Aw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] screenshot: send to VM ??

2020-02-08 Thread Ulrich Windl
I just want to say that I'd vote for this feature as the user is expected not to save screenshots in Dom0. Maybe some "Set default destination VM" would be useful for programs that want to save files... >>> Claudia 08.02.2020, 13:13 >>> February 8, 2020 9:01 AM, "haaber" wrote: > Hi, when I

[qubes-users] Where are the VM NICs?

2020-02-08 Thread Ulrich Windl
I have a question on the networks used for VM communication: I'm using Xen PVMs, and then I see the virtual NICs a VM has in xentop (for example). However in Qubes OS the number of NICs is zero. So where are those NICS and virtual LANs configured? I also could not find a bridge device. Maybe the

[qubes-users] the qubes clipboard

2020-02-29 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I'm very much confused with the Qubes OS clipboard: When trying to copy some text from a Temrinal, I mark the text with the mouse then press "Ctrl+Shift+C", and I get a confirmation that the text is copied. However when I try to paste the clipboard in another machine, the contents is not

[qubes-users] Q: Monitoring Updates

2020-02-29 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I noticed that update of templates is rather silent when using the Updater App. Opposed to that when I use "Update Qube" in the Qubes Manager, a text window opens showing actual progress of the update. Unfortunately the mechanism is different (i.e. no Managment DVM is being used). Is

[qubes-users] debian-10 dvm and Terminal

2020-02-29 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I have an odd issue with a debian-10 DVM and the Terminal: If I try to launch a DVM opening the Terminal, the VM starts, the terminal appears for a short moment, then disappears and the DVM is stopped. However when I try the other commands (each starting a new DVM): Files, Firefox,

[qubes-users] Q: (debian-10) Why Thunderbird "Daily"?

2020-02-29 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! When launching Thunderbird via debian-10-dvm I'm greeted with "Welcome to Daily" ("You are using the daily version of Thunderbird, which means you get to experience the absolute newest Thunderbird - fresh out of the build system! But with great power comes great responsibility, we hope you’ll

[qubes-users] Odd DigiNotar Certificates in Thunderbird

2020-02-29 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! Examining the certificates in Thunderbird, I found two "suspect" ones under "Servers": DigiNotar PKIoverheid CA Organisatie - G2 DigiNotar Root CA For a CA those have a very strange certificate serial number, and most oddly Thunderbird displays a "*" in the "Server" column. Shouldn't

[qubes-users] Those "eintr" log messages from qrexec

2020-02-29 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I always thought it must be a bug, seeing "eintr" log messages like this: Feb 29 17:05:19 host qrexec-agent[607]: eintr When viewing the qrexec log, on only see "eintr" messages each in a line, nothing else. What is that supposed to tell me? Regards, Ulrich -- You received this message

[qubes-users] On "https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/tails/"

2020-02-29 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I have some questions that are not covered in https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/tails/: First what is the procedure to add the image the same way as the other templates are installed? If I have the image on a stick, the VM creation procedure does not copy the image, to I would need the image

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: Monitoring Updates

2020-03-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/1/20 2:02 AM, unman wrote: On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 07:40:02PM +0100, Ulrich Windl wrote: Hi! I noticed that update of templates is rather silent when using the Updater App. Opposed to that when I use "Update Qube" in the Qubes Manager, a text window opens showing actua

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] the qubes clipboard

2020-03-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/1/20 1:37 AM, unman wrote: On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 07:02:58PM +, 'Jackie' via qubes-users wrote: Ulrich Windl: Hi! I'm very much confused with the Qubes OS clipboard: When trying to copy some text from a Temrinal, I mark the text with the mouse then press "Ctrl+Shift+C",

[qubes-users] Q: is Qubes OS a "portable" installation?

2020-02-07 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! Being new to Qubes OS on an USB stick, I wonder whether the installation is "portable", meaning whether I can put the stick into different computers. Or is specific hardware-configuration saved during installation (like passing the NIC to the network VM) or at first boot? Of course I'd

[qubes-users] Installation with VT-d disabled; need to redo?

2020-02-07 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I'm new to Qubes OS and to this list: I installed QUbesOS on an 64GB USB stick. That took almost 3 hours! (I filed some issues at github, too) My problem was that I could not find the VT-d setting in the BIOS (see also

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] How to setup Win10 HVM ?

2020-02-18 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> schrieb am 13.02.2020 um 22:38 in Nachricht <7614_1581629892_5E45C1C4_7614_2602_1_20200213213810.GV8973@priv-mua>: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:33:45PM +0100, A E wrote: > >> When I try to use “*” around the domaine name, it says there doesn’t exist >> any domain with that name. And I have

Antw: Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Using secondary storage

2020-02-18 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> "'awokd' via qubes-users" schrieb am >>> 13.02.2020 um 06:07 in Nachricht : > Ulrich Windl: > >> -the silly web front-end can't quote; top-posting would probably be > better, but... >> Some systems (not fedora) have as "lsscsi

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] How to set the screensaver to either show keyboard language or not to lock screen ?

2020-02-18 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> A E schrieb am 13.02.2020 um 18:27 in Nachricht <13346_1581614848_5E458700_13346_4480_1_CABRRaUGQSEHtrpfb1ouJiU8HHaqm3TVsQ6_4rdN ofrNv6A=f...@mail.gmail.com>: > tor. 13. feb. 2020 kl. 11.11 skrev A : > >> How to set the screensaver to either show keyboard language or not to lock >> screen as

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Encrypt disk after installation

2020-02-18 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> "'ukernel' via qubes-users" schrieb am 13.02.2020 um 07:30 in Nachricht <5506_1581575424_5E44ECFF_5506_1266_1_7nB9eByckB2PElYJX91w8-ncjVmJ1Cqq1UiUVWlAZv gCnJIt8ANf3IKkJAwPcXjn_3UxHkqJfJXuvLiKcbSHi-cWo4JqgOB7nyk_jNPDBI=@protonmail.com : > For some reason despite the fact that during

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] checking allocated disk space

2020-02-18 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> pixel fairy schrieb am 18.02.2020 um 06:04 in >>> Nachricht <13889_1582002262_5E4B7056_13889_59_1_2104823c-c9c1-4fc9-aa9c-090863f09825@googl groups.com>: > trying to see how much space is allocated, not actually used in all the > qubes. is there an easy command for this? something like

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: is Qubes OS a "portable" installation?

2020-02-09 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> unman schrieb am 08.02.2020 um 02:10 in >>> Nachricht <21911_1581124220_5e3e0a7c_21911_3958_1_20200208011020.ga...@thirdeyesecurity.or >: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 11:06:40PM +0100, Ulrich Windl wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Being new to Qubes OS on an

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] How well does Qubes OS actually protect against key lockers ?

2020-02-19 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> A schrieb am 19.02.2020 um 13:19 in Nachricht <6060_1582114749_5E4D27BD_6060_305_1_418aea73-f8b8-44bc-9152-b644e3ad2551@google roups.com>: > How well does Qubes OS actually protect against key lockers ? You mean key _loggers_? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Using secondary storage

2020-02-12 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> "'awokd' via qubes-users" 02/12/20 10:02 PM >>> >>> donov...@unseen.is: > I am attempting to setup some secondary storage per > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/secondary-storage/ and when I run " sudo > cryptsetup luksFormat --hash=sha512 --key-size=512 --cipher=aes-xts-plain64 >

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] probable lvm thin_pool exhaustion

2020-03-10 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> schrieb am 09.03.2020 um 22:14 in Nachricht <32730_1583788450_5E66B1A2_32730_943_1_20200309221408.Horde.6suQ5c39eHZROYAnW9Jp w...@webmail.df.eu>: > Hello folks, > > I have Qubes 4.0 Release standard luks + lvm thin pool. > After a sudden reboot and entering the encryption pass, the dracut >

[qubes-users] the master and the user

2020-03-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I have a general question: I named my installation user "master" and I have two issues: 1) I tried to change the password in Dom0 using passwd; it failed. How Can I change the password? 2) In an anonymous cube I saved some file with Firefox, and it said it's below /home/master/...

[qubes-users] sys-net: Odd messages in syslog

2020-03-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi, I'm wondering about many "odd" messages seen in syslog; maybe someone can explain what they really mean and whether they are intended to appear. First in sys-net when booting: Mar 06 22:58:10 localhost kernel: Run /init as init process Mar 06 22:58:10 localhost kernel: Invalid max_queues

[qubes-users] Q: Using VMs to test networking vcode

2020-03-13 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I have some experince with Xen and PVMs and networking at work. When I read about qubes I thought it could be great to create some VMs to test some networking code at home (where I only have one computer). However as it turned out Xen networking in Qubes is completely different from what I

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: USB tethering

2020-04-09 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> Sven Semmler schrieb am 01.04.2020 um 02:24 in >>> Nachricht <17386_1585700702_5E83DF5C_17386_420_1_20200401002455.GC1128@app-email-private>: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 12:04:00AM +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote: >> I had been asking this before: How har

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Can't start apps from VM

2020-04-09 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> Günter Zöchbauer schrieb am 02.04.2020 um 14:59 in Nachricht <982_1585832348_5E85E19C_982_20_1_c360d75a-8e92-41ec-9765-682b3272d66d@googlegro ps.com>: > My development VM became quite slow because some kswapd0 (if I remember > correctly) running at 100% all the time. > > I have my machine

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] On "https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/tails/"

2020-04-14 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 4/15/20 12:48 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 3/1/20 2:28 AM, unman wrote: [...] Works for me. Did you download the version for virtual machines? Hmmm, seems one of the problems is that the ISO for VMs has the same name as the regular ISO: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/tails/stable/tails

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Neuer Artikel über Qubes OS

2020-04-14 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 4/14/20 2:44 PM, GWeck wrote: Hallo, sehr schöner Artikel! Ich habe den Link zur Kenntnis an den Präsidiums-Arbeitskreis Datenschutz und IT-Sicherheit der Gesellschft für Informatik weitergeleitet. Hi Guys! Please no private conversations in German in this list! Herzliche Grüße Ihr

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] On "https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/tails/"

2020-04-14 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/1/20 2:28 AM, unman wrote: [...] Works for me. Did you download the version for virtual machines? Hmmm, seems one of the problems is that the ISO for VMs has the same name as the regular ISO: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/tails/stable/tails-amd64-4.5/tails-amd64-4.5.iso

[qubes-users] What do these Dom0 messages mean?

2020-04-13 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I'm watching Dom0 journal messages, and I'm wondering about some of those (marked with ### blocks): ...during initializing the AMD graphics card... Feb 12 22:25:14 dom0 kernel: [drm] VCE enabled in VM mode ### Feb 12 22:25:14 dom0 kernel: resource sanity check: requesting [mem

[qubes-users] More on network issue "send queue timed out"

2020-03-31 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! Today I was booting Qubes OS after having run Windows 10. I was unable to get a network connection, even after booting several times. The message in sys-net was the infamouse "send queue timed out" while DCHP was repeatedly requesting a lease (but did not receive any response).

[qubes-users] Q: USB tethering

2020-03-31 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I had been asking this before: How hard will it be to use USB tethering in Qubes OS? Dom0 seems to recognize the interface, but I cannot assign it to any VM: Mar 31 22:55:57 dom0 kernel: usb 2-10.2: new high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd Mar 31 22:55:57 dom0 kernel: usb

[qubes-users] dom0 qubesd[4917]: unhandled exception while calling src=b'dom0' meth=b'admin.vm.property.Get

2020-03-31 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! While examining networking problems, I noticed this traceback in Dom0's journal: Mar 31 22:57:15 dom0 qubesd[4917]: unhandled exception while calling src=b'dom0' meth=b'admin.vm.property.Get' dest=b'sys-firewall' arg=b'start_time' len(untrusted_payload)=0 Mar 31 22:57:15 dom0

[qubes-users] thunderbird in debian-10: Issue with add-on "wetransfer"

2020-04-24 Thread Ulrich Windl
Looking at the error console of Thunderbird, I noticed these: 1587757883773 addons.xpi-utils WARN addMetadata: Add-on wetrans...@extensions.thunderbird.net is invalid: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST) [nsIFile.isFile]" nsresult:

[qubes-users] Q: LV (disk) as fake USB stick?

2020-04-21 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I wonder: Some stupid installer insists on installing on a USB stick, not to a disk or partition. If I boot the installer as VM (I did that already), can I fake a LV (logical volume) as USB stick for the VM? I don't want to connect an USB stick just to run some VM from that stick... And:

[qubes-users] Updating Dom0: pkcon crashed

2020-04-22 Thread Ulrich Windl
When updating Dom0 manually via Qubes Manager, I see these messages in the journal: Apr 23 00:44:08 dom0 widget-wrapper[9086]: ** Apr 23 00:44:08 dom0 widget-wrapper[9086]: PackageKit:ERROR:pk-progress-bar.c:371:pk_progress_bar_init: assertion failed: (self->priv->tty_fd > 0) Apr 23 00:44:08

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] To the Qubes developers (German translation) - An die Qubes Entwickler (Übersetzung auf Deutsch)

2020-05-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> Caroline Villinger schrieb am 03.05.2020 um 08:11 in Nachricht <13676_1588486297_5EAE6099_13676_409_1_4a35faa1-f58a-4d47-9818-a852c0f07612@goog egroups.com>: > Hello dear Qubes developers, > > I would like to ask you whether we can translate the Qubes software into > German. > Would you be

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Re: disp-vm whonix torbrowser open tabs file?

2020-05-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> Catacombs schrieb am 04.05.2020 um 14:18 in Nachricht <24740_1588594718_5EB0081D_24740_209_1_e4ab08ee-0ed4-4089-9427-86850a35c9ea@goog egroups.com>: > ”l have a whonix disposable tor browser whonix vm running with a load of > tabs open, maybe 30 but I can't check the precise amount because

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Constant firefox crashes because of Qubes shared memory

2020-05-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> Zbigniew Lukasiak schrieb am 04.05.2020 um 14:34 in Nachricht <25184_1588595663_5EB00BCE_25184_83_1_CAGL_UUtUxkCeqF2xj8Fud5Fwj7dfT5GanOYhxmRx6 sonby...@mail.gmail.com>: > marmarek advised me on irc to add more shared memory: > > mount /dev/shm -o remount,size=10G > > and it seems to work.

Antw: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Contradictory measures of disk space in a VM

2020-05-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> Franz <169...@gmail.com> schrieb am 29.04.2020 um 20:10 in Nachricht <12446_1588183865_5EA9C338_12446_12_1_CAPzH-qB-p_Q3kCn7kGUE8F4=Bsn4mPPrmU-w76NO0 2l7fy...@mail.gmail.com>: > Dear Dhorf, > I tried fsck on dom0, but got the enclosed terror screen. > For me it is enough, I created a new VM,

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Erste deutsche Rezension von Qubes OS auf Youtube

2020-05-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> GWeck schrieb am 04.05.2020 um 14:04 in Nachricht <22855_1588593848_5EB004B7_22855_343_1_8c98f91b-eec7-465e-8b1d-381ad2ea9717@goog egroups.com>: > > A rather good first introduction to the basic concepts of Qubes OS! I hope > this helps spreading the word about Qubes in the DACH countries.

[qubes-users] message after updating whonix-gw-15: "missing 'Name' key"

2020-04-22 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! When updating whonix-gw-15 today, I noticed this message near the end of the update: Apr 22 22:01:37 dom0 qubes.SyncAppMenus-whonix-gw-15[16212]: Warning: not creating/updating '/home/master/.local/share/qubes-appmenus/whonix-gw-15/apps.templates/display-im6.q16.desktop' because of

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Dom 0 latest update disabled my wireless device.

2020-03-17 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> schrieb am 14.03.2020 um 01:21 in Nachricht <8634_1584145286_5E6C2386_8634_1604_1_f5cd14a3-460b-49a4-a5bc-45c21fc9d81f@googl groups.com>: >> >> I did a search on this. There have been a number of folk complaining of >> it on the fedora groups. It seems to have been a problem with a recent

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] where to update initramfs & disable novevu? trying to get nvidia drivers to work

2020-03-17 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> "'Bhyrf' via qubes-users" schrieb am >>> 14.03.2020 um 20:22 in Nachricht <29653_1584213784_5E6D2F17_29653_305_1_T4hbegaMXmdfNdKSaXu_tEyzBmPpymhe77AzL9qXr S6vvxtqopHcNmsU0XLrR-LLzqoM_e12-oU4hyKUuxGOhmTAjE81ElMbGZsZpB77xw=@protonmail.co >: > firstly i would like to say i am mostly aware of

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

2020-09-15 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 9/9/20 3:45 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2020-09-07 5:42 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 2020-09-05 12:35 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: If you're concerned about Fedora's lack of signing, switch to Debian templates, or some other

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Has anyone had a qube compromised?

2020-09-15 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 9/6/20 5:32 PM, unman wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2020 at 11:12:31AM -0400, Demi M. Obenour wrote: In all of my time using QubesOS, I have never had reason to believe that a qube was compromised. Has anyone here had a qube compromised? Hi! Not quite what you are asking for, but I had this

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: For a Windows VM?

2020-09-15 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 9/7/20 4:43 AM, BGW wrote: On Monday, September 7, 2020 at 10:08:23 AM UTC+10, Sandy Harris wrote: Windows 10 "minus the spyware" https://ameliorated.info/ Not sure what

[qubes-users] Heads-up (Non-Qubes): thin-provisioned swap via LVM caused machine lockup

2020-10-16 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! Just a note as qubes uses thin-provisioned LVs (but not for swap by default): I could reproducibly cause a Linux kernel freeze when multiple processes started to cause paging to a non-encrypted thinly-provisioned LV (basically backed on SSD, actually two SSDs behind a hardware RAID1

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Re: WARNING: Thin volume qubes_dom0/img-Tails maps 8.00 GiB while the size is only 2.00 GiB.

2020-08-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 7/20/20 5:28 PM, Qubes wrote: On 7/20/20 5:24 PM, ludwig jaffe wrote: So never ever let qubes fill your disk(s) completely. Leave some room. That should not be a warning it should be common sense, and it is true for any storage device whether that storage device is used by an OS or for

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Update templates in parallel

2020-08-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 8/2/20 4:42 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: On 8/2/20 8:32 AM, fiftyfourthparal...@gmail.com wrote: I have a ton of templates and standalones (>10), so updating them one by one serially is a pain. I found a convenient dom0 script so I thought I'd share. Basically, take this and paste it into

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Getting to the bottom of screenshots in Qubes OS

2020-08-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 7/8/20 8:24 AM, haaber wrote: On 7/8/20 2:39 AM, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote: On 20/06/2020 10.29, Logan wrote: Hi Everyone, Speaking with a colleague earlier today, I heard "Qubes is great, but the no screenshots problem makes it a 'hard' no for me". As a Qubes user and advocate, this

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] How to make aliases persistent?

2020-08-04 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 7/10/20 10:28 AM, Alex Lu wrote: For example, when I type: alias ll='ls -lh' it works just fine, but after restarting the VM (either appVM or templateVM), I have to do all over it again. "man bash", not qubes os specific: " When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as

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

2020-08-04 Thread 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 the link goes up or

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Libreoffice window sized tiny every time

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/22/20 12:05 PM, qtpie wrote: Hi, I have a very weird issue with LibreOffice writer, calc and possibly other Libreoffices on Fedora templates (at least Fedora 31 and 30). It doesnt occur on Debian 10. When I open an existing document the window that is opened gets a tiny size and is

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Microphone Not Recording in Qubes R4 on Purism Librem v4

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/22/20 7:30 PM, 'Yiyi50' via qubes-users wrote: I'm a novice Linux user, so please bare with me. A few days ago, I was trying to chat online and noticed that my microphone isn't picking up anything. I tested the microphone on a few sites and still nothing. Are there any command line tools

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Next update of Qubes?

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/23/20 5:32 PM, Catacombs wrote: I see that Qubes does not announce planned new releases of Qubes, or state what should trigger an update. I am between updating Qubes with Fedora 32, which also means creating AppVMs, I am not sure how I would update the Work VM, as it is, I am guessing,

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Multiple X sessions in Dom0?

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/29/20 12:23 PM, Frédéric Pierret wrote: On 2020-05-29 02:34, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: Can Qubes support multiple X sessions in dom0? I guess you want to see VMs in separate X sessions. Without speaking of user management, yes it can but currently gui-daemon is running on

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Qubes won't boot

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 6/1/20 1:59 AM, Boot problems wrote: Using fdisk -l /dev/xvdi shows me 2 partitions only, a 200m EFI System and xvdi2 a 931G Linux file system, there are no more partitions even if I decrypt, mount and fdisk -l /dev/xvdi2 luksopen won't add another partition; it will create /dev/mapper/

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Another newbie question related to TemplateVMs

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/30/20 12:48 AM, 'Jackie' via qubes-users wrote: Frédéric Pierret: On 2020-05-29 18:26, viktor.ransm...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Frederic, Am Freitag, 29. Mai 2020 14:01:46 UTC+2 schrieb Frédéric Pierret: On 2020-05-29 13:53, viktor@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm trying to

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Qubes won't boot

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/31/20 10:02 PM, dhorf-hfref.4a288...@hashmail.org wrote: On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 12:45:22PM -0700, Boot problems wrote: Hello, I wanted to migrate from my old hhd to a new ssd, I installed [...] could it be a grub issue? What can I do? assuming you were NOT reinstalling because you

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] which OCR software, address database and e-mail program run with the Qubes-OS operating system - welche OCR Software, Adressdatenbank sowie E-Mail- Programm mit dem Betrieb

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/25/20 9:25 AM, haaber wrote: Hi, I don't know what to do now because I want to switch to the Qubes OS operating system soon, that's why I'm asking you! Because I suspect that you can no longer use them with Qubes OS. That's why I'm interested in whether there is such software in Qubes OS.

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] SplitGPG with Subkeys Encryption Error

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/27/20 9:21 PM, Robert Spigler wrote: qubes-gpg-client-wrapper -r robertspig...@protonmail.ch --trusted-key -e '/home/user/Documents/Test_Encryption.txt' -o /home/user/Documents/Final.gpg Still results in: bash: C2C60E279E86F10D5697782535CE0FE6C2141823: No such file or directory I

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] X Startup Failed, Aborting Installation. Pane is Dead.

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/30/20 2:49 AM, dennisjmen...@gmail.com wrote: Update! Solved the issue. For future searchers: All that had to be done for me was: •Launch in Legacy boot •On the blue install screen, highlight Install and press Tab •move the text cursor with your left arrow key and after “alpha_support=1”

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Problems with keyboard

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/25/20 8:54 PM, drbgw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I've got a wireless logitech mouse and keyboard that I'm using. I have JFYI: After some security issues with wireless Logitech devices became public some time ago, our security department did forbid the use of any such devices

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Another newbie question related to TemplateVMs

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/29/20 7:00 PM, Frédéric Pierret wrote: ... Control+Middle mouse clic -> Select to Clipboard. Then, you can you QubesOS clipboard shortcut (Control+Shift+C). It may be obvious to you, but for me - coming from the Windows world - it is not really clear ... The middle click simply

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] X Startup Failed, Aborting Installation. Pane is Dead.

2020-06-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/30/20 1:10 AM, dennisjmen...@gmail.com wrote: I verified with the PGP key. Redownloded. Wrote the dd in Fedora. Still not working. I’m stumped. I don’t get it. I’m super bummed. Could it be that there _is_ graphics output, but your screen cannot handle it (and thus stays black)? You

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Replacing SSD with larger SSD on Qubes System

2020-06-14 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 6/7/20 3:06 PM, TheGardner wrote: Did this in the past with a - clon of the entire (smaller) in Tails - Drives on a extern backup dive - replace the old drive with the new one - and extend the written partition later up to 1TB Wouldn't a Qubes OS command like "clone drive" (that re-creates

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Upgrading to Fedora 32...

2020-06-14 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 6/14/20 10:35 PM, Sven Semmler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 6/14/20 3:30 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote: The Software app in my Fedora template on Qubes 4.0.3 tells me that Fedora 30 has reached EOL and that I should upgrade to Fedora 32. Should I go ahead and do

[qubes-users] fedora-31-minimal and sudo

2020-06-14 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! A short question: Is it intentional that "sudo" asks for a password in fedora-31-minimal? I had installed the template and then applied updates. After that I tried to "sudo -s"... Regards, Ulrich -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[qubes-users] WARNING: Thin volume qubes_dom0/img-Tails maps 8.00 GiB while the size is only 2.00 GiB.

2020-06-14 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! While experimenting with an image that didn't do what I wanted to I ended up with this LVM warning: WARNING: Thin volume qubes_dom0/img-Tails maps 8.00 GiB while the size is only 2.00 GiB. How can I "heal" LVM? [root@dom0 master]# lvdisplay qubes_dom0/img-Tails --- Logical volume ---

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

2020-12-29 Thread Ulrich Windl
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? The VM's package manager can be told not to update specified packages

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Disable lock screen / screenshot question

2020-12-29 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/23/20 9:14 AM, haaber wrote: On 12/22/20 10:18 PM, Jarrah wrote: How do you disable the automatic screen lock? I have the screensaver disabled and the lock screen option unchecked but it still locks after a few minutes. For me, there is a "presentation mode" on the battery icon

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] browser plugin?

2020-11-21 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 11/13/20 4:42 AM, Sven Semmler wrote: On 11/12/20 11:41 AM, Alex Smirnoff wrote: Is there a browser plugin that adds "open URL in disposable VM" function? like private tab on steroids :) I think this is important when following an URL in Thunderbird from a non-disposable / not-anonymous

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] [unofficial] Qubes security advisory

2020-11-21 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 10/26/20 3:24 AM, 'J.M. Porup' via qubes-users wrote: #This email represents my analysis of the events of the last few weeks. #It does not reflect the views of the Qubes Project or Qubes developers #in any way. My Qubes laptop got hacked by Five Eyes because they thought I was a terrorist,

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Qubes OS: .onion and links

2020-12-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/1/20 6:22 PM, TheGardner wrote: > What happens, if you have set "Prioritize .onion sites when known." to > ALWAYS under Privacy & Security - Browser Privacy ? That was not the question: The page exists; otherwise I wouldn't have asked. > > Cheers :) > >

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Qubes OS: .onion and links

2020-12-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/1/20 7:35 PM, 'disrupt_the_flow' via qubes-users wrote: > On November 30, 2020 8:15:14 PM UTC, Ulrich Windl > wrote: > > Hi! > > I noticed when I click the link "upgrading Fedora TemplateVMs" found on > the onion version of the page (using

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Qubes Installer needs update (Part 1 of 3)

2020-12-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/5/20 10:17 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote: > Hi! > > The Qubes Installer for 4.0.3 has some severe bugs (it seems to me): > I installed Quebes OS 4.0 for the third time, so I should have a littel > experience by now: > The only difference from last install I could remember was

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Qubes OS: .onion and links

2020-12-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/1/20 6:22 PM, TheGardner wrote: > What happens, if you have set "Prioritize .onion sites when known." to > ALWAYS under Privacy & Security - Browser Privacy ? That was not the question: The page exists; otherwise I wouldn't have asked. > > Cheers :) > >

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Qubes OS: .onion and links

2020-12-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/1/20 7:35 PM, 'disrupt_the_flow' via qubes-users wrote: > On November 30, 2020 8:15:14 PM UTC, Ulrich Windl > wrote: > > Hi! > > I noticed when I click the link "upgrading Fedora TemplateVMs" found on > the onion version of the page (using

[qubes-users] Qubes Installer needs update (Part 3 of 3)

2020-12-05 Thread Ulrich Windl
Final Hi! As can be seen from the issues reported before, it's _very_ hard for the average or beginning user to diagnose when installation or boot fails. Therefore (knowing it's bad security and privacy wise) I suggest an addition "blackbox log" debugging aid: Can't a log be written on the EFI

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

2020-12-08 Thread 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 tried to prevent

[qubes-users] Q: Remove fedora-30 template

2020-11-28 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I've upgraded all my fedora-30 VMs to fedora-31, and before going to fedora-32 I wanted to get rid of one fedora-30 template that is unused. However when I try to delete the qube from the Qubes Manager, I get this error: "VM installed by package manager: fedora-30" I have no idea what to

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] browser plugin?

2020-11-30 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 11/28/20 8:20 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 11/28/20 8:43 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 11/22/20 2:19 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 11/21/20 4:00 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 11/13/20 4:42 AM, Sven Semmler wrote: On 11/12/20 11:41 AM, Alex Smirnoff wrote: Is there a browser plugin

[qubes-users] Qubes OS: .onion and links

2020-11-30 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I noticed when I click the link "upgrading Fedora TemplateVMs" found on the onion version of the page (using the tor browser of whonix), you are directed to a non-onion page (https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template/fedora/upgrade/), and you'll have to switch to onion again. In contrast

[qubes-users] Re: Can no longer copy text from xterm by default

2020-12-10 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/10/20 3:49 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: I used to be able to be able to do the following to copy text from xterm in Fedora and Debian VMs: 1. Select/highlight the desired text, thereby inserting it into the PRIMARY buffer. 2. Press in order to bring up a menu (I think it was the "VT

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] How to attach private storage from one AppVM to another AppVM (LVM)?

2020-12-10 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/7/20 3:56 PM, 'heinrich...@googlemail.com' via qubes-users wrote: From one AppVM I need to temporarily access a large amount of files from another AppVM. Can this be done without copying the files around? _Background: _ I have a large amount of files stored in AppVM "BIG". That's

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Can no longer copy text from xterm by default

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/11/20 3:48 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 12/10/20 12:23 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 12/10/20 3:49 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: I used to be able to be able to do the following to copy text from xterm in Fedora and Debian VMs: 1. Select/highlight the desired text, thereby inserting

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Upgrading primary HD size

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/12/20 1:16 AM, 'keyandthegate' via qubes-users wrote: Oops, I forgot I'm using btrfs. Well, it's not specific to Qubes OS, but maybe you'd like to read this: Setting up a HA cluster using Xen PVMs recently, I found a bug that activated one VM on two nodes at the same time... The VM was

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

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/14/20 7:42 PM, Data Eight wrote: 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,

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] qubes-os // stand-alone reactos fails

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/15/20 5:40 PM, ser...@da.matta.nom.br wrote: Thank you Unman. I do not use React-OS anymore. It worked fine on Qubes 3. But I really think it was a bad decision to support only xvda. It is not only Android, React-os, Chrome-Os and others. It is about Qubes users.  I will keep using

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

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/16/20 9:32 AM, haaber wrote: 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. I can (outside of Qubes OS) trigger a kernel freeze when the kernel starts swapping on a thin-provisioned LV. I think I

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

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/17/20 2:32 PM, Stumpy wrote: I havent played with crontab in forever, and I cant code at all, but I really wanted to try to automate my backups a wee bit. I made a basic script (qubackup) in the ~/ dom0 directory: /home/bob/qvm-backup --yes --verbose --compress --passphrase-file

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

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/17/20 3:14 PM, Stumpy wrote: On 12/17/20 8:47 AM, haaber wrote: On 12/17/20 2:32 PM, Stumpy wrote: I havent played with crontab in forever, and I cant code at all, but I really wanted to try to automate my backups a wee bit. I made a basic script (qubackup) in the ~/ dom0 directory:

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

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/20/20 10:27 AM, ME wrote: Lets say I have a USB storage device which has a virus on it that will infect a Linux pc when it is inserted. If I insert the USB storage device in my Qubes OS pc after login to Qubes OS, is it then possible for the virus to infect my pc immediately after I

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Why isn't it possible to manually control if the pc should enable networking and wi-fy at login or not ?

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/20/20 10:59 AM, ME wrote: Why isn't it possible to manually control if the pc should enable networking and wi-fy at login or not ? You CAN switch sys-net to manual start, and you can disconnect any VM from the network. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] How do you stream and whatch mp4-video's in your Firefox Browser ?

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/20/20 11:43 AM, ME wrote: How do you stream and whatch mp4-video's in your Firefox Browser ? "your" firefox browser? What's that? -- 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: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Is it possible for an intruder to see the passwords that is being sent through a compromised router/networkconnection ?

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/20/20 4:17 PM, Morten Eyrich wrote: Okay so if I have been using a https connection, then it's no problem... ? If they use a wrong certificate for a MITM attack they might decode your connection... It means nobody between you and the "next endpoint" can read your password, but how to

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Is it possible for an intruder to see the passwords that is being sent through a compromised router/networkconnection ?

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/21/20 1:08 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 12/20/20 4:17 PM, Morten Eyrich wrote: Okay so if I have been using a https connection, then it's no problem... ? If they use a wrong certificate for a MITM attack they might decode your connection... It means nobody between you and the "

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

2020-12-20 Thread Ulrich Windl
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? For example: user@sys-firewall ~]$ rpm -qa kernel\* kernel-core-5.9.11-100.fc32.x86_64 kernel-5.9.12-100.fc32.x86_64 kernel-modules-5.9.14-100.fc32.x86_64

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