Re: [qubes-users] Problem with VMs not launching

2020-08-14 Thread Ángel
On 2020-08-11 at 18:15 -0700, BGW wrote: > I hope that I've explained this well enough to be understood. > > Anybody got any ideas what is going on? Thanks for any help. Try starting them from a dom0 console (qvm-start). Sometimes, you will find there details that point to the solution, such as

Re: [qubes-users] My farewell to Qubes OS!

2018-10-27 Thread Ángel
Thanks for all your work, Joanna! Good luck at the Golem Project. I am sure that having you on board it will feature many 'interesting' properties that otherwise it wouldn't. Remember to s/‎אמת/‎מת‎/ should you have trouble with the golems 😉 Best regards -- You received this message because yo

Re: [qubes-users] Is the hostname "_gateway" (on systemd linuxes) a security issue?

2018-08-18 Thread Ángel
On 2018-08-18 at 07:09 -0700, Marcus Linsner wrote: > Since systemd exposes the hostname "_gateway" (ie. `ping _gateway`) on > systemd OSes, does this pose any security risk if any website decides > to use that hostname to access your router? > > On appVMs this apparently can't be an issue, becaus

Re: [qubes-users] Critical PGP bugs. Do they possibly affect Split-GPG in Qubes?

2018-05-14 Thread Ángel
This paper is most interesting for the discovery of multiple ways email client leak information on visualization. (not clearly stated in the paper: some of them are already fixed, while in other cases the developers are still working on providing them) Luckily, with Qubes it is easy to set a firew

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Attempting to securely wipe drives, running into issue.

2017-12-19 Thread Ángel
Steve is right in the wrong placement of sudo, but I don't think brackets would do (that would create a subshell in your current sh). You simply need to add sudo in front of dd, which is the only one that needs elevated privileges, ie. openssl enc -aes-256-ctr -pass pass:"$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs

Re: [qubes-users] What's the best way to share Firefox add-ons among VMs and have separate bookmarks and settings per VM?

2017-12-06 Thread Ángel
You can configure the software inside your TemplateVM. I would place your favorite Firefox settings in a .js inside /etc/firefox (or /etc/firefox-esr) Note that this is done with the internal names (ie. as if done with about:config), so it may be a bit hard need a to find out the mapping with the

Re: [qubes-users] Keyboard AltGr bug

2017-08-15 Thread Ángel
On 2017-07-31 at 12:15 +, Kelly Dean wrote: > In Qubes 3.2 with i3, in any qube, regardless of which template I use, and > regardless of which physical keyboard I use, the right Alt key is useless > when mapped as AltGr, because it generates spurious Alt_L events. > > With a standard America

Re: [qubes-users] Problem with Microphone of the Headset

2017-05-24 Thread Ángel
Really basic hints, but often those end up being the hardest to realize. > attaching audio input to the VM i'm listening music in does nothing. Did you enable audio input for this VM? (Right-click the VM on qubes-manager and choose "Enable audio input", or press the mic button on the toolbar.)

Re: [qubes-users] Custom shared directory between VM's

2017-05-18 Thread Ángel
On 2017-05-18 at 07:20 -0700, loke...@gmail.com wrote: > I regularly compile the latest version of Emacs for use in my development VM. > I simply compile Emacs from the git repository and install it in /usr/local. > All works the way it's supposed to. > > However, I now have more than one VM whe

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Opening links in your preferred AppVM

2017-05-01 Thread Ángel
On 2017-05-01 at 18:32 -0700, Gaiko wrote: > On Monday, May 1, 2017 at 6:40:40 PM UTC-4, Ángel wrote: > > On 2017-05-01 at 12:34 -0700, Gaiko wrote: > > > Thoughts? > > > > Does your desktop file validate? > > ie. run: desktop-file-validate open_work_vm.desk

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Opening links in your preferred AppVM

2017-05-01 Thread Ángel
On 2017-05-01 at 12:34 -0700, Gaiko wrote: > Thoughts? Does your desktop file validate? ie. run: desktop-file-validate open_work_vm.desktop If the desktop file is malformed, it will be bypassed silently. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-use

Re: [qubes-users] disk utility in dom0

2017-01-29 Thread Ángel
Ted Brenner wrote: > What is the best way to add and partition disks in dom0? I just added > some hard drives that I'd like to format and partition and then pass > those to a guest VM for storing my person files. With xfce, I don't > see any GUI based disk utility. Does this have to be done via the

Re: [qubes-users] Linux HVM through Whonix Gateway or VPN

2017-01-25 Thread Ángel
Chris Bensch wrote: > I'm running Qubes 3.2. I have a Debian HVM that works perfect when using the > default sys-firewall as the netvm. If I change the netvm to another proxyvm > such as a VPN (https://github.com/Rudd-O/qubes-vpn) or change it to the > default sys-whonix, I lose all connectivi

Re: [qubes-users] qubes r3.2 bricked

2017-01-25 Thread Ángel
Bernhard wrote: > Thank you Angel, for helping me. > You're welcome, Bernhard. > and, as I said, nothing starts. I start thinking of a disaster-mode data > recovery since I do not know how I could possibly unbrick a system that > has no network anymore?! That's just because most VMs depends o

Re: [qubes-users] Slow performance of Docker containers in AppVMs

2017-01-24 Thread Ángel
Garrett Robinson wrote: > I am working on transitioning my day-to-day software development work to > Qubes. The primary challenge that I face is widespread use of Vagrant > for provisioning development environments. I am aware of the challenges > and concerns around hacking Qubes to achieve nested

Re: [qubes-users] qubes r3.2 bricked

2017-01-24 Thread Ángel
Bernhard wrote: > Hello, I bricked my system a bit. Yesterady I decided to follow the > ..onion update procedure. For dom0 all went well (after reading that I > must change to whonix-net),but I had to modify the debian-8 and > fedora-24 repo-files "by hand". No big deal. I could update f24 (this >

Re: [qubes-users] Truncating a non linux HVM?

2017-01-24 Thread Ángel
Drew White wrote: > What is the easiest way to truncate a non-linux HVM filesystem so that it can > be smaller and take up less space? > 1. Resize the filesystem from inside the HVM in a supported way (maybe with a Live CD?) 2. Actually truncate the backing file -- You received this message be

Re: [qubes-users] Problem: Convert to Trusted PDF Hangs

2017-01-13 Thread Ángel
Pushpins4u wrote: > When I try this process now, the PDF conversion progress window gets > to like 95% full and then hangs. I'm notified that a script appears > to have hung and asked if it should be terminated. This is happening > consistently with the same PDF. > Does it only fail with *this*

Re: [qubes-users] Re: DOS VM - Spinrite - Direct Access to Drives

2017-01-13 Thread Ángel
Steve wrote: > On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 4:51:44 PM UTC+4, Steve wrote: > > I would like to be able to run Spinrite which runs in DR-DOS in a VM. The > > software needs to have direct access to the SATA hard drives. Is this > > likely to be possible > > I have been researching and to make

Re: [qubes-users] New Lenovo laptops: X1 (4th Gen), T460/p, and T560

2017-01-12 Thread Ángel
sbore...@gmail.com wrote: > Thus, is there a (documented) way to add a newer kernel to the 3.2 install > image? I'd rather avoid taking the SSD out and install qubes in my older > machine. > > Thanks in advance, > > Stefan For booting the install or for being installed? I expect that changing

Re: [qubes-users] Query - Why unable to clone net-sys VM ?

2017-01-12 Thread Ángel
Steve wrote: > my default net-sys includes both Ethernet and Wifi. I wanted to split them > out into > net-sys-eth and > net-sys-wifi > > each with the appropriate PCI device. I tried to clone the net-sys but it is > greyed out and I was wondering why > Probably because it is running. Stop

Re: [qubes-users] DispVM does not work anymore

2017-01-12 Thread Ángel
mittend...@digitrace.de wrote: > Hey there, > > today I noticed that my dispVM is no longer working (not in Dom0 and not > in AppVMs). There is the notification that the DispVM starts, but > nothing shows up. > If I start the internal fedora-23-dvm I boots up without any problems > and also allows

Re: [qubes-users] Windows 7 VM - Direct access to Hard Drives to flash SSD firmware

2017-01-12 Thread Ángel
Steve wrote > I need to run Samsung Magician software in Windows to flash the firmware of > the SSD's I put in the laptop, is there any special way I need to setup the > Windows VM to give direct access to the firmware > I don't think that is going to work at all. If you really need to do that,

Re: [qubes-users] What's your DispVM high score?

2017-01-11 Thread Ángel
Andrew wrote: > What's your highest DispVM number you've accomplished through legitimate > daily use? About 10, achieved while debugging them. DispVMs don't work here :) (courtesy of https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2182 I wish there was an option to disable savefiles usage. Slow-to

Re: [qubes-users] how to print on a network printer out of a standalone windows hvm?

2017-01-11 Thread Ángel
kreil...@gmail.com wrote: > My question is: > how can I manage to print directly on my network printer? > or: > how to copy files (without using a usb hdd or something like this)from my > windows hvm to my printer appvm? You could connect the Windows VM to a printer-vm per https://www.qubes-os.o

Re: [qubes-users] Re: HCL - Toshiba Satellite C55A

2017-01-10 Thread Ángel
Nicklaus McClendon wrote: > On 01/09/2017 08:12 PM, Caleb Thompson wrote: > > Update: I'm trying to figure out why the report says I have no > > IOMMU when my BIOS says I'm set to VT-x. Are they different things? > > Is an IOMMU something I can take my computer to a computer store to > > have added

Re: [qubes-users] Use an remote PULSE Audio server

2017-01-09 Thread Ángel
Robert Mittendorf wrote: > The second and third post were send as a new mail (not a reply). > Why do these mails appears as answers here? Where is "here"? The google groups web interface? > The first post was send as a reply to the mailing list, changing the > topic and expecting to create a new

Re: [qubes-users] Re: compose key

2017-01-08 Thread Ángel
Daniel Moerner wrote: > On 01/08/2017 04:14 PM, haaber wrote: > > Thank you. Doing this, I have compose key in dom0, but not in any > > other domain. Do I miss something? Bernhard > > Hi, > > Please remember to reply to the list as well. For me, using Left Win, > this setting sets the compose

Re: [qubes-users] Built the software in TemplateVM from source and installed => it doesn't appear in TemplateBasedVM?

2017-01-08 Thread Ángel
qmaster...@gmail.com wrote: > Please tell, how can I enable sharing the compiled-and-installed-from-source > software with the TemplateBasedVM's ? Or it is discouraged by Qubes to > compile the software by yourself? It should be working: * Place the files in the TemplateVM (somewhere different t

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Archlinux template instruction leads to failed recipe on target "core-agent-linux-vm"

2017-01-08 Thread Ángel
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > Fixes for both issues already merged: > https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-split-gpg/pull/7 > https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-core-agent-linux/pull/32 > > Thanks Nicklaus! Is there a flag so that qubes-builder picks the master branch instead of the las

Re: [qubes-users] Error while updating the default Archlinux Community template

2017-01-07 Thread Ángel
anti-sec...@re-gister.com wrote: > Hello @all! > > I installed the default arch community template using, > > sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community > qubes-template-archlinux > > But when I click on the update button I get an error: > > ::Synchronizing package databases.

Re: [qubes-users] fedora - mplayer (command line)

2017-01-07 Thread Ángel
haaber wrote: > Hello, > > I wanted to provide my fedora template with mplayer (command line > version). But according to dnf / yum that does not exist (?). This seems > a subject on its own in stand-alone fedora (f22 at least), and have > qubes-fedora won't make it more easy, I fear. I could l

Re: [qubes-users] strange bug: qubes-os booted from external device forces filevault reset.

2017-01-06 Thread Ángel
pixel fairy wrote: > when booting qubes-os on a mac (hardware 11,3) filevault stops accepting the > passphrase and you have to use the reset key to make a new one. > > ive only done this with an external drive. for some reason, qubes is either > writing to the internal drive, or the mac firmwar

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Dom0 (System tools) shortcuts suddenly disappeared

2017-01-06 Thread Ángel
Otto Kratik wrote: > Is there any way to easily refresh/restore the System Tools shortcuts, > without having to add each one back manually in some obscure way? I don't > even remember what all the normal items under that menu are, but they > suddenly just vanished without warning or explanation,

Re: [qubes-users] Trouble reading data CD under Qubes

2017-01-06 Thread Ángel
Pawel Debski wrote: > > > How do I check whether it is really mounted in dom0? > > (I think it is not, but maybe I'm doing something wrong > notification bubble should pop up on the screen. I think its usually sr0 or > something. > > What would be the right command in Konsole? > Try doing: