Re: [qubes-users] How to use qvm-open-in-vm?

2021-05-30 Thread Adam Mercer
On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 8:13 PM Sven Semmler  wrote:

> check your /etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.OpenURL
>
> If you want your example to work add this line before all others:
>
> $anyvm browser allow
>
> The first is the source qube ... the one calling qvm-open-in-vm.
> The second is the target 'browser' in your example. The third is either
> 'deny', 'ask' or 'allow'

Thanks a lot! That does exactly what I'm after!

Cheers

Adam

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[qubes-users] How to use qvm-open-in-vm?

2021-05-29 Thread Adam Mercer
Hi

I'm trying to use qvm-open-in-vm to open a link in the browser of
another AppVM, I run the following:

$ qvm-open-in-vm browser https://www.google.com

where "browser" is the name of the qube AppVM that I want to open the
link in, this opens a dialog asking me to select a target domain. It
is ignoring the name of the AppVM I specify on the command line.
According to the help message for qvm-open-in-vm I should be able to
specify the name of the AppVM, but it seems that it's being ignored.

What am I doing wrong?

Cheers

Adam

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[qubes-users] error updating qubes-template-centos-7

2021-05-26 Thread Adam Mercer
Hi

I'm trying to update the centos-7 template, installed from the
community templates repo, using the Qubes Update utility and the
process is failing with:

Updating centos-7

Error on updating centos-7: Command '['sudo', 'qubesctl',
'--skip-dom0', '--targets=centos-7', '--show-output', 'state.sls',
'update.qubes-vm']' returned non-zero exit status 20
centos-7:
  --
  _error:
  Failed to return clean data
  retcode:
  1
  stderr:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/tmp/.root_dd8a91_salt/salt-call", line 27, in 
  salt_call()
File "/var/tmp/.root_dd8a91_salt/pyall/salt/scripts.py",
line 437, in salt_call
  import salt.cli.call
File "/var/tmp/.root_dd8a91_salt/pyall/salt/cli/call.py",
line 6, in 
  import salt.cli.caller
File
"/var/tmp/.root_dd8a91_salt/pyall/salt/cli/caller.py", line 14, in

  import salt.loader
File "/var/tmp/.root_dd8a91_salt/pyall/salt/loader.py",
line 7, in 
  import contextvars
File "/var/tmp/.root_dd8a91_salt/py3/contextvars.py", line
1, in 
  from _contextvars import Context, ContextVar, Token, copy_context
  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_contextvars'
  stdout:

How can I enusre then the template is updated?

Cheers

Adam

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[qubes-users] HCL - Dell XPS 15 7590

2020-05-14 Thread Adam Grodowski
Dear Qubes Users,

Happy to report that after some little manual labour, Dell XPS 15 7590 is
working with Qubes OS and Win 10 (dual OS)

Things I have done to make it work:
- Shrink Win root partition to make some space for Qubes
- Burn Qubes 4.0.3 to USB
- Disable EFI runtime services completely (
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/#installation-freezes-before-displaying-installer--disable-efi-runtime-services)
otherwise we have XEN kernel panic at "ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs, Using old ACK
method"
- Update BIOS from 1.5 to 1.6 (not sure if needed, probably not)
- Switch off the secure boot in BIOS: Secure Boot > Secure Boot Enable
- Modify SATA in BIOS: System Configuration > SATA Operation > AHCI
- Boot from USB (F12 for the boot menu)
- Install Qubes carefully within the empty space, not to damage the Win
partitions
- Ready any usb wifi dongle, because the wifi does not work (Killer(R)
Wi-Fi 6 AX1650x 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (200NGW))
- Did not check for NVIDIA drivers, not needed for my work

For Win 10, I enable secure boot and set SATA to Raid
For Qubes, I disable secure boot and set SATA to AHCI

With kind regards,
Adam

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[qubes-users] Asus Touchpad - Mouse pointer movement weirdness

2019-06-03 Thread Adam Lewis
Hi all. I posted this HCL, which should help us to answer this particular
question as well;
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/qubes-users/HCL$20-$20ASUSTeK_COMPUTER_INC_-GL553VD$2020190519%7Csort:date/qubes-users/QDLjiYT6pEI/COi35_WxAwAJ

This machine came to me with Windows 10 on it, which had no issues with the
touchpad, suggesting that whatever is going on isn't hardware related. On
qubes, however, I've used xev to identify that the touchpad doesn't send
pointer movement events (generally speaking), unless I also hold a finger
over either the left or right touchpad mouse buttons. If I do place a
finger on either button, no matter how light or hard I press, the pointer
will move as I like. It will also operate as desired if I place a finger
somewhere else on the touchpad, but less reliably than on the buttons. Tap
to click (left and right), and multifinger scrolling work perfectly no
matter what.

Holding the left/right mouse buttons of my external usb device doesn't
influence whether it works or not, so perhaps the button press isn't as
important as having a larger surface area to complete an electrical
circuit? I've also tried using the synaptics driver, but it actually seems
less functional than the libinput default.

The only exception to the rule is that, rarely, the pointer will catch a
movement request and jump before immediately reverting to being
nonresponsive. This doesn't seem entirely dependent on "sweet spots" as I
originally though, but I still think there is some correlation between it
deciding to work and where I try from on the touchpad.

All help is appreciated, and if I can provide more information, please just
let me know.

Much thanks,
Adam

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[qubes-users] HCL - ASUSTeK_COMPUTER_INC_-GL553VD 20190519

2019-05-19 Thread Adam Lewis
Key changes required to get working were to set the following boot arg for
both the installer USB and the live system
* efi=no-rs

The installer USB also required the nouveau blacklist args:
1. nouveau.modeset=0
2. rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau
3. video=vesa:off

The final iso to USB method used was the Fedora Media Writer with Qubes
R4.0.1 iso onto an HP 32 GB usb. Many USBs and writing methods were used,
but I can't say which would have worked if I'd gotten my boot args right
initially.

Altering boot args was difficult, since mounting the /dev/sdX2 partition
didn't allow direct manipulation of the BOOTX64.cfg file. Upon advisement
from #qubes on freenode irc, I copied the file, altered it, and then moved
it back in place on the USB partition, which worked well.

Post installation, Qubes configuration after initial boot had to be done
with TABs, because the mouse did not appear to work properly. After
configuration, I found that the touchpad behavior seemed to depend on using
a very specific section (top right corner, it seems). USB mouse was a
preferred alternative, but it may be true that the initial configuration
could have been done with the touchpad mouse if I'd known about the
sensitive areas.

Without efi=no-rs, post install allowed LUKS decryption before going black
and freezing.

Thanks to all who helped me figure this out, and hopefully this is
sufficient payback for the support I got :),
Adam/ilsonno

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Re: [qubes-users] Qubes R4.0.1 Installer - The name org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files

2019-05-19 Thread Adam Lewis
Thanks for the response. Rereading my messages, it's clear that I was
lacking some information about what my current state was, so I apologize
for that. Issues were primarily occurring during installation from a live
usb, before even getting the chance to select a storage device. I've done
some screwing around and am working on submitting an HCL now. I did run
into post installation issues, but those were due to a typo in my boot
args, and correcting nouveau.modeset=0 (was nouveau.nomodeset=0) cleared
that bit up for me.

Thanks again.

On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 7:51 PM awokd  wrote:

> Adam Lewis:
> > Tried using YUMI per a similar Asus HCL report, but that was also
> > unsuccessful. Using MBR rather than GPT/UEFI showed a little more info,
> > though;
> > "Problem description: failed to getinitiator name from iscsi firmware".
> > This error can be traced to
> >
> https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-installer-qubes-os/commit/3acd47647ee3284df548cc62d79a75e71efdd7e9#diff-dcea6ef93dbd70a795aab33230d481f5R55
> >
> > On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 7:43 PM Adam Lewis  wrote:
> >
> >> Manually transcribed errors, so typos are entirely possible. Attempting
> to
> >> install Qubes R4.0.1 on Asus ROG Strix GL753-RS71 Intel Core i7-7700HQ
> >> Geforce GTX 1050 TI.
> >> Attempted inst.text in boot args, blacklisting nouveau driver, and
> >> commenting out noexitboot=1 and mapbs=1 lines with no changes apparent.
> The
> >> USB bypasses GRUB entirely and immediately launches anaconda installer,
> >> with the following error shown in the Logs tab of anaconda.
>
> Just a guess, but if you're installing to an NVMe, try setting it to
> SATA compatible mode if possible. Could also try installing to an actual
> SATA drive of some type.
>

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Re: [qubes-users] Qubes R4.0.1 Installer - The name org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files

2019-05-18 Thread Adam Lewis
Tried using YUMI per a similar Asus HCL report, but that was also
unsuccessful. Using MBR rather than GPT/UEFI showed a little more info,
though;
"Problem description: failed to getinitiator name from iscsi firmware".
This error can be traced to
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-installer-qubes-os/commit/3acd47647ee3284df548cc62d79a75e71efdd7e9#diff-dcea6ef93dbd70a795aab33230d481f5R55

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 7:43 PM Adam Lewis  wrote:

> Manually transcribed errors, so typos are entirely possible. Attempting to
> install Qubes R4.0.1 on Asus ROG Strix GL753-RS71 Intel Core i7-7700HQ
> Geforce GTX 1050 TI.
> Attempted inst.text in boot args, blacklisting nouveau driver, and
> commenting out noexitboot=1 and mapbs=1 lines with no changes apparent. The
> USB bypasses GRUB entirely and immediately launches anaconda installer,
> with the following error shown in the Logs tab of anaconda.
>
> """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> Traceback
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/safe_dbus.py" line 147 in
> call_sync
> DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT, None
>   GLib.GError: g-dbus-error-quark:
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnkown: The name
> org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files
> Traceback
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/iscsi.py" line 159 in
> __init__
> initiatorname =
> self._call_initiator_method("GetFirmwareInitiatorName")[0]
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/util.py" line 1105 in
> decorated
> if self.check_avail(onetime=just_onetime)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/util.py" line 1093 in
> check_avail
> self._avail = self._check_avail()
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/iscsi.py" line 113 in
> _check_avail
> if not safe_dbus.check_object_available(STORAGED_SERVICE,
> STORAGED_MANAGER_PATH, MANAGER_IFACE)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/safe_dbus.py" line 194 in
> check_object_available
> intro_data = call_sync(service, obj_path, DBUS_INTRO_IFACE,
> "Introspect", None)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/safe_dbus.py" line 151 in
> call_sync
> raise DBusCallError(msg)
> blivet.safe_dbus.DBusCallError: Failed to call Introspect method on
> /org/freedesktop/UDisk2/Manager with None arguments:
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnkown: The name
> org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files
> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> https://pastebin.com/dAihmU2t
>
> *Attached txt, pastebin link, and above text are all identical.
>
> Much thanks, and please let me know if I can provide any additional
> information that would be useful,
>
> Adam
>
> PS Accidentally posted in qubes-devel initially. Sorry about that.
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[qubes-users] Qubes R4.0.1 Installer - The name org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files

2019-05-17 Thread Adam Lewis
Manually transcribed errors, so typos are entirely possible. Attempting to 
install Qubes R4.0.1 on Asus ROG Strix GL753-RS71 Intel Core i7-7700HQ 
Geforce GTX 1050 TI.
Attempted inst.text in boot args, blacklisting nouveau driver, and commenting 
out noexitboot=1 and mapbs=1 lines with no changes apparent. The USB bypasses 
GRUB entirely and immediately launches anaconda installer, with the following 
error shown in the Logs tab of anaconda.

""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Traceback
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/safe_dbus.py" line 147 in 
call_sync
DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT, None
  GLib.GError: g-dbus-error-quark: 
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnkown: The name 
org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files
Traceback
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/iscsi.py" line 159 in __init__
initiatorname = self._call_initiator_method("GetFirmwareInitiatorName")[0]
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/util.py" line 1105 in decorated
if self.check_avail(onetime=just_onetime)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/util.py" line 1093 in 
check_avail
self._avail = self._check_avail()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/iscsi.py" line 113 in 
_check_avail
if not safe_dbus.check_object_available(STORAGED_SERVICE, 
STORAGED_MANAGER_PATH, MANAGER_IFACE)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/safe_dbus.py" line 194 in 
check_object_available
intro_data = call_sync(service, obj_path, DBUS_INTRO_IFACE, "Introspect", 
None)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/safe_dbus.py" line 151 in 
call_sync
raise DBusCallError(msg)
blivet.safe_dbus.DBusCallError: Failed to call Introspect method on 
/org/freedesktop/UDisk2/Manager with None arguments: 
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnkown: The name 
org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
https://pastebin.com/dAihmU2t

*Attached txt, pastebin link, and above text are all identical.

Much thanks, and please let me know if I can provide any additional information 
that would be useful,

Adam

PS Accidentally posted in qubes-devel initially. Sorry about that.

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Traceback
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/safe_dbus.py" line 147 in 
call_sync
DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT, None
  GLib.GError: g-dbus-error-quark: 
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnkown: The name 
org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files
Traceback
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/iscsi.py" line 159 in __init__
initiatorname = self._call_initiator_method("GetFirmwareInitiatorName")[0]
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/util.py" line 1105 in decorated
if self.check_avail(onetime=just_onetime)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/util.py" line 1093 in 
check_avail
self._avail = self._check_avail()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/iscsi.py" line 113 in 
_check_avail
if not safe_dbus.check_object_available(STORAGED_SERVICE, 
STORAGED_MANAGER_PATH, MANAGER_IFACE)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/safe_dbus.py" line 194 in 
check_object_available
intro_data = call_sync(service, obj_path, DBUS_INTRO_IFACE, "Introspect", 
None)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/safe_dbus.py" line 151 in 
call_sync
raise DBusCallError(msg)
blivet.safe_dbus.DBusCallError: Failed to call Introspect method on 
/org/freedesktop/UDisk2/Manager with None arguments: 
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnkown: The name 
org.freedesktop.UDisk2 was not provided by any .service files


Re: [qubes-users] Realtek wifi adapter rtl8821ce

2019-04-08 Thread Adam Robinson
Hello Jayen,

I have realtek wifi adapter in my lenovo laptop ideapad 330 15arr model. It
> is not recognised by sys-net VM.


I have a similar laptop to you (Ideapad 330S-15ARR).

I was not able to compile the kernel module when using the Qubes provided
virtual machine kernel.  I switched sys-net to use the stock Fedora 29
kernel and I was able to install the driver successfully.  Aside from that,
the only other thing I had to do was manually run the command to upgrade
grub when there is a kernel update in the template VM and I want to boot
from it.

Thanks,
-Adam

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Re: [qubes-users] qubes-update-gui always has "updates available for 1 qubes"

2019-03-07 Thread Adam Robinson
>
> Is there any way to see what qubes the qubes-update-gui tool thinks there
> are updates for.  Ever since installing Qubes 4.0  the gui has been telling
> me there is "updates available for 1 qubes"  even when the gui shows there
> is not^1.Even manually selecting all listed quebes and running an
> update on them all does not get rid of this notice.
>
> Is there somewhere on the command line I can look to see what
> qubes-update-gui tool things needs updating and more importantly, clear it
> :-)
>

I've seen the same behavior, I believe it is this bug -
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4667

>From looking at https://github.com/QubesOS/updates-status/issues/879 it
appears that an update for this was posted to the stable repository a few
hours ago.  I haven't had a chance to try it myself though.

-Adam

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Re: [qubes-users] Re: QSB #43: L1 Terminal Fault speculative side channel (XSA-273)

2018-09-04 Thread Adam Robinson
>
> Is this something that can eventually be resolved, allowing safe
> re-enabling of hyperthreading? or is that even known yet?
>

I haven't been able to find many details on this for the Linux and Xen
communities.  Microsoft has a mitigation that allows for HyperThreading to
remain enabled with Hyper-V which they have named HyperClear
<https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/virtualization/2018/08/14/hyper-v-hyperclear/>.
Additionally, I know VMware recommends leaving HyperThreading enabled in
the BIOS so that if a safe way to utilize HyperThreading on ESXi is
implemented in the future you don't have to reconfigure your BIOS again.

Thanks,
Adam Robinson
Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure
Information and Technology Services
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[qubes-users] High spec laptop for Qubes OS

2018-02-24 Thread adam

Hello,

I currently run Qubes OS on an XPS 13 from 2015 with an i5-6200U, 8GB 
RAM, slow NVMe. It can't really handle Qubes OS - it's quite laggy and 
struggles to play video on the 4K screen. The CPU and RAM are normally 
maxed with a couple of VMs running, even without video.


I'm going to buy a new laptop with a higher spec which should hopefully 
handle things well. The following laptops are my final five contenders. 
They all have a discrete GPU, which I'm hoping to passthrough to a VM 
for playing streaming video (h264/h265/vp9 codecs). Do I have this right 
that it would be most efficient to use the Intel GPU in dom0 and the 
discrete GPU in the VM? I also do a lot of scientific computing, so it's 
useful to offload some computation to a GPU via CUDA.


I get the impression from the HCL that they should all work fine as long 
as I replace any non-Intel wifi m.2 sticks with an Intel 8265. Do you 
have any thoughts on whether one would be more appropriate than another?


Dell XPS 15 9560 (2017)
Intel i7-7700HQ Quad Core
32GB RAM
512GB M.2 NVMe
Intel + NVIDIA GTX 1050

Dell XPS 15 2018
Intel i7-8705G Quad Core
32GB RAM
512GB M.2 NVMe
Intel + Radeon RX Vega M GL

Dell Precision 5520
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 Quad Core
32GB RAM
512GB M.2 NVMe
Intel + Nvidia Quadro M1200

Lenovo P51
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 Quad Core
32GB RAM
512GB M.2 NVMe
Intel + NVIDIA Quadro M2200

Razer Blade
Intel i7-7700HQ Quad Core
16GB RAM
512GB M.2 NVMe
Intel + NVIDIA GTX 1060

Thanks,
Adam

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Re: [qubes-users] Re: Qubes Network Setup Service

2016-07-16 Thread adam
On Saturday, 16 July 2016 17:40:20 UTC+8, Adam  wrote:
> Does anyone actually have any ideas about my original post?
> 
> Cheers
> Adam

to add some more debugging info, the windows event logger keeps showing this 
error

Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 
WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 
99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 
0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is 
corrected.

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Re: [qubes-users] Re: Qubes Network Setup Service

2016-07-16 Thread Adam
Does anyone actually have any ideas about my original post?

Cheers
Adam

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[qubes-users] Re: Qubes Network Setup Service

2016-07-14 Thread Adam
Hi Alex and Drew

I understand the global view of networking in QubesOS, I have a net VM, a 
firewall VM, a proxy VM and a standard app VM all working nicely and my app VM 
can surf the web securely.

I never said dom0 and win7 communicated via network, had had assumed, maybe 
incorrectly, that dom0 via Qubes db or something to each VM what it's IP 
address is and scripts inside the VM set the ip correctly.

I know my problem is Qubes Network Setup service in side my windows HVM failing 
to start, and it won't start when I manually try to start it from the services 
app.

I don't want to just assign the Nic an IP as that's not what's suppose to 
happen, I want to figure out what's going on, so I can tell others what went 
wrong, why it went wrong and how to fix it!

Has anyone had a problem with "Qubes Network Setup" service failing to start? 
(please note this is a Windows application(service)

Cheers
Adam

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[qubes-users] Re: Qubes Network Setup Service

2016-07-14 Thread Adam
On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 8:24:41 PM UTC+8, Drew White wrote:
> On Thursday, 14 July 2016 22:09:21 UTC+10, Adam  wrote:
> > Hi 
> > 
> > I have successfully install Qubes 3.2-r1 on a lenovo x220
> > I have player around with templates and AppVMs and thought i would try 
> > Windows 7.
> > 
> > I successfully install windows in a HVM Template and then installled Qubes 
> > Windows Tools which again appears to be successful. I am don't get any 
> > networking as Qubes Network Setup Fails to start. I am a Xen PV Netowrk 
> > adapter as installed  by QWT.
> > 
> 
> This networking issue is usual.
> 
> It doesn't set the networking adaptor properly during initialisation.
> 
> Check the settings.
> then set the DNS server to something.
> Google DNS A is 8.8.8.8
> 
> Then you should have an internet conection.
> Or else, if that doesn't solve it, it could be the Gateway, so just set all 
> settings manually.
> 
> Then it should work.

I don't even get a ip so assigning a new dns server won't help.

I think its a communication problem between windows and dom0, but i don't know 
enough to diagnose it further.

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[qubes-users] Qubes Network Setup Service

2016-07-14 Thread Adam
Hi 

I have successfully install Qubes 3.2-r1 on a lenovo x220
I have player around with templates and AppVMs and thought i would try Windows 
7.

I successfully install windows in a HVM Template and then installled Qubes 
Windows Tools which again appears to be successful. I am don't get any 
networking as Qubes Network Setup Fails to start. I am a Xen PV Netowrk adapter 
as installed  by QWT.

I am not sure where to start debugging this, 

i ran my windows HVM Tempate (win7) in debug mode and checked the logs

/var/log/xen/console/guest-win7.log --> empty
/var/log/xen/xonsole/guest-win7-dm.log
- lots of output but the following line standsout

XENNET|AdapterSetInformation: UNSUPPORTED OID 00010118

/var/log/qubes/guid.win7.log
/var/log/qubes/qrexec.win7.log
both don't show anything that stands out.

inside win7

qga.log

[20160714.103340.752-1900-E] QpsConnect: open read pipe failed with error 2: 
The system cannot find the file specified.
[20160714.103340.752-1900-E] connect_to_daemon: connect to server failed with 
error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
[20160714.103340.752-1900-E] GetDomainName: qdb_open failed with error 2: The 
system cannot find the file specified.
[20160714.103340.752-1900-W] Init: Failed to read domain name, using host name
[20160714.103340.814-1900-W] VchanReceiveBuffer: (004A3B90, msg_xconf): 
no data, blocking read
[20160714.103342.357-1900-W] HandleServerData: got unknown msg type 127, 
ignoring
[20160714.103408.971-1900-W] VchanReceiveBuffer: (004A3B90, 
msg_motion): no data, blocking read
[20160714.103422.933-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103422.933-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103424.664-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x6
[20160714.103424.664-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x6
[20160714.103424.883-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x6
[20160714.103424.883-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x6
[20160714.103426.115-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103426.131-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103426.568-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103426.568-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103426.677-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103426.677-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103427.098-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103427.114-1900-W] HandleButton: unknown button pressed/released 0x7
[20160714.103435.522-1900-W] VchanReceiveBuffer: (004A3B90, 
msg_motion): no data, blocking read

Not sure what to do now

Cheers
Adam

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Re: [qubes-users] Fedora Minimal Template

2016-07-11 Thread Adam Steen
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Andrew David Wong <a...@qubes-os.org>
wrote:

> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA512
>
> On 2016-07-11 19:17, Adam Steen wrote:
> > Edit: Include mailing list.
> >
> > Hi Andrew
> >
> > Thank you for all the hard work you put into the project, you seem to
> have
> > the patients of a saint, sometimes dealing with people is the hardest
> > part!
> >
>
> You're too kind. :)
>
> > yes, that is the command i issued.
> >
> > I get an error "Could not resolve host: mirror.switch.ch" after the
> error
> > i get the following
> >
> > Trying other mirror. No Match for argument
> > qubes-template-fedora-23-minimal Nothing to download
> >
> > Cheers Adam
> >
>
> Are you on R3.1 or R3.2-rc1? It looks like there's no fedora-minimal
> template
> available yet for R3.2-rc1:
>
> http://yum.qubes-os.org/r3.2/templates-itl/rpm/
>
> But it's still available for R3.1:
>
> http://yum.qubes-os.org/r3.1/templates-itl/rpm/
>
>
> (P.S. - Please try to avoid top posting.)
>

I am using R3.2-rc1, that explains why it there is no match.

is there instructions on building the minimal template? something similar
to https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/archlinux/?

I might be able to work something out anyways, using that document as a
loose guide.

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