-installer-kernel-parameters-in-uefi. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [qubes-users] Unable to install qubes on msi gl63 8rc

2019-04-13 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
pdkambo...@gmail.com wrote on 4/13/19 5:54 AM: I did that. I got past salt installation, but now it got stuck while installing kernel-qubes-vm.x86 Could it be switching to some low power mode which breaks the install? Maybe try hitting the shift key every 10 minutes or so while it's

Re: [qubes-users] Cannot install cubes on Lenovo X1 Carbon 4gen

2019-04-13 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
rogertobler via qubes-users wrote on 4/13/19 6:47 AM: Am Samstag, 13. April 2019 01:36:54 UTC+2 schrieb awokd: rogertobler via qubes-users wrote on 4/12/19 12:52 PM: Hi there When booting from usb, I am always ending up in the emergency shell. I see lots of "dracut-initqueue timeouts" and

Re: [qubes-users] Cannot install cubes on Lenovo X1 Carbon 4gen

2019-04-12 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
rogertobler via qubes-users wrote on 4/12/19 12:52 PM: Hi there When booting from usb, I am always ending up in the emergency shell. I see lots of "dracut-initqueue timeouts" and that's it. I tried to create a usb stick with fedora, but the documentation does not match the iso file. There is

Re: [qubes-users] Unable to install qubes on msi gl63 8rc

2019-04-12 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
pdkambo...@gmail.com: I have been trying to install qubes on my laptop for a day now. Everytime it happens to stop while installing qubes-mgmt-salt-dom0-update.noarch (828/1041) I have tried to install it in both UEFI and Legacy modes. Try the suggestions towards the bottom of

Re: [qubes-users] Whonix-ws kill switch?

2019-04-11 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
22...@tutamail.com: If I am using Whonix-gw and Whonix-ws on Qubes is there in a sense a Tor kill switch in place by default? i.e. would Whonix-ws, if always connected to whonix-gw, ONLY transmit data thru Tor? or if the Tor circuit breaks is the data transferred thru clear-net... Yes, that

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I found a good working alternative to pci video passthrough for owners of separate windows gaming PC w/ modern nvidia video card

2019-04-11 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
jrsmi...@gmail.com: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 1:35:38 PM UTC-7, neovalis wrote: Low latency game streaming is fantastic and doesn't need a GPU on the client to work well. Moonlight Stream https://moonlight-stream.org/ is a great open source project that allows near zero latency game

Re: [qubes-users] Re: all new kernels are unusable with amdgpu - Sapphire Nitro + RX590

2019-04-11 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
CooSee wrote on 4/6/19 8:07 PM: however, i assume the combination with very old dom0 + xen + fedora 25 is not really possible to use on newer hardware. You might be interested in Qubes 4.1 which will run Fedora 29 in dom0. It's not ready for release yet, but you could keep an eye out or

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Corebooted G505s Suspend/Resume Fails

2019-04-11 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Mike Banon: Excellent discovery, awokd and qubes123! qubes123 gets 100% of the credit, I merely confirmed it. Please try to somehow upstream your solution to Xen. Idea: find a way to detect a CPU type before executing this "recheck_cpu_features(0)" function, and if it is AMD CPU - maybe just

Re: [qubes-users] sys-net not starting and no vms booting

2019-04-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
sykers...@gmail.com: Qubes OS version: R4:0 but sys-net would not start, and somehow, the debian-9 template private vm file was gone. Have you tried changing AppVMs like sys-net to use the fedora template instead of debian-9? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Corebooted G505s Suspend/Resume Fails

2019-04-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
awokd wrote on 4/10/19 8:50 PM: Got my build environment going, but I think I am missing a step. I edit /home/user/qubes-builder/chroot-dom0-fc25/home/user/rpmbuild/BUILD/xen-4.8.5/xen/arch/x86/acpi/power.c with the above patch. Then I run "make vmm-xen". Then I see it has overwritten my

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Corebooted G505s Suspend/Resume Fails

2019-04-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
awokd wrote on 4/8/19 6:43 PM: qubes123 wrote on 4/8/19 6:08 PM: ...distribution kernels (fedora, debian) with xen 4.11.1 still have issues with suspend & g505s... Understood, thank you! That will save a lot of testing time. I'm still getting my build environment stood up, but will update

Re: [qubes-users] Alt+Tab not redirected in AppVM

2019-04-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
799 wrote on 4/10/19 8:37 PM: 'awokd' via qubes-users schrieb am Mi., 10. Apr. 2019, 22:30: 799 wrote on 4/10/19 8:12 PM: I tried edting the shortcut file in ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml (...) ... but those settings didn't work, nothing

Re: [qubes-users] Alt+Tab not redirected in AppVM

2019-04-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
799 wrote on 4/10/19 8:12 PM: I tried edting the shortcut file in ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml from: to: and I tried also: ... but those settings didn't work, nothing changed. I also tried to a new shortcuts via the Qubes Menu > Keyboard

Re: [qubes-users] Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse via USB?

2019-04-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
jrsmi...@gmail.com wrote on 4/10/19 7:13 PM: To be concrete and transparent, the mobo with PS/2 is a Gigabyte X299 Designare ex with four USB controllers and a header for a hardware TPM, which I’ve populated. The other mobo is an ASUS X299 Prime Deluxe II with no PS/2, five USB controllers

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Qubes Os 4.0 - problem with performance

2019-04-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Cranix wrote on 4/10/19 6:02 PM: When my machine boots i see sp5100_tco: I/O address 0x0cd6 already in use Can it be related to my performance problem? No, that's a pretty common message. The TBD: tbd_open_ex could not open file /var/lib/xenstored/tbd no such file or directory xen free = too

Re: [qubes-users] Re: How risky is GPU pass-through?

2019-04-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
From Throwaway42's document: > GRUB\_CMDLINE\_LINUX=" > rd.qubes.hide\_pci=0a:00.0,0a:00.1 > modprobe=xen-pciback.passthrough=1 > xen-pciback.permissive" Instead of xen-pciback.permissive on the Linux options line, could you set the GPU's two PCI devices to permissive

Re: [qubes-users] Starting Win10 HVM install crashes Qubes, and other bugs

2019-04-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
awokd wrote on 3/30/19 4:50 PM: Mindus Amitiel Debsin wrote on 3/30/19 9:41 AM: Hello Qubes community! Hello again! The other issue and the reason for this post is that after reading several guides for Windows HVM installs and trying every option in the Qubes Manager GUI, the Win10 HVM

Re: [qubes-users] Re: How risky is GPU pass-through?

2019-04-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
799 wrote on 4/9/19 7:31 PM: Hello throwaway42, schrieb am Di., 9. Apr. 2019, 21:17: (...) Just for information: I have a gaming VM inside Qubes OS It is a windows 7 HVM, with a dedicated GPU. Performance are very good. I referenced some useful links here https://neowutran.ovh/qubeos.pdf

Re: [qubes-users] apt update issues with debian and whonix templates recently

2019-04-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Devin Cofer wrote on 4/9/19 5:04 PM: Hello all, Recently my Qubes 4 installation's debian template and whonix templates stopped updating correctly. Fedora-based templates and Dom0 update fine. `sudo apt update` on debian template will error when it tries to fetch jessie-backports Release.

Re: [qubes-users] Alt+Tab not redirected in AppVM

2019-04-09 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
799 wrote on 4/9/19 7:28 AM: I think the easiest way is 1) switching Alt+Tab against Windows+Tab. Can this be done? Maybe https://superuser.com/questions/458846/how-to-map-alttab-behavior-to-another-keyboard-combination ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Corebooted G505s Suspend/Resume Fails

2019-04-08 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
qubes123 wrote on 4/8/19 6:08 PM: ...distribution kernels (fedora, debian) with xen 4.11.1 still have issues with suspend & g505s... Understood, thank you! That will save a lot of testing time. I'm still getting my build environment stood up, but will update once I can confirm the

Re: [qubes-users] Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse via USB?

2019-04-06 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
jrsmi...@gmail.com: I just read Joanna’s 2011 article describing the challenges of USB security and I think this answers my question. Connecting the PS/2 keyboard and mouse to a USB device via an adapter still leaves the issue of securing the USB controller, so it offers little or nothing in

Re: [qubes-users] coreboot on modern hardware?

2019-04-06 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Chris Laprise wrote on 4/6/19 2:08 PM: On 3/30/19 3:47 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: Chris Laprise wrote on 3/30/19 7:10 PM: BTW, like some other Qubers I got a G505s with the AMD A10. Still need to figure out how to flash it. Mike Banon's done some great work here. Check out http

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Corebooted G505s Suspend/Resume Fails

2019-04-06 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
dm1.libe...@gmail.com wrote on 4/6/19 7:14 AM: This issue is due to a xen patch ("Fix resume, when using microcode upgrade"), that has been included when releases changed from xen-4.8.3-4 to xen-4.8.3-5. This patch checks the availability of previous CPU features (..Spectre) during resume,

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