Re: [qubes-users] Re: Attaching a single USB device to a qube (USB passthrough)

2017-03-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
boot can be a risk, since Qubes can't isolate USB controllers during early stages of the boot process. IIRC, Joanna's recommendation is to unplug all USB devices before (re)booting. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.

Re: [qubes-users] DNS

2017-03-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
expected DNS server on my LAN. >> >> Do you have an idea why this DNAT rule is missing? (I am not sure to >> understand why 2 different nameserver are filled in resolv.conf). >> >> Many thanks for your help, >> >> Antoine >> >> -- > > No idea

Re: [qubes-users] Re: fedora-24 update error: nothing provides ostree-libs(x86-64) >= 2016.14 needed by flatpak-0.8.3-3.fc24.x86_64

2017-03-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-03-05 12:05, raahe...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 5:31:48 AM UTC-5, Andrew David Wong wrote: > On 2017-03-03 15:41, raahe...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> On Friday, March 3, 2017 at 6:38:24 PM UTC-5, raah...@gm

Re: [qubes-users] First time user: initial issues and thoughts

2017-03-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
y userspace, which > could optionally do some authenticity checks (e.g. verify the bootloader > was not modified)[2], and then ask for the main partition password. > Although not perfect, this helps protects the kernel and early userspace > from tampering and mitigates certain other offline attacks

Re: [qubes-users] Re: fedora-24 update error: nothing provides ostree-libs(x86-64) >= 2016.14 needed by flatpak-0.8.3-3.fc24.x86_64

2017-03-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
need it?! >>> >>> thanks >> >> I removed it haven't noticed any problems. But I also wonder >> what it is. > > Hopefully removing it did not lessen my security? > Relevant issue: https://github.com/QubesOS/qub

Re: [qubes-users] do I really need these packages in dom0 :?

2017-03-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
days for this but didn't see anything submitted, so I've created an issue for it: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2670 Didn't mean to steal your thunder, but I was afraid it would end up falling through the cracks (as so many important issues do). > We shoul

Re: [qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Re: Google Summer of Code 2017

2017-03-01 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-03-01 13:41, Grzegorz Chodzicki wrote: > > > On 03/01/2017 10:19 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: >> On 2017-03-01 07:39, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote: >>> W dniu środa, 1 marca 2017 16:05:32 UTC+1 użytkownik Grzesie

Re: [qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Re: Google Summer of Code 2017

2017-03-01 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-03-01 07:39, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote: > W dniu środa, 1 marca 2017 16:05:32 UTC+1 użytkownik Grzesiek > Chodzicki napisał: >> W dniu środa, 1 marca 2017 04:45:27 UTC+1 użytkownik Andrew >> David Wong napisał: >

Re: [qubes-users] Programmatically performing software update

2017-03-01 Thread Andrew David Wong
ng updates (optionally as a cron job): https://gist.github.com/andrewdavidwong/d0b109186de65835255d467ae103c289 - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYtptVAAoJENtN07w5UDAwkLwP/3Wp9RLzcU

Re: [qubes-users] Trouble reinstalling Whonix-ws template in Qubes 3.2

2017-03-01 Thread Andrew David Wong
ability of templates that are already installed. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYtpsMAAoJENtN07w5UDAwJqAP/jA8bi+kmOwkGoOr3t8RRq1X UQKorCQ4Nd96PkJ75uYPAmRspoxnTfIgaul6mtoO6ZVYXArQlcX9BkAxhqlcjelb pX

[qubes-users] Qubes OS 3.1 reaches EOL on 2017-03-29

2017-03-01 Thread Andrew David Wong
announcement on the Web at: https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2017/03/01/qubes-os-3-1-eol-on-2017-03-29/ [Supported Versions]: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/supported-versions/ [Version Scheme]: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/version-scheme/ [downloads]: https://www.qubes-os.org/downloads/ - -- Andrew David

Re: [qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Re: Google Summer of Code 2017

2017-02-28 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-28 03:21, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote: > W dniu wtorek, 28 lutego 2017 06:50:47 UTC+1 użytkownik Andrew > David Wong napisał: On 2017-02-27 10:29, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote: >>>> W dniu poniedziałek, 27 lutego 2

[qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Re: Google Summer of Code 2017

2017-02-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-27 10:29, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote: > W dniu poniedziałek, 27 lutego 2017 19:19:07 UTC+1 użytkownik > Andrew David Wong napisał: We’re pleased to announce that the Qubes > OS Project has been accepted as a mentor organization f

[qubes-users] Google Summer of Code 2017

2017-02-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
you’re interested in participating, please see our GSoC 2017 page for details! https://www.qubes-os.org/gsoc/ - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYtG2GAAoJENtN07w5UDAwsvkP/2YTJ29u+cJRRtZXewopCUEm

Re: [qubes-users] flexlm license manager in AppVM

2017-02-25 Thread Andrew David Wong
work with such a commercial > software in an AppVM, as I don't want to work in the TemplateVM? > Consider using a StandaloneVM: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/glossary/#standalonevm - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www

Re: [qubes-users] How to manage shortcuts to applications in DispVM?

2017-02-23 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-23 04:56, Unman wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 08:55:23PM -0800, Andrew David Wong wrote: >> On 2017-02-17 16:54, Unman wrote: >>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 12:14:52AM +0100, u+q...@bestemt.no >>> wrote: >&g

Re: [qubes-users] How to use a and which mailclient in QUBES (via TOR)?

2017-02-22 Thread Andrew David Wong
ird with TorBirdy and Split GPG. This is what I used to do, though I did run into compatibility issues, which *might* now be solved. Using Split GPG would help to mitigate the concern about exposing your PGP keys to the Whonix Workstation VM: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/split-gpg/ - --

Re: [qubes-users] Two disposable VM options?

2017-02-22 Thread Andrew David Wong
/866 More recently, unman has shared a script that works around this issue: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/2uN9ybLTqHQ/XMy6d5UkDwAJ - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [qubes-users] How to manage shortcuts to applications in DispVM?

2017-02-22 Thread Andrew David Wong
in this manner, but I see no changes (no option to add additional menu entries or launcher entries) even after regenerating the DVM Template. How is this supposed to work? - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQ

Re: [qubes-users] Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'updates'

2017-02-21 Thread Andrew David Wong
short time. > Unman is correct. I'll just add that one way to "poke Tor," i.e., to get a "new identity" by building a new circuit, is to open Arm (Tor Controller) in sys-whonix and press "n". - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes O

Re: [qubes-users] Display section of XFCE panel from another VM in Dom0?

2017-02-21 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-20 10:02, hawk...@bitmessage.ch wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 02:05:41 -0800 > Andrew David Wong wrote: > > On 2017-02-17 13:06, hawk...@bitmessage.ch wrote: >>>> As a generalization of my previous quest

Re: [qubes-users] strange error when installing pycairo on fedora minimal

2017-02-21 Thread Andrew David Wong
being a fc23 > version? (maybe the version was simply not updated) > how can i install pycairo? > > - John > This is a known issue: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2606 As described in the comments, the workaround is to specify a version num

Re: [qubes-users] qubes partitioning questsion

2017-02-20 Thread Andrew David Wong
me - 100Мб > /var/log - 300Mb > /var/log/ > > BTW: Looks like LVM thin provisioning gives at least two times slower > writes, so I'm about to use usual LVM. > > Take a look at this, if you haven't already: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/custom-install/ - -- Andrew Da

Re: [qubes-users] Display section of XFCE panel from another VM in Dom0?

2017-02-20 Thread Andrew David Wong
XFCE panel. I would like to get this displaying >> the netVM's traffic rate, next to the red netvm in Dom0's panel. >> However, typically it doesn't run in the "notification area", and I'm >> not sure how to get it displayed in Dom0 (as the netvm i

Re: [qubes-users] program icons for fedora-minimal

2017-02-20 Thread Andrew David Wong
a minimal > vms? - john > This is a known issue with no known workaround: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2536 - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYqr6cAAoJENtN07w5UDAwtI8P/2baaYODx

Re: [qubes-users] Global updates question

2017-02-16 Thread Andrew David Wong
GUI of each TemplateVM, you can save resources and hassle. Here's an example: https://gist.github.com/andrewdavidwong/d0b109186de65835255d467ae103c289 - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJY

Re: [qubes-users] Install DNSSEC on ProxyVM type (debian) ?

2017-02-12 Thread Andrew David Wong
hx > You have to install it in the TemplateVM (or, for more advanced users, pick a persistent dir and/or use bind-dirs): https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/ - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJY

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Running qvm-create-default-dvm against fedora-24-minimal hangs

2017-02-12 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-12 11:54, qu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > thx for adding it to the documentation. On 12.02.2017 03:22, Andrew > David Wong wrote: > >> Thanks. Added: >> >> https://gi

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I have a bank vm, how do you restrict

2017-02-12 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-11 21:46, elsiebuck...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 9:08:56 PM UTC-5, Andrew David > Wong wrote: >> >> You should try to the method I described here: >> >> https://groups.

Re: [qubes-users] Two factor LUKS decryption

2017-02-11 Thread Andrew David Wong
t; See: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/yubi-key/ - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYn8cdAAoJENtN07w5UDAwNCoQAKqWEHlX9WgzZM8aUdsuqZC1 sPVL8P7ihP4thyFiHnxfS527ASb8UxnpXFwZCnyEmtp103ons

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Running qvm-create-default-dvm against fedora-24-minimal hangs

2017-02-11 Thread Andrew David Wong
Thx in advance > > I have finally figured out the missing package. It is "perl-Encode". > With this the dvm creation process runs through. Can somebody add this > to the "Customize disposable vm Wiki"? > > Regards > Thanks. Added: https://github.com/Qubes

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I have a bank vm, how do you restrict

2017-02-11 Thread Andrew David Wong
I described here: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qubes-users/fSiFkQeoqGE/discussion - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYn8OnAAoJENtN07w5UDAwAG4QAM8LURn

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Nested virtualization

2017-02-10 Thread Andrew David Wong
tainers, like docker and lxc, are possible, as > is emulation like running qemu without kvm extensions or virtualbox > with 32bit guests with acceleration turned off. > > you could make your own qubes build with it on. look for marmarek > in qubes-devel for threads on tha

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Shouldn't this be specially noted in Qubes HCL? (was: what about usb to jtag interface?)

2017-02-10 Thread Andrew David Wong
better > competition in security conscious hardware. > >> Shouldn't these CPUs and motherboards be specially noted as >> dangerous in qubes HCL? > > agreed, but i think its up to Andrew David Wong > > (i hope that triggers a mention notice so he sees this) >

Re: [qubes-users] Mount point /proc/xen in appVM prevents flatpak packages from starting (Issue #2540 impact wider than reported)

2017-02-10 Thread Andrew David Wong
;m writing to the mailing list > to let other puzzled flatpak-distributed-software-users know. > Thanks, Alex! :) - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYnrgwAAoJENtN07w5UDAwfV0QAJ

[qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Re: Devilspie2 integration

2017-02-10 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-10 15:32, Oleg Artemiev wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Andrew David Wong > wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 >> >> [Please keep the list CCed.] >>>>> why do we use

Re: [qubes-users] Re: What? Can I access a windows USB drive?

2017-02-09 Thread Andrew David Wong
ly, it should also work in the same way using qvm-block, but the let's try to eliminate some variables.) - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYnRpuAAoJENtN07w5UDAwZe8P/A0UlSRG9cZl+dQ3K3Km0Icy

Re: [qubes-users] Problem with a Privacy Guide

2017-02-09 Thread Andrew David Wong
your updateVM is NOT running through Tor then > updates will always file. If it IS then they will fail some of the time > - that seems to be inevitable using Tor. > > If you really do want to revert then you dont need to worry about this. > Just revert the changes you made

Re: [qubes-users] qvm-run fails silently with chromium

2017-02-08 Thread Andrew David Wong
bug it. > > I would be thankful for any help. > > Thanks! > Is chromium the only program with which you experience this problem? - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE---

Re: [qubes-users] What? Can I access a windows USB drive?

2017-02-08 Thread Andrew David Wong
y. Please describe, in detail, (1) what you expect to happen, (2) the exact steps you're performing in an attempt to achieve (1), and (3) the actual results you're experiencing instead of (1). - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP S

Re: [qubes-users] How do you work with the vault?

2017-02-08 Thread Andrew David Wong
stead of red should not matter (except aesthetically). - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYm4+7AAoJENtN07w5UDAwrQMP/2vJz6L0ghQrIY09+t1jYBmB bJBhGAVLD1fjkh9iobbOhos/AVWAJiSzxSBCB3xdPODF4Jm

Re: [qubes-users] traveling - best practice

2017-02-08 Thread Andrew David Wong
ow, it's very difficult. I just try to be very careful when entering passphrases. If I have insufficient privacy, I don't enter them at all. Once per-VM encryption is implemented, it should help with many aspects of this problem: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1293 - --

Re: [qubes-users] Copy/Paste images

2017-02-08 Thread Andrew David Wong
cluded by default soon: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/953 - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYm43EAAoJENtN07w5UDAwPuQP/25xgVK7bL5XMJjRHKLeWMJu 5HXOai2TaFKLdIscyVHIZbjSqT/9B+06+

Re: [qubes-users] I have a bank vm, how do you restrict

2017-02-07 Thread Andrew David Wong
cussed here: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qubes-users/fSiFkQeoqGE/discussion - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYmapOAAoJENtN07w5UDAwQKkP/Rk9PPLXAPtTagkGJssRoOXU jF50P

Re: [qubes-users] Cloned VMs do not appear in Qubes VM Manager

2017-02-07 Thread Andrew David Wong
to: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2054 You may have to manually edit /var/lib/qubes.xml, but be very careful if you do. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYmal5AA

Re: [qubes-users] Audio CD via USB drive

2017-02-07 Thread Andrew David Wong
es to access. But qubes attempts to expose the drive > as a block device makes it unaccessible to sound-juicer. > > Is there a way to prevent this? E. g. prevent qubes from exposing a certain > device in a certain appvm? > > Best regards, > Timo > Not sure if this is an op

[qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Re: Devilspie2 integration

2017-02-07 Thread Andrew David Wong
These might be particularly subjective to the user's workflow. >> Why not just place those windows on that virtual desktop if you >> want to, and not place any other ones there? Why does it have to >> be enforced by the OS? > I did not request to

Re: [qubes-users] I haven't received updates for dom0 for more than 3 weeks!

2017-02-07 Thread Andrew David Wong
es > in sys-firewall which isn't connected to whonix-gw but to sys-net? In that case, you can set your UpdateVM as a ProxyVM that uses sys-whonix as its NetVM. You can just create a new ProxyVM for this purpose. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-o

Re: [qubes-users] VM Updated and dom0 Update Failing

2017-02-06 Thread Andrew David Wong
non-whonix, so the network is > reachable from my hardware. My sys-net has 2 devices attached, an > eth0 device and my wireless card; using wireless. > Are you only able to connect through Tor, or can do you also have clearnet connections from AppVMs? > I don't know why the upda

Re: [qubes-users] I haven't received updates for dom0 for more than 3 weeks!

2017-02-06 Thread Andrew David Wong
nk that's normal. My last dom0 updates were on January 8. I haven't seen any available since then, whether checking over Tor or over my home clearnet connection. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org --

Re: [qubes-users] disposable VMs: several different ones, and preconfigured

2017-02-06 Thread Andrew David Wong
s.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/2uN9ybLTqHQ/XMy6d5UkDwAJ > - (how) can I preconfigure disposable VMs? AIUI the home directory is always > created freshly, how can I put stuff in there? (eg always re-configuring > Firefox is annoying…) https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/dispvm-customizatio

Re: [qubes-users] HCL Suggestions?

2017-02-06 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-03 17:49, Andrew David Wong wrote: > [...] This is a good time to mention that we're in need of an HCL > maintainer. Our longtime volunteer HCL maintainer, Zrubi, no > longer has the time to do it. We all owe Zrubi a deb

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Fedora-minimal Based netVM Not Working

2017-02-06 Thread Andrew David Wong
the last time Vít Šesták posted. > Its one of the last couple posts on 1/4/16. That is where it starts about > the fedora minimal between Him myself and Manuel/Rudd-o. Maybe that might > be of some help. > Also, take a look at the "NetVM&q

Re: [qubes-users] Disposable VMs

2017-02-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-05 14:23, Unman wrote: > On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 04:38:09AM -0800, Andrew David Wong wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 >> >> On 2017-02-04 12:59, Unman wrote: >>> On Sat, Fe

Re: [qubes-users] HCL Suggestions?

2017-02-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-05 05:10, Stickstoff wrote: > On 02/05/2017 01:39 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: >> On 2017-02-04 15:10, Oleg Artemiev wrote: >>>> This is a good time to mention that we're in need of an HCL >>>> ma

Re: [qubes-users] qubes regularry attaches and detaches usb card reader

2017-02-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
ng about how to create a USB qube? https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb/#creating-and-using-a-usb-qube - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYlx5XAAoJENtN07w5UDAwYjEP/3cEI+b

Re: [qubes-users] symlinks in /va/lib/qubes for files

2017-02-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
nd restoring AppVMs in such symlinked directories. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYlx2RAAoJENtN07w5UDAwwtoQAI64lYDoPjb6jMBDnzJersmF QmeYHjLxf+amM0E2ujfjJnviVQCuEIrEiN/kCJiRosI+q0kvZnP+3vEIsUBNBR7Y

Re: [qubes-users] HCL Suggestions?

2017-02-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
had to be edited manually, but it could indeed be automated better. Can you help us with that? :D - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYlxzlAAoJENtN07w5UDAwK8AQAMRo/7/9OUj0W6/CTc32Bqfj iQ6If

Re: [qubes-users] Disposable VMs

2017-02-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
/lib/qubes/appvms. So if you > generate a number of different dvms based on different templates, > it's simple to switch between them before launching a new dispVM. > The launch time isn't noticeably different from starting up a new > dispVM, and voila - multi

Re: [qubes-users] Current chances of successful Qubes-3.2 on iMac 27" Retina, Mac OSX Sierra 10.12.3 (i5, Radeon M380)

2017-02-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
) EFI loader, using configuration [...], > vmlinuz [...], initrd.img [...]" > > (I'm guessing the video is going elsewhere, but I don't know > where!) > > Thanks! > - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP S

Re: [qubes-users] HCL Suggestions?

2017-02-03 Thread Andrew David Wong
do it. We all owe Zrubi a debt of gratitude for keeping up this thankless task for so long! :) Any volunteers? - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYlTMPAAoJENtN07w5UDAwy8IQAIsstiJxRm1/c8ZSqo86jS9x zHiO84jZ

Re: [qubes-users] Problems updating Fedora templates

2017-02-03 Thread Andrew David Wong
t-run-yum-or-dnf-failed-to-synchronize-cache-for-repo/ https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/286707/failed-to-syncronize-cache-for-repo-fedora-possible-proxy-issues https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219283 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205341 - -- Andrew David Won

Re: [qubes-users] Problems updating Fedora templates

2017-02-03 Thread Andrew David Wong
s-specific. It usually means that there's some problem with the repo server or with your connection to the server. You can keep retrying the server until you get through, or try again later. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN P

Re: [qubes-users] qvm-usb fails if sys-usb template is set to fedora-24-minimal

2017-02-03 Thread Andrew David Wong
VM > > Additional details: > Switching the template back to regular fedora-24 causes the qvm-usb to work > fine. > Are you sure that the necessary packages and all dependencies are actually installed? See: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2606 - -- Andrew David Wong

Re: [qubes-users] Monitor won't wake up after temporary hdmi switchover

2017-02-03 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-03 09:57, Patrick Bouldin wrote: > On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 12:44:12 PM UTC-5, Patrick Bouldin > wrote: >> On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 12:28:36 AM UTC-5, Andrew David >> Wong wrote: > On 2017-02-02 07:57,

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Devilspie2 integration

2017-02-03 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-03 00:27, Hack wrote: > On 02/03/2017 09:05 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 2017-02-02 > 23:13, Hack wrote: >>>> On 02/03/2017 06:35 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On >>>> 2017-02-02 06:09, Hack wrote: >>

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Devilspie2 integration

2017-02-03 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-02 23:13, Hack wrote: > On 02/03/2017 06:35 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 2017-02-02 > 06:09, Hack wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Could it be possible to provide Qubes OS with Devilspie2 at >>

Re: [qubes-users] Devilspie2 integration

2017-02-02 Thread Andrew David Wong
spie2 (or a similar program) yourself and set up your own virtual desktops as you please, if that's what you desire? - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYlBacAAoJENtN07w5UDAwgBUP/jeFcplQex

Re: [qubes-users] Problems with mount of an external BR-Burner

2017-02-02 Thread Andrew David Wong
sr0 /home/user/CD', > the path exists. the error notice: bad superblock Any idea? > I suspect that this is not a Qubes-specific problem: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/08/msg00530.html - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org

Re: [qubes-users] Monitor won't wake up after temporary hdmi switchover

2017-02-02 Thread Andrew David Wong
rate fine, except for the > hdmi monitor. > > > Thank you, Patrick > Maybe this is the same issue? https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2387 - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBC

Re: [qubes-users] Minimal Template - Nautilus cannot copy to other VM

2017-02-01 Thread Andrew David Wong
qubes-issues/issues/2606 Did you make sure to restart the VM after installing pycairo? - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYknEXAAoJENtN07w5UDAw7FEQAJ7

Re: [qubes-users] Re: HCL - Asus ROG GL752VW-GS71-HID6

2017-01-31 Thread Andrew David Wong
t; (not sure if its mounted at exactly /mnt/sysroot - see `mount` output to >>> >>> be sure). >>> >>> >>> >>> Big thanks to Marek!! >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Ronald > > Check whether the network shares

Re: [qubes-users] Memory and network problems

2017-01-31 Thread Andrew David Wong
x27;s not a problem with your router? > I am installing on a Dell PowerEdge T710 and have added > "-- efi=attr=uc" to the boot command. > > Any help with these problems would be much appreciated as I would > like to use Qubes as my main operating system. >

Re: [qubes-users] Lenovo X201t Thinkpad Report

2017-01-31 Thread Andrew David Wong
mat is: HCL - Thank you for your understanding. You can read more about the HCL submission procedure here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hcl/#generating-and-submitting-new-reports - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.or

Re: [qubes-users] Hardware report

2017-01-31 Thread Andrew David Wong
he correct subject line format is: HCL - Thank you for your understanding. You can read more about the HCL submission procedure here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hcl/#generating-and-submitting-new-reports - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https:/

[qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] NetVM very slow at starting up (or not starting up at all!)

2017-01-31 Thread Andrew David Wong
pment as my daily job, so I should be able to look > into and debug things, if you give me an hint CCing Marek, Master of Hints. :) - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYkVJpAAoJENtN07w5UDAwiTUP/0J0QZDE78MWHo

Re: [qubes-users] How to set file association in disposable VMs?

2017-01-29 Thread Andrew David Wong
ome other productivity programs) in fedora-24-okular. 03. In dom0: $ qvm-create-default-dvm fedora-24-okular 04. Create a PDF in fedora-24-okular. 05. Double-click on the PDF in Nautilus. It opens in Evince by default, as expected. 06. Right-click on the PDF in Nautilus. In Properties, set Ok

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Fedora 24 on Qubes 3.1 support, uninstallable packages

2017-01-28 Thread Andrew David Wong
> using dnf to update all packages, the problem is introduced. The > smallest package set I've found to reproduce this is just dnf, ie. > > dnf update dnf > > will trigger the behaviour. But I'm not really sure where to look > next. Any suggestions? > > Th

Re: [qubes-users] mounting external encrypted (LUKS-debian8) hard drive ??

2017-01-28 Thread Andrew David Wong
ething like: $ sudo cryptsetup open /dev/xvdi hdd $ sudo mount /dev/mapper/hdd /mnt/removable $ cd /mnt/removable $ ls - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYjG4DAAoJENtN07w5UDAwQO0QAMPg3I4YoMMxMRcJ

Re: [qubes-users] Mouse and Keyboard Stuck After USB Qube

2017-01-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
our USB qube great power -- potentially control of the entire system. Perhaps someone who has dealt with these issues on Qubes 3.2 will be able to speak from experience. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN

Re: [qubes-users] Image on secondary disk, it's possible?

2017-01-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
m USB? > > A greeting > Yes, you can pass `qvm-start --hddisk=DRIVE_HD` or `qvm-start - --cdrom=DRIVE_CDROM`. See `qvm-start --help` for details. You can also go to Qubes Manager -> VM Settings (of an HVM) -> Advanced tab -> [x] Additional drive -> Select the type, backend

Re: [qubes-users] secure payments w/ qubes via banking VM best practice?

2017-01-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
7;s probably your best bet. Another option is a browser extension that allows you to whitelist the domains you want. This is less secure than Qubes firewall rules (because it's enforced from within the browser instead of from outside the VM), but it allows potentially much more fine-gra

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything like Split GPG for Keepass?

2017-01-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-01-27 18:11, anoa wrote: > On 01/27/2017 12:21 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: >> [Please don't top-post.] >> >> On 2017-01-26 20:21, marcio...@gmail.com wrote: >>> I think it would be not very practical

Re: [qubes-users] Anything like Split GPG for Keepass?

2017-01-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
, it can freely stole it and send wherever it wants. >>> >> >> Yeah, I don't see much benefit in using the split model for >> something like passwords. It really makes sense for asymmetric >> crypto or other challange-re

Re: [qubes-users] Image on secondary disk, it's possible?

2017-01-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
> 2. In general I would like to know if you can install or run the OS > on images on the secondary disk or as an alternative to a secondary > physical disk (SATA or USB)? > Yes, this is easy: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/secondary-storage/ - -- Andrew David Wo

Re: [qubes-users] GPG Pin entry / Passphrase on Enigmail with IceDove / Thunderbird

2017-01-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
ur (sub)key(s) in order to get Split-GPG working correctly. As mentioned above, we do not believe PGP key passphrases to be significant from a security perspective." From: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/split-gpg/ - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Mana

Re: [qubes-users] fixed desktop numbers for VMs or at least fixed start desktop for a VM?

2017-01-25 Thread Andrew David Wong
here was a thread about it: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qubes-users/jtjyq8N6bY0/discussion - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYiVS2AAoJENtN07w5UDAwMNwQA

Re: [qubes-users] Unable to start any VM. Getting: error starting vm: internal error: unable to reset PCI device 0000:

2017-01-25 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-01-25 14:22, Pietro Speroni di Fenizio wrote: > On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 11:13:54 PM UTC+1, Andrew David Wong wrote: > On 2017-01-25 13:27, Pietro Speroni di Fenizio wrote: >>>> Hello, we just installed a Qubes in

Re: [qubes-users] Unable to start any VM. Getting: error starting vm: internal error: unable to reset PCI device 0000:

2017-01-25 Thread Andrew David Wong
. In fact when the computer turns on at the beginning only > dom0 is active and even sys-net and sys-firewall are inactive. > > Many thanks, Pietro > It sounds like you have this device assigned to more than one VM. Check the "Devices" tab in the VM Settings for each VM t

Re: [qubes-users] Redshift in dom0?

2017-01-23 Thread Andrew David Wong
in/qubes-users/redshift - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYhhi8AAoJENtN07w5UDAw3CYP/3RumzXamieUNnWg5aHQ7Son BZS3lLseYzNX4HuTpVH0a1Cq+Ttqp8khQTn6SOVvrQF31GhUsY1HstY6ElN9dKJ2 +/Fjssv8SwIk+BeAyvo

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Updates, security

2017-01-23 Thread Andrew David Wong
y) use the Qubes onion service repos by following these instructions: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/onion-service-repos/ - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJ

Re: [qubes-users] Firewall Broken

2017-01-23 Thread Andrew David Wong
allowing the traffic from the relevant IP in the FORWARD > chain? > > Try changing the netvm for the relevant qube - make sure the iptables > rules change on the firewall. Then try reconnecting. > You can do this on command line using: > qvm-prefs netvm -s none > and > q

Re: [qubes-users] Chipping/Crackling noise on HDMI

2017-01-23 Thread Andrew David Wong
noise using the same setup but running windows, so i > dont think its the hardware or cable. > > Any suggestions? > Have you tried enabling low-latency audio mode for the affected VMs? https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/config-files/ - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes

Re: [qubes-users] Random screen blackouts Qubes 3.1

2017-01-23 Thread Andrew David Wong
now issue? Is there a tool i can use to monitor my > system temps? where should i install such tool? in dom0? > > Thanks > Sounds like it might be this (or related to this): https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2399 - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes O

Re: [qubes-users] Updates, security

2017-01-20 Thread Andrew David Wong
gt; That's strange. I thought that was the original qubes onion >>>> address? If you (meaning qubes admin/dev) don't have control over >>>> "http://qubesosmamapaxpa.onion/";, who does? >>>> > > Yes, it

Re: [qubes-users] Updates, security

2017-01-19 Thread Andrew David Wong
'yum.qubes-os.org' was no longer present in >> the text and therefore couldn't be found in order to be >> replaced. > > I'm not sure what you mean by this. Why would "yum.qubes-os.org" > not have been present in the

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Prob installing VLC in Fedora24 Template

2017-01-18 Thread Andrew David Wong
u might be doing something wrong but leaving it out of your descriptions. For example, your "procedure" didn't even include enabling the RPMFusion repo, so evidently a lot of important details are missing from your reports. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community

Re: [qubes-users] Updates, security

2017-01-18 Thread Andrew David Wong
are 2 distinct onion addresses that can be used for > the qubes repos, "qubesos4z6n4.onion" or "whonix > kk63ava6.onion". Is there any reason to prefer one over > the other? > No, both point to the same server. > 2. Which onion address s

Re: [qubes-users] Updates, security

2017-01-17 Thread Andrew David Wong
rect onion repo. Tried using "sudo > sed -i 's/yum.qubes-os.org/yum.qubesos4z6n4.onion/' > /etc/yum.repos.d/qubes-dom0.repo && cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/qubes-dom0.repo" with the same results.' > > (Noticed the command from the whonix wiki

Re: [qubes-users] Updates, security

2017-01-15 Thread Andrew David Wong
if the devs could make that change in an > upcoming update, at least until onion service repos are > implemented. > Qubes onion repos have just been implemented. Minimal documentation available here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hidden-service-repos/ - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Commun

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