Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] sys-net problems Intel 8265 / 8275

2021-05-26 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/24/21 9:09 PM, haaber wrote: I have an build-in Intel 8265 / 8275 wireless controller, and my (debian-10-minimal based) sys-net has more and more problems to connect. It starts to connect and then hangs. That is strange since it used to run perfectly 2 years ago. But now it takes 1-5

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Hotspots

2021-05-26 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/20/21 4:00 PM, '[ NOTIFICATION]' via qubes-users wrote: *_Does Qubes have automated features to conceal tether data as mobile under a tether?_* Why should it when I use WLAN to connect my Smartphone and then share that connection via USB (or Bluetooth)? See: https://bit.ly/343Q14h

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Is swap necessary?

2021-05-26 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/19/21 5:43 PM, TheGardner wrote: For me, it would be necessary, if you're running Qubes with 4-8GB of RAM. But with 16,32 or even 64 GB of RAM a swap partition may be useless... What about the "swappiness" kernel parameter? Here I see vm.swappiness=60 (default) Having 16GB RAM and only

[qubes-users] qubes-dom0-update (https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6581)

2021-05-26 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I know that the issue is marked fixed already, but I wonder if there should have been some more popular notice for this surprising change in the update mechanism. Today I saw there (before installing updates): [master@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update Using sys-firewall as UpdateVM to

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Dom0 update error (Converting database from bdb to sqlite backend)

2021-05-26 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/14/21 3:22 PM, unman wrote: On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 05:30:30AM -0700, load...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 10:00:16 PM UTC+3 awokd wrote: load...@gmail.com: On Monday, May 10, 2021 at 10:06:10 PM UTC+3 awokd wrote: In dom0, check the files in /etc/yum.repos.d for

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Corrupt sys-usb after VeraCrypt accident

2021-05-26 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/14/21 12:49 PM, 'Cody Smith' via qubes-users wrote: Hey all, I'm going to love anyone who can assist me. So I have VeraCrypt installed on my sys-usb VM so I can mount my encrypted hard drives and usb sticks. I was encrypting a new USB drive (well I thought it was my USB drive) and then

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] MS Office 365 in Qubes

2021-05-26 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/13/21 2:36 PM, 'taran1s' via qubes-users wrote: I am using Qubes as my main OS and now it seems that due to my work assignment, I will need to use MS Office 365 and I would like to keep using my Qubes laptop. IMHO running Office 365 from Qubes OS makes very little sense (as you publish

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Re: Fedora 32 approaching EOL

2021-05-26 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/13/21 2:36 AM, Steve Coleman wrote: On Wed, May 12, 2021, 5:52 PM Ulrich Windl <mailto:ulrich.wi...@rz.uni-regensburg.de>> wrote: On 4/30/21 1:31 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: > Dear Qubes Community, > > Fedora 32 is scheduled to reach EOL (end-of-li

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] RAID6 as secondary storage and thin pool

2021-05-12 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 5/5/21 12:56 AM, Thorsten Schierer wrote: I'm currently evaluating the possibility of moving my workstation to Qubes OS and ran into a problem. It's using an SSD for Qubes OS, but I want to use HDDs with RAID6 to hold qubes data. I've been using the secondary storage guide and slightly

[qubes-users] Re: Fedora 32 approaching EOL

2021-05-12 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 4/30/21 1:31 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: Dear Qubes Community, Fedora 32 is scheduled to reach EOL (end-of-life [1]) on 2021-05-25. I have a question on https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template/fedora/upgrade/: Towards the end of the update procedure "Detailed instructions for standard

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Black Screen when trying install on Lenovo E15 Gen 2

2021-04-26 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 4/14/21 6:01 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: Ulrich Windl: Hi! Just a short note: Both Qubes-R4.0.4-x86_64.iso and Qubes-R4.1.0-alpha20201014-x86_64.iso produce a black screen after Xen loads the kernel on a Lenovo E15 Gen 2 with an AMD Ryzen 4700 (8 cores, Radeon graphics) CPU

[qubes-users] Black Screen when trying install on Lenovo E15 Gen 2

2021-04-13 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! Just a short note: Both Qubes-R4.0.4-x86_64.iso and Qubes-R4.1.0-alpha20201014-x86_64.iso produce a black screen after Xen loads the kernel on a Lenovo E15 Gen 2 with an AMD Ryzen 4700 (8 cores, Radeon graphics) CPU. Also Qubes 4.1 requires secure Boot to be disabled. Maybe time to change

[qubes-users] Partitioning of the Qubes-R4.0.4 ISO

2021-04-13 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I put the Qubes-R4.0.4 ISO on a memory card (it boots). However when I inspect the partitions, I'm quite surprised: # fdisk -l /dev/sdg Disk /dev/sdg: 7.4 GiB, 7969177600 bytes, 15564800 sectors Disk model: STORAGE DEVICE Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2021/03/19/qsb-067/

2021-04-07 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 4/5/21 3:01 PM, qubes...@go-bailey.com wrote: Try running the commands separately: sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --templates state.sls update.qubes-vm followed by: sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --standalones state.sls update.qubes-vm That worked on this end when I got the same error. Thanks!

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Poor battery life running Qubes

2021-04-03 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 4/2/21 9:11 PM, Jonathan Budd wrote: Hi and thanks for the response. I ran the commands you mentioned and got the following: [jonathan@dom0 ~]$ lsmod | grep xen_acpi_processor xen_acpi_processor 20480 0 [jonathan@dom0 ~]$ xenpm get-cpufreq-para cpu id   : 0 affected_cpus   

[qubes-users] https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2021/03/19/qsb-067/

2021-04-03 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! Following https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2021/03/19/qsb-067/, the command sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --templates --standalones state.sls update.qubes-vm does not work here: [master@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --templates --standalones state.sls update.qubes-vm usage: qubesctl [-h]

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: cannot verify signatures R4.0.4

2021-03-27 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/27/21 2:50 AM, Franz wrote: On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 9:10 AM Franz <169...@gmail.com > wrote: Hello, everything seems to work fine: gpg2 --check-signatures "Qubes OS Release 4 Signing Key" pub   rsa4096 2017-03-06 [SC]      

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] HCL - SuperMicro X11SRA

2021-03-27 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/27/21 12:59 AM, Gaijin wrote: Legacy boot in BIOS allows installation of R4.0.4 I wonder: Isn't it time for UEFI boot? I heard recent hardware does not longer offer legacy boot... Some overall system stability issues using 5.x Linux kernel (frequent crashes). Performance is stable

Re: [qubes-users] A start job is running for Start Qubes VM sys-net. FOREVER.

2021-03-27 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/16/21 5:29 PM, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote: You can mask the unit in the GRUB kernel command line with the parameter: systemd.mask=qubes-vm@sys-net.service I think this should go into the Qubes OS FAQ (like "boot parameters for troubleshooting")! And then you will be able to log in

Re: [qubes-users] Custom LAN Network with dhcpd

2021-03-27 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/16/21 4:59 PM, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote: I have the treat for you! https://github.com/Rudd-O/qubes-arbitrary-network-topology Sounds nice, but maybe the README should contain shot instructions how to undo "attach-network-to". I'm updating the readme in the next few minutes. 

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] A start job is running for Start Qubes VM sys-net. FOREVER.

2021-03-27 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/16/21 4:49 PM, Fabrizio Romano Genovese wrote: As the title says. I've upgraded to the latest kernel (5.11) on qubes 4.0 and now boot is stuck. How do I get out of this? :) Last time I had this (outside of Qubes OS) was when I had configured a disk device that did not exist. For some

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Memory issue

2021-03-13 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/12/21 9:10 PM, thefifthseason via qubes-users wrote: The quick: Dom0 Task Manager shows memory usage percent as always increasing. Closing Virtual Machines does not seem to free up any memory by displayed memory usage percent. Could it be you are confused with "used" vs. "free"

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes Canary 026

2021-03-13 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 3/11/21 2:06 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: Dear Qubes Community, *Note:* When preparing the announcement for this canary, we discovered a typographical error in the title (the canary number "025" had not been updated to "026"). However, one of the canary signers is not available Can you add

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Opening applications using qvm-run

2021-03-13 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 2/28/21 11:46 PM, tetrahedra via qubes-users wrote: On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 08:03:47PM +0100, airelemental via qubes-users wrote: Try: $ qvm-run --service anon qubes.StartApp+janondisttorbrowser $ qvm-run --service untrusted qubes.StartApp+firefox $ qvm-run --service personal

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] What is the latest version of Qubes (on 23 February 2021)

2021-03-13 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 2/23/21 12:58 PM, load...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I know about *'Qubes Release 4.0.3'* and *'**Qubes Release 4.0.4-rc2'*, but I don't understand what is the version I have. I am getting this result already 8 month and nothing changes when I am trying to update Dom0: /$ sudo

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Memory balancing very inefficient

2021-03-13 Thread Ulrich Windl
grep -i qubes /boot/grub2/grub.cfg On 2/23/21 11:36 AM, Bernhard wrote: This behaviour might be linked to errors (e.g. my qubes install does not support 5.x xen kernels: crashes can be caused by "memory stress" and even if not, they always finish by loads of qmemman log entries, before deep

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

2021-02-22 Thread Ulrich Windl
to resolve this problem. The above procedure will be helpful for someone. The windows 10 word in the help requested post, is actually not relevant to be used to ask suggession.  So sorry for it. Thanks once again Group Users who are responded. On Monday, December 21, 2020 at 5:02:38 AM UTC+5:30 Ul

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes Manager Feature Requests: Connect to not-running NetVM, restart NetVM with connected machines, force-restart a NetVM

2021-02-22 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 2/15/21 8:51 PM, donoban wrote: Hi, On 2/15/21 12:44 PM, r.wiesb...@web.de wrote: Hello fellow Qubes users, I have 3 feature requests today regarding Qubes Manager: 1) Connect to not-running NetVM If a not-running NetVM is chosen there should not be an error message but a choice between

Re: [qubes-users] HELP! after update dom0 "no bootable device found"

2021-02-01 Thread Ulrich Windl
You could try to boot the kernel installed using: https://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/ On 1/30/21 11:28 AM, donoban wrote: Hi, On 1/30/21 8:43 AM, haa...@web.de wrote: I am surprised by the sizes -- files seem small. Do the seem correct?? Are there files missing?? Could maybe

Re: [EXT] [qubes-users] Updating a new installation

2021-02-01 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/27/21 7:44 AM, Shawn Creighton wrote: What is the quickest and most secure way to update the entire system including Dom0 on the first boot of a new install? I've noticed that it takes awhile for the updates to populate to the qubes updater when first connected to the net even though

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

2021-02-01 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/16/21 4:40 PM, Shawn Creighton wrote: I have a Sandisk Cruzer 8GB flash drive I've had for a few years, when I plug it in to Qubes it shows up in the available devices but when I connect it to any appvm it's not rshowing up in the file manager. Other newer flash drives work fine. Any

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: Installing additional software

2021-02-01 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/16/21 2:39 AM, unman wrote: On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 06:35:13PM -0600, Sven Semmler wrote: On 1/15/21 6:10 PM, unman wrote: at the expense of security, since all AppVMs based on that template will have a large number of applications/libraries which may be ripe for exploit. Could you

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: Installing additional software

2021-02-01 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/16/21 1:10 AM, unman wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:41:04AM +0100, Ulrich Windl wrote: Hi! I have a question about installing additional software (e.g. GIMP in debian-10): The options I see are: 1) Install it in some AppVM based on debian-10 2) Clone debian-10 template and install

[qubes-users] Q: Installing additional software

2021-01-15 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I have a question about installing additional software (e.g. GIMP in debian-10): The options I see are: 1) Install it in some AppVM based on debian-10 2) Clone debian-10 template and install software there. Create some AppVM based on that template I'd guess 1) needs less space, but for

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

2021-01-15 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/11/21 12:07 PM, TheCrispyToast wrote: Was able to disable whonix from startup, that didn't seem to do anything. That's assuming I was supposed to restart after that and try to boot as normal right? Is there a way to then exit terminal and continue signing in with GUI? I tried to disable

[qubes-users] USB stick issue

2021-01-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! Maybe it's related to recent updates, or my computer is starting to die: Anyway: Today I had plugged in my USB stick and attached it successfully to "vault". I had opened a file from it. The suddenly within one second, I saw the stick being disconnected and reconnected, and the "vault"

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] wireless " intruder "

2021-01-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/3/21 2:24 PM, haaber wrote: ... Maybe nmap causes the mirage death. That wouldn't be a good job by mirage though and should be reported as bug to the dev. I thought that, too. How would verify it is really nmap? As a test, I scanned two phones in my wifi (in the same dispVM), without any

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

2021-01-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/2/21 9:31 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 1/2/21 9:05 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: On 12/30/20 8:20 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 12/29/20 10:02 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: [...] When trying, it seems my Dom0 does not have a file manager in the menu. I had to run "thunar" man

[qubes-users] Q: attaching a partition to a VM vs. attaching the whole disk

2021-01-02 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! I have an effect I'm wondering about: May USB stick has partitions on it, one being FAT having a KeePass DB in it. When I attach that partition to a VM (eg. vault) and try to access the partition, I see no mountable disk in the file manager (e.g. from KeePassXC). However when I attach the

[qubes-users] Q: console messages booting debian-10 (switch_root: failed to mount moving /dev to /sysroot/dev: Invalid argument)

2021-01-02 Thread Ulrich Windl
Hi! Looking at the boot messages on console for debuan-10, I see these: ... Waiting for /dev/xvda* devices... Qubes: Doing R/W setup for TemplateVM... [1.279270] xvdc: xvdc1 xvdc3 Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1024 MiB (1073737728 bytes) no label,

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

2021-01-02 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/2/21 12:28 AM, Franz wrote: On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 3:44 PM Steve Coleman mailto:stevenlcolema...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 5:12 AM Franz <169...@gmail.com > wrote: > No, checking again if I put multimedia dependent from

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

2021-01-02 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 12/30/20 8:20 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: On 12/29/20 10:02 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: [...] When trying, it seems my Dom0 does not have a file manager in the menu. I had to run "thunar" manually from the terminal. This is by design. Using a file manager in dom0 is a sec

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] 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

[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

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 "

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] [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] [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] 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] 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] 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] [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] 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] 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] [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: [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

[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

[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

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] 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] 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 :) > >

[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] 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

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] 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?

2020-11-21 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,

[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] 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] [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

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

[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] 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] 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] [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

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

[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

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

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

[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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] [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] 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] [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] [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] 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

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] 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] [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.

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