Re: [qubes-users] Re: Cannot pass USB drive to Windows HVM

2018-04-18 Thread River~~
> > @Qubes Team: > Is this something that will be solved in the near future? [Reliable > throughput from sys-USB to Win7 HVM ??] > Windows Support is very important to run corporate apps and also when you > work in customer environments. > > Maybe opening asking for funding would motivate someone

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Lenovo G505S Coreboot

2018-04-20 Thread River~~
wrote: > On Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at ... One question I have is regarding boot time for 4.0. Is it several minutes > long for you on coreboot/Qubes 4.0? It is what I am seeing. Is this significantly longer than for Qubes 3.2? (I am new here and never used 3.2)

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Lenovo G505S Coreboot

2018-04-20 Thread River~~
correction where I said > > My assumption is that the time is explained by the fact that it is not > only booting the physical machine but also the various CMs that are tagged > to be started at bootup. > I meant VMs, not CMs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [qubes-users] Re: qvm-create-windows-qube 2.0

2020-01-20 Thread River~~
Hi unman I said: > > In version 4 of Qubes, the Debian templates need a little extra software to run as templates for the sys-XXX Qubes. Best to is to pieced [typo: proceed] as if for the minimal Debian template, and apt-install what's needed for the three sys-XXX Qubes. Some of those packages

Re: [qubes-users] Re: qvm-create-windows-qube 2.0

2020-01-22 Thread River~~
No unman, please get off my case on this. You misrepresent my intention totally, and ate responding without showing signs of having read the material I pointed you to. My *original* original post on this subject, which I pointed you to, asked whether that expectation was reasonable, and awokd

Re: [qubes-users] Re: qvm-create-windows-qube 2.0

2020-01-20 Thread River~~
On 17:33, Mon, 20 Jan 2020 unman > > So what you mean is that *your* Debian-9 template (updated) does not > work as a template for sys-XXX qubes on *your* hardware. > That's different. I think you are missing my point here. The Fedora templates do work on both my laptops, the (older) Debian

Re: [qubes-users] Re: How do I attach a hard drive to a VM on boot?

2020-01-01 Thread River~~
On 16:36, Sun, 22 Dec 2019 <244clarendo...@gmail.com wrote: > > >> The only remaining problem here might be that /dev/sda3 doesn't >> reference the same drive on each dom0 boot process... >> >> So you'd have to write ... Alternatively you could ... > > > Another option is to label the

[qubes-users] fedora template rpm refuses to go away?

2020-01-05 Thread River~~
Hi all, Just did a new install of the shiny new R 4.0.2 (not the rc!). ((Judging by the date on some of the rpm packages some of the Qubes team spent Christmas day building packages - a nice present to the community, thank you and seasons greetings)) I saved all the VMs from rc3 to restore to

[qubes-users] Re: Happy Father’s Day

2020-06-23 Thread River~~
he price of a years >> rent I can get a 1 company owner van with full service history that should >> last me longer than a year. I managed winter at faslane so I think I am >> able to do it I will just put in a shower and toilet as god knows when >> public toilets will be o

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Getting wifi working on a new machine in qubes 4.0.3 and 4.0.4-rc1

2020-11-27 Thread River~~
Rusty Bird wrote: > > 00.08.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a) > > https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5615#issuecomment-702032377 Thanks for the signpost Rusty :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users"

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

2020-11-27 Thread River~~
hi Steve Steve: > Without a Nation State being involved, the most likely threat would come > from a permiscuous WiFi in the TV auto-connecting to any open networks in > your area. Good point. Which links to my thought if you wanted to keep a Qubes box secure it would be a really BAD idea to plug

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

2020-11-27 Thread River~~
lcome a heads-up by then if your idea is more elegant that using Knoppix. In the meantime, I am going to use Knoppix right now because a solution I know beats an elegant one I didn't think of... Warmly River~~ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &qu

[qubes-users] Re: HCA reports - some advice please

2020-11-25 Thread River~~
On 22/11/2020, River~~ wrote: > hi I have got a new computer working, and it is a model new to Qubes > not just. (Guess who got it cheap on an early bird reduction on > kickstarter then :) > > So, I am going to send in the HCA report. I have produced the .yml > file. It contain

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

2020-11-25 Thread River~~
Hi all In the days of CRT monitors one way the security of a computer system could be compromised non-intrusively (ie without amending the installed code) was by picking up the radio-frequency leakage from the tube in the monitor. This could only be done from near by, but where possible it

[qubes-users] Re: overscan issue & using xrandr in dom0

2020-11-25 Thread River~~
On 22/11/2020, River~~ wrote: > hi all > > I have recently migrated my Qubes to an new desktop computer from my > laptop. Because I have not yet bought a suitable monitor I am using a > TV as an HDMI monitor, and am having the common difficulty that the > picture is bigger tha

[qubes-users] Re: Getting wifi working on a new machine in qubes 4.0.3 and 4.0.4-rc1

2020-11-25 Thread River~~
PS I just checked lspci from terminal in sys-net - it is definitely showing the device, which it lists as follows 00.08.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a) -- 9831*2^1441403+1 is prime, >400k digits -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[qubes-users] Getting wifi working on a new machine in qubes 4.0.3 and 4.0.4-rc1

2020-11-25 Thread River~~
Hi, I am having difficulty getting my wifi working, and have tried in both r 4.0.3 and 4.0.4-rc1. I also tried in the live disks of Fedora versions 25 and 32. It does not work in 25, but is fine in 32. I checked the devices of sys-net, and the Intel network controllwer is being passed across

[qubes-users] installing non-free graphics drivers in dom0 (?)

2020-11-25 Thread River~~
I need to use xrandr to make the edges of my Qubes screen visible in the TV I am using as an HDMI monitor, and this works fine on Knoppix and LinuxMint. I have not been able to get xrandr to set --output at all on Qubes 4, Fedora 25, and Fedora 32. Research on other forums shows this is likely

[qubes-users] overscan issue & using xrandr in dom0

2020-11-22 Thread River~~
hi all I have recently migrated my Qubes to an new desktop computer from my laptop. Because I have not yet bought a suitable monitor I am using a TV as an HDMI monitor, and am having the common difficulty that the picture is bigger than the display area. This is called overscan. The HDMI TV is

[qubes-users] HCA reports - some advice please

2020-11-22 Thread River~~
hi I have got a new computer working, and it is a model new to Qubes not just. (Guess who got it cheap on an early bird reduction on kickstarter then :) So, I am going to send in the HCA report. I have produced the .yml file. It contains some FIXME items. I am unclear: is it up to e to fix them,

[qubes-users] Dual booting different Qubes versions on same machine

2021-06-22 Thread River~~
would ppl welcome my spending time adding a section to the dual boot online documentation? I would be happy to do so if just one person thinks it might be useful WArmly River~~ -- 9831*2^1441403+1 is prime, >400k digits -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou