Re: [qubes-users] Salt management questions

2018-02-15 Thread Connor Page
Please consult https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2017/06/27/qubes-admin-api/ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2017/10/03/core3/ for more information about admin possibilities and how they’re supposed to work. There are simple demo examples as well. -- You received this message because you are subscribe

[qubes-users] template debian-9 no network (Q4r4) ?

2018-02-06 Thread Connor Page
you probably ticked update over Tor option when installing. templates do not connect to network directly, they use an updates proxy. I' not sure it can be changed in GUI, but you can find the appropriate rpc policy in /etc/qubes-rpc alternatively you can temporarily set template vm's network provi

[qubes-users] after update no VM 'starts' apps anymore.

2018-01-30 Thread Connor Page
sudo xl console -t serial Work -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qube

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4.0-rc3

2018-01-10 Thread Connor Page
The official templates use nftables so shouldn’t be mixed with iptables. I didn’t have time to learn about nftables, so just removed nftables package from debian 9 template. YMMV. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe f

[qubes-users] Enable PCI_HOTPLUG

2018-01-03 Thread Connor Page
Hmmm, this kind of makes qvm-pci useless... I think this should be enabled in vm kernels and then users who want hotplug enabled could just add that kernel flavour to their grub. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe fr

Re: [qubes-users] [HOWTO] use 2nd drive partition as 'home' drive.

2017-12-12 Thread Connor Page
I’ll disagree with comparison of btrfs to lvm. there is a very significant difference between btrfs and lvm. btrfs is like a namespace and lvm volumes are block devices. one can put a namespace on a block device. but yes, layers and layers of metadata processing required. BTW, has anyone starte

Re: [qubes-users] [HOWTO] use 2nd drive partition as 'home' drive.

2017-12-12 Thread Connor Page
sudo lvcreate -L --type thin-pool --thinpool qvm-pool --add lvm_thin -o volume_group=,thin_pool= qvm-create -P ... or qvm-clone -P set desired private image size using standard tools. this will put the private volume in the new thin pool. private volumes are mounted in /rw btrfs m

Re: [qubes-users] [HOWTO] use 2nd drive partition as 'home' drive.

2017-12-12 Thread Connor Page
I agree with Chris. Data specific to a qube should be stored on one of that qube’s volume. Backups work then. so in short, first create a qubes storage pool qvm-pool --add qvm-create -P if you go for a thin pool, create it first and use volume group and thin pool names as options for qvm

Re: [qubes-users] Q4: vm-templates and updates

2017-12-11 Thread Connor Page
Please refer to Qubes issue #3118 which spells it out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this g

[qubes-users] [HOWTO] use 2nd drive partition as 'home' drive.

2017-12-11 Thread Connor Page
I hope you do understand that there is no encryption in what you propose. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

[qubes-users] Q4: vm-templates and updates

2017-12-11 Thread Connor Page
did you update it in R4 before cloning and upgrading? templates establish a connection to a proxy running in some netvm defined in dom0 over a vchan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiv

[qubes-users] Q4: vm-templates and updates

2017-12-11 Thread Connor Page
did you update it in R4 before cloning and upgrading? templates establish a connection to a proxy running in some netvm defined in dom0 over a vchan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiv

Re: [qubes-users] Where is ability to backup and restore backups on 4?

2017-12-07 Thread Connor Page
There are more critical problems than lack of gui frontend at the moment. Still, backup ui is on the devs' list. See issue #3354 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, sen

[qubes-users] How to change / swap behavior of Ctrl, Alt, Win, and fn keys?

2017-08-06 Thread Connor Page
AFAIK fn does not emit a code and bios will process it only in combinations with predefined keys. other keys can probably be remapped. but from my exprience I failed to swap fn and ctrl. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubs

[qubes-users] dispvm savefile creation fails when .qubes-dispvm-customized

2017-07-29 Thread Connor Page
qvm-create-default-dvm fedora-25 Try that to check if it fails. If not then starting dvms won't be a problem anymore. If it does then there's something wrong with your template. I use a heavily customized F25 template for dvms and it never fails, but I always run qvm-create-default-dvm after any

Re: [qubes-users] VPN-ProxyVM: "Leakproof VPN" by Rudd-O vs. "more involved" method in Qubes Wiki

2017-07-12 Thread Connor Page
On Thursday, February 2, 2017, Chris Laprise wrote: > On 02/01/2017 07:36 PM, Connor Page wrote: > >> actually I think that reliance on mangle can be avoided since routing >> table selection can be done by source address rather than firewall marks. >> marks are good to

[qubes-users] No Wifi Adapter in my-sys-net (based on fedora-24-minimal)

2017-07-03 Thread Connor Page
I guess you need to install any firmware packages for your network devices first. IIRC it's called iwl7260-firmware or something like 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

[qubes-users] Bug in qubes-backup or tar?

2017-06-17 Thread Connor Page
qvm-backup has a different syntax and vms are excluded from rather than included in a backup. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubsc

[qubes-users] Re: PFSense

2017-06-05 Thread Connor Page
On Monday, 5 June 2017 01:42:40 UTC+1, Drew White wrote: > > So PFSense is NOT the first line of defense then? > It is behind another guest? It was the first line of defense from Internet threats. But at the same time it was connected to bridges in Fedora netvms that themselves were only connec

[qubes-users] Re: PFSense

2017-05-31 Thread Connor Page
I don't do hotplugging to pfSense. I've created separate Fedora based netvms with bridges named LAN and DMZ and connected pfSense to those at start. Then other VMs can use those netvms and connect either to a bridge or do the usual Qubes routing. Physycal NIC's can be added to tjose vms and brid

[qubes-users] Re: PFSense

2017-05-29 Thread Connor Page
I've encountered some problems myself. Out of two identical standard Realtek cards only one is recognised. :( -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qub

[qubes-users] Re: PFSense

2017-05-24 Thread Connor Page
Drew, as I've said my wifi card is not supported . Perhaps, yours isn't either. I need to test something that pfsense can talk to. all I changed in VM config was to do with virtual interfaces. those are correctly recognised as xn0 and xn1. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[qubes-users] PFSense

2017-05-23 Thread Connor Page
I've managed to install pfSense as a HVM. not sure if it makes sense to run it as a trusted firewall but that is possible. I created 2 netvms called LAN and DMZ and created bridges in those. i made a copy of pfSense HVM config and changed interface type to bridge, added a second virtual interfac

[qubes-users] sys-net internet stops after a few minutes

2017-03-08 Thread Connor Page
you can create a debian-based sys-net and assign network cards to that. hope you can get Qubes working for you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to q

[qubes-users] traveling - best practice

2017-02-07 Thread Connor Page
if you're afraid of cameras, just cover it all when entering sensitive information like citizen four did. don't ever enter LUKS passphrase if someone else had an opportunity to boot your laptop without your direct supervision.in that case yes, a live USB drive is your friend until it is safe to

[qubes-users] traveling - best practice

2017-02-07 Thread Connor Page
if you're afraid of cameras, just cover it all when entering sensitive information like citizen four did. don't ever enter LUKS passphrase if someone else had an opportunity to boot your laptop without your direct supervision.in that case yes, a live USB drive is your friend until it is safe to

[qubes-users] Re: Two ways of "true" security.

2017-02-02 Thread Connor Page
I have successfully castrated ME firmware on 2 Haswell laptops so I'd go for something more recent but well supported by Linux, reflash and put a non-Intel network card for peace of mind. ideally a free BIOS would be desirable but that restricts the selection to quite old generations of chips wh

Re: [qubes-users] VPN-ProxyVM: "Leakproof VPN" by Rudd-O vs. "more involved" method in Qubes Wiki

2017-02-01 Thread Connor Page
actually I think that reliance on mangle can be avoided since routing table selection can be done by source address rather than firewall marks. marks are good to differentiate different types of traffic but in our case all traffic should be trated the same. there is difference in how traffic fro

[qubes-users] VPN-ProxyVM: "Leakproof VPN" by Rudd-O vs. "more involved" method in Qubes Wiki

2017-02-01 Thread Connor Page
Rudd-O's solution uses a separate routing table thus ensuring that all traffic from VMs go either to VPN or a "blackhole". This is more robust than relying on the main routing table that can be messed up. However, that requires relaxing the reverse path filter and I don't remember any mitigation

Re: [qubes-users] Fedora 25

2017-01-30 Thread Connor Page
I guess qubes tools need to be recompiled against new libraries but userspace pulseaudio version is not a problem. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email t

[qubes-users] Fedora 25

2017-01-30 Thread Connor Page
I've been using only f25 for about a month now. the upgrade was smooth. just needed to tweak qt5 styles and scaling. looks like now there is a version conflict. qubes-gui-vm requires pulseaudio 9 but I guess f25 has moved on to version 10. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

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

2017-01-26 Thread Connor Page
Linux HVMs don't get network settings from stub domains so all the IPs have to be set manually. When network topology is changed, new addresses have to be entered. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group a

[qubes-users] Cannot persistently mount extra partitions

2017-01-25 Thread Connor Page
you can specify your modified config copy in qvm-start --custom-config=/path/to/config vm-name -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubs

[qubes-users] Disable Intel ME

2017-01-13 Thread Connor Page
thank you for the link. I have successfuly tried it on a Haswell notebook. it doesn't disable ME but (supposedly) limits it's functionality by removing all modules but 2. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this

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

2017-01-13 Thread Connor Page
you would have to create a new VM, configure it properly and then copy the private image from the source VM. same limitation apply to proxyvms :( -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving e

[qubes-users] Re: Is Fedora Really A Good Choice For QubeOS?

2017-01-09 Thread Connor Page
Sorry Drew, you asked what needs to be installed to make another dom0, not the bare minimum that is required. Every Qubes specific package provides a list of prerequisites and version conflicts. For instance, Name: qubes-core-dom0 Version:%{version} Release:1%{dist} Summ

[qubes-users] Re: Is Fedora Really A Good Choice For QubeOS?

2017-01-06 Thread Connor Page
why wouldn't you consult the list of actually installed packages? https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-installer-qubes-os/blob/master/conf/comps-qubes.xml -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

Re: [qubes-users] mounting a disk image or volume in app-vm, fast backups

2016-11-14 Thread Connor Page
On Monday, 14 November 2016 19:24:06 UTC, Unman wrote: > qvm-block -A allows you to attach an image file to a qube. BTW, what's the correct way to detach one image file? it's not mentioned in the man page :( -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-u

[qubes-users] Re: mounting a disk image or volume in app-vm, fast backups

2016-11-14 Thread Connor Page
On Monday, 14 November 2016 18:52:27 UTC, pixel fairy wrote: > how do you attach an image file to an appvm? qvm-block -A : for your purpose the file or volume can be in the backupvm. > > what would you recommend for for resizable, or ideally, automatically > resizing volume for this? lvm or b

Re: [qubes-users] Display Calibration

2016-11-11 Thread Connor Page
the filename of the colour profile .icc-file is stored in the X atom _ICC_PROFILE. perhaps, if that is available then the correct profile can be selected by gnome settings manager which currently says there are no colour managed devices in vms. I think colord service would need to be enabled as

Re: [qubes-users] Display Calibration

2016-11-09 Thread Connor Page
darktable and firefox can use a defined profile without colord. the profile has to be in a specific place and selected as the display profile (with colord option switched off). for firefox the full path to the profile should be entered in some property that I don't remember exactly right now but

Re: [qubes-users] Display Calibration and Audio Equalizer for Dom0 ?

2016-11-04 Thread Connor Page
On Friday, 28 October 2016 12:19:56 UTC+1, Laszlo Zrubecz wrote: > Can you please describe in more details what and how you achieved? > Found this in bash history backup: dispcal -H -y l -R (this is to adjust the brightness to the recommended level) dispcal -v -m -y l -q l -t 6500 -g 2.2 leno

Re: [qubes-users] Display Calibration and Audio Equalizer for Dom0 ?

2016-11-04 Thread Connor Page
On Friday, 28 October 2016 12:19:56 UTC+1, Laszlo Zrubecz wrote: > On 09/03/2016 12:49 AM, Connor Page wrote: > > I have calibrated my yellow screen using argyllcms. > > I don't attach usb devices to dom0 so installed it in sys-usb as well. > > used > > https:/

[qubes-users] проблемы с установкой usb wi-fi адаптера rtl8188eus

2016-10-19 Thread Connor Page
контроллер usb должен быть в той же виртуальной машине. please use English on this mailing list. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsub

[qubes-users] Re: Proper way of implementing unlock with keyfile instead of passphrase

2016-09-28 Thread Connor Page
so effectively your disk is not encrypted. try adding dracut module crypt-gpg, encrypt the key and use it with .gpg extension in the CMDLINE. if that works delete the weak passphrase, otherwise there's no benefit for doing all this. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th

Re: [qubes-users] Re: BTRFS?

2016-09-23 Thread Connor Page
Thanks Rusty. People should be aware of this. I think I did reclaim all space but fiddled too much with the settings. Anyway, it was a good excercise, I learned about btrfs, LUKS and dracut, that wouldn't happen otherwise. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

Re: [qubes-users] BTRFS?

2016-09-22 Thread Connor Page
In fact, I think the right question is "Will Qubes 4 be compatible with btrfs root if vm storage is expected to reside on a LVM thin pool?" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

[qubes-users] Re: BTRFS?

2016-09-22 Thread Connor Page
I have root, home and var as subvolumes on a btrfs volume. I intended to create snapshots before updates. The tricky bit was to put it on a LUKS partition as somehow the installer encrypted only the swap partition. Maybe it was my fault, not sure now. Anyway, if you do it check that it is on top

[qubes-users] Re: rc.local iptables persistence on reboot

2016-09-22 Thread Connor Page
world writable script executed as root is the worst advice I've ever seen on this mailing list. please don't do 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 from it, send an email

[qubes-users] Re: rc.local iptables persistence on reboot

2016-09-21 Thread Connor Page
I once managed to add a line break before the shebang. Took me a bit of time to figure it out why vm services did not start. I can't see what could fail in your script other than $PATH being incomplete or unset. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qube

Re: [qubes-users] Does QubesOs does not source ~/.profile on purpose?

2016-09-20 Thread Connor Page
the source code of qvm-run is your best documentation of how applications are run without logging in :) here is the session that is started in vms. I like the hangman :) https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-gui-agent-linux/blob/master/appvm-scripts/usrbin/qubes-session -- You received this message b

[qubes-users] Re: rc.local iptables persistence on reboot

2016-09-20 Thread Connor Page
would you mind posting the whole script? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send ema

[qubes-users] Blank screen after 10 minutes

2016-09-20 Thread Connor Page
try Presentation mode in the power manager panel plugin. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this

[qubes-users] Re: Proper way of implementing unlock with keyfile instead of passphrase

2016-09-18 Thread Connor Page
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut.html#_crypto_luks_key_on_removable_device_support -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-

[qubes-users] rc.local iptables persistence on reboot

2016-09-18 Thread Connor Page
does it start with this? #!/bin/sh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to

[qubes-users] Does QubesOs does not source ~/.profile on purpose?

2016-09-18 Thread Connor Page
technically the user "user" is not logged in so the profile files are not sourced. use .bashrc if you want to modify terminal sessions. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

[qubes-users] Re: netvm doesn't recognize physical hardware switch state

2016-09-15 Thread Connor Page
no. it looks exactly as acpi problem. have you tried a Fedora live dvd/usb? If it doesn't work then the problem is not specific to Qubes. please try. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

[qubes-users] Re: netvm doesn't recognize physical hardware switch state

2016-09-14 Thread Connor Page
with such a fairly fresh kernel you probably should make sure you also have the latest bios. some people also claim that resetting bios settings miraculously makes their wifi work in Linux. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To un

[qubes-users] netvm doesn't recognize physical hardware switch state

2016-09-13 Thread Connor Page
does it work in plain Fedora? your problem most probably is not directly related to the network card itself. it could be caused by bios settings and wrong acpi config in kernel. I used to have the same problem when I first tried Qubes R2 on Lenovo Yoga 2 13. ideapad_laptop module back then would

Re: [qubes-users] Streisand - AntiCensorship software

2016-09-08 Thread Connor Page
it's on the front page: "All software runs on ports that have been deliberately chosen to make simplistic port blocking unrealistic without causing massive collateral damage. OpenVPN, for example, does not run on its default port of 1194, but instead uses port 636, the standard port for LDAP/SSL

Re: [qubes-users] Newbie Qubes questions.. please help!

2016-09-08 Thread Connor Page
Think of Whonix as a possible compartment of your digital life that gives more anonymity online. It would be more or less securely separated from other compartments. In order to save space and admin effort common parts of these compartments (i.e., the root filesystem, kernels, modules) are made

Re: [qubes-users] Streisand - AntiCensorship software

2016-09-07 Thread Connor Page
agree, when I looked at it some time ago I could not imagine why I would need all of that. too large an attack surface for my taste. however, I did investigate what individual elements are capable of and borrowed some ideas, like using port 636 and tls-auth for openvpn. -- You received this me

Re: Request for test: Re: [qubes-users] Fedora 24?

2016-09-07 Thread Connor Page
and forgot to mention, I followed the documentation for upgrade from 21 to 23, i.e. used an additional disk image for cache and modules. otherwise it would fail with my densely populated templates. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group

Re: Request for test: Re: [qubes-users] Fedora 24?

2016-09-07 Thread Connor Page
I upgraded all fedora-based vms to 24 about a month ago when I noticed a qubes repo for that. all upgrades went smooth but I suggest backups first because of different versions of software. things may break if you switch back to 23. I had this problem with remmina, it couldn't work properly with

Re: [qubes-users] 3.2-rc1, xfce4 volume control

2016-09-07 Thread Connor Page
volumed and mixer are not maintained by xfce team anymore [1] since audio relies on pulseaudio it would make sense to use pulseaudio plugin and key bindings in dom0. [1] http://www.xfce.org/about/news/?post=1425081600 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[qubes-users] Networking between Linux and Windows VMs

2016-09-05 Thread Connor Page
they should be connected to the same firewallvm, not netvm. iptables in netvms are set up differently. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-user

[qubes-users] yubikey challenge-response

2016-09-05 Thread Connor Page
are you trying to login or unlock? the documentation covers only unlocking the screensaver. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr.

[qubes-users] Recovery Disk & Suggest Live Linux CD to recovery system like WinPE

2016-09-04 Thread Connor Page
I think nowadays many live installers that have capability to install on encrypted partitions give possibility use the tools in a terminal window. For instance, when I realised that somehow only a swap partition got encrypted in a fresh Qubes install I launched Manjaro live ISO, dd root partitio

[qubes-users] security question: keepass vault password

2016-09-04 Thread Connor Page
it makes an evil maid's mission a bit more complicated -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this g

[qubes-users] Display Calibration and Audio Equalizer for Dom0 ?

2016-09-02 Thread Connor Page
I have calibrated my yellow screen using argyllcms. I don't attach usb devices to dom0 so installed it in sys-usb as well. used https://encrypted.pcode.nl/blog/2013/11/24/display-color-profiling-on-linux/ as a rough guide. to get the calibration done you just need to run dispcal and then transf

[qubes-users] Suggestions for running media server?

2016-09-02 Thread Connor Page
No. 4 makes sense. sys-usb shouldn't know the encryption keys. encrypted block device can be attached to a server vm where it would be appropriately decrypted and mounted, possibly from dom0 via qvm-run (you can start a vm, attach storage, decrypt and mount it by a short script using qvm-* comma

[qubes-users] HCL - MacBookPro8_1

2016-08-30 Thread Connor Page
just a word of caution, your network cards and thunderbolt devices will have access to all memory they can address and at least one USB controller will be in dom0 as the keyboard is USB. that controller actually has an external port. don't count on Qubes to prevent hardware attacks or keep it sa

Re: [qubes-users] Custom initramfs

2016-08-27 Thread Connor Page
after giving it a thought I decided keep usb devices out of dom0. the solution for debian is real 2FA but ykfde is for lazy people. I gave it as an example of dracut hooks. theoretically you can rearrange hooks so that yubikey authentification happens before rd.qubes.hide_all_usb is processed bu

[qubes-users] Custom initramfs

2016-08-26 Thread Connor Page
this is an interesting idea. initramfs is generated by dracut. read this https://github.com/nj0y/ykfde/blob/master/README-dracut.md -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it,

[qubes-users] Re: Manual dpi control in vm's for HIDPI diplays

2016-08-26 Thread Connor Page
this is not a universal approach but should work fine for gnome apps. you should type them in terminal applications in each vm. a more comprehensive approach to cover all bases is to set proper dpi for X server, Xft, gsettings (if gnome-settings-daemon runs), xsettings (IIRC Debian template nee

[qubes-users] Burning a USB attached CDROM

2016-08-26 Thread Connor Page
you should use the drive as normal in sys-usb. just make the private image large enough and copy whatever it is you want to burn to that vm. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

[qubes-users] Re: Fedora Minimal ProxyVPN template?

2016-08-09 Thread Connor Page
you can install dunst for minimalist notifications. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this grou

[qubes-users] Fedora Minimal ProxyVPN template?

2016-08-05 Thread Connor Page
The reality of life is that you can't clone netvms and proxyvms in qubes-manager. However, if you create a separate template with all customisation saved in /rw and /etc then you will be able to create many copies as /rw will be inherited. -- You received this message because you are subscrib

[qubes-users] Play Audio from AppVm on device attached to USB Cube

2016-07-30 Thread Connor Page
Read the last part at https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb/ This should solve your problem unless you want to mix sound from multiple vms. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from i

[qubes-users] Re: What do you think about the idea of a FileVM?

2016-07-30 Thread Connor Page
I used to run samba server on Archlinux inside Qubes. Actual data was stored on a separate volume group and mounted in the server vm on boot. The main difficulty was to do routing and firewalling properly on every change of network topology. The main risk was that eventually many vms had to be

[qubes-users] Re: No longer able to play videos on youtube after the upgrade.

2016-07-27 Thread Connor Page
I played full HD videos on youtube yesterday after a full update without a problem. Have you updated both the template AND dom0? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, se

[qubes-users] VIF interfaces

2016-07-08 Thread Connor Page
use arp to see ip and mac addresses of vms connected to interfaces. lookup ip in qvm-ls -n or qubes-manager mac addresses are visible in qvm-prefs. assuming your vms don't spoof these addresses ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group.

Re: [qubes-users] DispVM available space

2016-06-08 Thread Connor Page
Thank you Marek. I guess the setting should be greyed out same as root image size. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@google

[qubes-users] DispVM available space

2016-06-08 Thread Connor Page
I've noticed that there is no private image mounted in /rw in disposable vms. 1. What is the point of private image size setting in Qubes Manager then? 2. Is there an easy way to expand dvm storage without affecting it's template? 3. Am I missing something? I need to load large files in dvm, check