[qubes-users] Starting a browser (brave, or chrome) in qubes as a different user (ease of management thing)

2018-09-12 Thread daltong defourne
Hi! Long story short, I want to put browser into a separate user account inside qubes. I realize it is not exactly the "intended typical qubes arrangement" but it will make a certain workflow much easier for me, and hopefully would at least not degrade security (why should it, lol) So far wha

[qubes-users] Creating a systemd unit that runs when Dom0 user logs in (NOT merely when boot up completes)

2018-03-24 Thread daltong defourne
Hello community! I need to achieve the following: A systemd unit that fires ONLY when user first logs in (not when bootup complete, so rc.local does not achieve what I want) And, related need, I want to be able to determine if a particular VM is already running. What I want to achieve: seque

[qubes-users] Re: Increasing the number of Dom0 and VM kernels one can have at same time

2017-10-22 Thread daltong defourne
Thanks! On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 12:22:03 PM UTC+3, Foppe de Haan wrote: > /etc/dnf/dnf.conf > installonly_limit -- 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

[qubes-users] Qubes in dual head - applying ICC profiles to only one screen

2017-10-20 Thread daltong defourne
So I have dual head config with qubes both at home and at work now (yay) One of the monitors at work is a finnicky little thing that needs calibration. I have successfully made an ICC profile in windows (dual boot system) using a borrowed Spyder. Now, I want to apply the ICC profile inside qube

[qubes-users] Increasing the number of Dom0 and VM kernels one can have at same time

2017-10-11 Thread daltong defourne
Hi! Basically, I am affected both by this bug https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3165 and this issue https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3158 So I need myself a few extra kernels installed "just in case", so as to make sure that nothing untowards happens in case of any f

[qubes-users] Linux audio meddling in dom0 - getting alsaequal to work

2017-07-13 Thread daltong defourne
Hi! Long story short, I've managed to compile and install alsaequal in dom0 (had to find dependencies, which have different names, and had to edit makefile to point to /usr/lib64 instead of /usr/lib/) It compiled allright and starts with a lot of different EQ modules. I am using the following

Re: [qubes-users] Completely disabling pulse audio (playback and record) in service VMs that don't need sound

2017-07-13 Thread daltong defourne
for both pulseaudio and qubes-pulseaudio need both overriden as separate entries Thanks a huge lot! You fellows rule! On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 5:34:15 PM UTC+3, Noor Christensen wrote: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 06:17:53AM -0700, daltong defourne wrote: > > On Wednesday, July

Re: [qubes-users] Completely disabling pulse audio (playback and record) in service VMs that don't need sound

2017-07-12 Thread daltong defourne
Hi! Tried that (X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false) and pulse still starts Does it have to be the only line there (I mostly kept the original content) I also tried doing those manipulations with qubes-pulseaudio.desktop file, to no result On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 3:04:44 AM UTC+3, Salmiak

Re: [qubes-users] Completely disabling pulse audio (playback and record) in service VMs that don't need sound

2017-07-11 Thread daltong defourne
Thanks! Is it possible to do this on a per-app-VM basis and not on a per-template basis? On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 12:37:49 PM UTC+3, Noor Christensen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 01:40:34AM -0700, daltong defourne wrote: > > All other commands in rc. local are executed as exp

[qubes-users] Completely disabling pulse audio (playback and record) in service VMs that don't need sound

2017-07-11 Thread daltong defourne
Hi! Basically, I want to disable pulseaudio for stuff like firewall VM and VPN VM and the like. They don't need it and it makes pavucontrol pannel a mess. I tried just doing a sudo pactl exit in terminal of VMs that don't need sound and it works like a charm HOWEVER inserting a pactl exit

[qubes-users] System-wide equalizer in dom0 (alsaeq or pulseaudio-equalizer)

2017-06-30 Thread daltong defourne
Hello! I'd like to get system-wide EQ in Qubes, is it possible to install any of the "classical" linux equalizers? Alsaeq seems to not be in qubes repositories, and I can not figure out if pulseaudio-equalizer is (but seems not) So if anyone managed to get an equalizer thing going for Qubes, s

[qubes-users] Re: Assigning a specific xfce virtual desktop to a VM-program pair

2017-04-12 Thread daltong defourne
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 10:08:20 PM UTC+3, Hack wrote: > On 04/12/2017 08:35 PM, daltong defourne wrote: > > On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 8:48:30 PM UTC+3, cooloutac wrote: > >> On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 1:16:36 PM UTC-4, daltong defourne wrote: > >>

[qubes-users] Re: Assigning a specific xfce virtual desktop to a VM-program pair

2017-04-12 Thread daltong defourne
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 8:48:30 PM UTC+3, cooloutac wrote: > On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 1:16:36 PM UTC-4, daltong defourne wrote: > > I know this (and similar matters) has been discussed in different places, > > on and off > > > > For example here: &g

[qubes-users] Assigning a specific xfce virtual desktop to a VM-program pair

2017-04-12 Thread daltong defourne
I know this (and similar matters) has been discussed in different places, on and off For example here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/jtjyq8N6bY0/discussion https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/gCklOzk9xYg https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2627 Ho

[qubes-users] preloading library (LD_PRELOAD?!) in Dom0 to make adaptec arcconf work

2017-03-13 Thread daltong defourne
Hi! Basically decided to put adaptec storage manager in Dom0 so I don't have to reboot into windows to configure / checkup my raid (had some Odd Noises) The following error happens https://forum.likg.org.ua/linux-specific/adaptec-raid-controller-monitoring-t270.html Unfortunately, export LD_PR

[qubes-users] Re: Attaching a USB printer scanner to Windows HVM via usbip (a workaround)

2017-01-23 Thread daltong defourne
On Monday, January 23, 2017 at 10:00:09 PM UTC+3, raah...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, January 23, 2017 at 3:28:47 AM UTC-5, daltong defourne wrote: > > Hi! > > I've managed to plug a USB printer/scanner into Windows HVM via usbip (as > > workaround to curren

[qubes-users] Re: How to view Youtube in Fullscreen ? (for dummies)

2017-01-23 Thread daltong defourne
On Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 12:15:53 AM UTC+3, jamie wrote: > does not matter if I use fedora, debian or whonix ... whenever I press > fullscreen on any youtube video the brower freezes.. > > it also does not matter which browser I use firefox, chromium,... > all of them freeze. > > > how

[qubes-users] Attaching a USB printer scanner to Windows HVM via usbip (a workaround)

2017-01-23 Thread daltong defourne
Hi! I've managed to plug a USB printer/scanner into Windows HVM via usbip (as workaround to current USB/PCI passthrough woes) Sharing with community: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2597#issuecomment-274347172 NB! This thing requires that you have networking between windows HVM an

[qubes-users] Re: Windows HVM and two monitors (dual head - dual headache ;-) ). Help appreciated.

2017-01-17 Thread daltong defourne
On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 7:32:08 PM UTC+3, Opal Raava wrote: > On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 10:23:15 AM UTC+1, daltong defourne wrote: > > Well, first, the good thing: > > Dual head windows HVM booted without issue. > > > > (Qubes proper is also working

[qubes-users] Windows HVM and two monitors (dual head - dual headache ;-) ). Help appreciated.

2017-01-17 Thread daltong defourne
Well, first, the good thing: Dual head windows HVM booted without issue. (Qubes proper is also working with the second monitor and extending the qubes desktop to it, all fine) Now, the bad thing - apparently, enabling "extend desktop to this monitor" in windows does literally nothing (seamless

[qubes-users] Planning to put Solaar in dom0 (because I want my logitech mouse to work "as god intended")

2017-01-16 Thread daltong defourne
So, there's a thing called Solaar https://pwr.github.io/Solaar/installation.html and it's used to make life easier for users of logitech mice. I've just received a Logitech Performance MX as gift and want to used it with my main qubes desktop. Has anyone succeeded using Solaar with qubes? Any

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Can anyone recommend a video card for Qubes

2017-01-15 Thread daltong defourne
On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 12:22:20 AM UTC+3, qmast...@gmail.com wrote: > Saturday, 14 January 2017 г., 14:20:23 UTC-5 tai...@gmx.com wrote: > > On 01/14/2017 12:15 PM, qmastery wrote: > > > > > Saturday, 14 January 2017 г., 5:01:34 UTC-5 Chris Willard написал: > > >> Hello All, > > >> > > >>

Re: [qubes-users] Re: IPv6 connectivity and qubes proxy VM

2017-01-15 Thread daltong defourne
On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 8:23:27 AM UTC+3, Chris Laprise wrote: > On 01/13/2017 04:34 PM, *@gmail.com wrote: > > On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 1:30:07 PM UTC-5, daltong defourne wrote: > >> On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 6:47:00 PM UTC+3, daltong defourne wrote: &g

[qubes-users] Re: IPv6 connectivity and qubes proxy VM

2017-01-12 Thread daltong defourne
On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 6:47:00 PM UTC+3, daltong defourne wrote: > Hi! > I've created a VPN proxyvm (debian-8 based) according to existing > documentation (more or less - I'm using the VPN provider's standalone client > because, in a VM, why not?) >

[qubes-users] IPv6 connectivity and qubes proxy VM

2017-01-12 Thread daltong defourne
Hi! I've created a VPN proxyvm (debian-8 based) according to existing documentation (more or less - I'm using the VPN provider's standalone client because, in a VM, why not?) For IPv4 it works flawlessly. For IPv6 it does not work at all for the VMs "behind" the proxyvm (VPN's IPv6 support wor

[qubes-users] Re: Nvidia drivers in dom0 still works? (need to get a GTX 1070 off the ground)

2017-01-08 Thread daltong defourne
On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 11:07:55 AM UTC+3, Foppe de Haan wrote: > On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 1:36:37 AM UTC+1, daltong defourne wrote: > > On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 1:33:23 AM UTC+3, Mathew Evans wrote: > > > Just to update. > > > > > > I am curr

[qubes-users] Re: Nvidia drivers in dom0 still works? (need to get a GTX 1070 off the ground)

2017-01-07 Thread daltong defourne
On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 1:33:23 AM UTC+3, Mathew Evans wrote: > Just to update. > > I am currently running Nvidia drivers without a issue. > > dom0 Kernel: 4.4.31-11 > Nvidia: 375.20 > Kernel-module: compiled in dom0; > > Quick Guide: > 1. dom0: qubes-dom0-update install gcc devel-ker

[qubes-users] Re: Nvidia drivers in dom0 still works? (need to get a GTX 1070 off the ground)

2017-01-07 Thread daltong defourne
On Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 8:53:12 PM UTC+3, testo...@gmail.com wrote: > looks like your lightdm died, Daltong. > Had exactly same thing. > > That's about as far as I got myself a month ago > > Maybe some Xorg driver is needed or some other magic. > > P.S. > Also, for me, despite all my eff

[qubes-users] Re: Nvidia drivers in dom0 still works? (need to get a GTX 1070 off the ground)

2017-01-07 Thread daltong defourne
On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 3:12:55 PM UTC+3, Foppe de Haan wrote: > On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 11:33:23 PM UTC+1, Mathew Evans wrote: > > Just to update. > > > > I am currently running Nvidia drivers without a issue. > > > > dom0 Kernel: 4.4.31-11 > > Nvidia: 375.20 > > Kernel-module: c

[qubes-users] Re: Nvidia drivers in dom0 still works? (need to get a GTX 1070 off the ground)

2017-01-07 Thread daltong defourne
On Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 5:46:37 PM UTC+3, daltong defourne wrote: > On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 3:12:55 PM UTC+3, Foppe de Haan wrote: > > On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 11:33:23 PM UTC+1, Mathew Evans wrote: > > > Just to update. > > > > > > I

[qubes-users] Re: Nvidia drivers in dom0 still works? (need to get a GTX 1070 off the ground)

2017-01-07 Thread daltong defourne
On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 3:12:55 PM UTC+3, Foppe de Haan wrote: > On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 11:33:23 PM UTC+1, Mathew Evans wrote: > > Just to update. > > > > I am currently running Nvidia drivers without a issue. > > > > dom0 Kernel: 4.4.31-11 > > Nvidia: 375.20 > > Kernel-module: c

[qubes-users] Re: Problem setting permissive mode for a PCI device

2017-01-07 Thread daltong defourne
Oh, BTW, I copied the wrong log (silly me :( ) Here's the correct log for "set permissive" service --- qubes-pre-netvm.service - Netv fixup attempt Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/qubes-pre-netvm.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat

[qubes-users] Re: Problem setting permissive mode for a PCI device

2017-01-07 Thread daltong defourne
On Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 4:35:15 PM UTC+3, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote: > W dniu sobota, 7 stycznia 2017 14:11:36 UTC+1 użytkownik daltong defourne > napisał: > > Hello everyone! > > Trying to follow the steps outlined here: > > > > https://www.qubes-os.

[qubes-users] Problem setting permissive mode for a PCI device

2017-01-07 Thread daltong defourne
Hello everyone! Trying to follow the steps outlined here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/assigning-devices/#pci-passthrough-issues Created a service, BUT it fails to start systemctl status gives qubes-netvm.service - Qubes NetVM startup Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/qubes-netvm.serv

[qubes-users] PCI-e USB 2.0 / 3.0 cards that are known to be "good for qubes" (support reset, etc)

2017-01-06 Thread daltong defourne
Basically, what it says in the subject. I want to buy an (1x?) pci-e USB card that would be compatible with qubes "as much as possible", ideally supporting reset to avoid the annoying "unable to reset" thingie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes

[qubes-users] Re: Odd failure when trying to use Asus WL-167G with Qubes (both Fedora and Debian 8 VMs). Help :(

2017-01-06 Thread daltong defourne
Do you, by any chance, happen to run an ASUS mobo? I happen to have exactly this thing on ASUS + Skylake, and have managed to alleviate it somewhat, here's full report https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-devel/7K1wm_tuuVI -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[qubes-users] Re: Nvidia drivers in dom0 still works? (need to get a GTX 1070 off the ground)

2017-01-06 Thread daltong defourne
On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 3:12:55 PM UTC+3, Foppe de Haan wrote: > On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 11:33:23 PM UTC+1, Mathew Evans wrote: > > Just to update. > > > > I am currently running Nvidia drivers without a issue. > > > > dom0 Kernel: 4.4.31-11 > > Nvidia: 375.20 > > Kernel-module: c

Re: [qubes-users] Installing nvidia drivers in dom0

2016-12-12 Thread daltong defourne
On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 5:23:55 AM UTC+3, ver...@riseup.net wrote: > > Do you know anything about support for this particular hardware in > > baremetal Linux distributions (like Ubuntu, Fedora)? > > I've successfully installed Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Fedora 22 (in basic graphics > mode), PC-BSD

[qubes-users] Nvidia drivers in dom0 still works? (need to get a GTX 1070 off the ground)

2016-12-12 Thread daltong defourne
Hi! Does this procedure still work: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/install-nvidia-driver/ ? I have a box I want qubes on, but it has GTX 1070. I can temporarily swap the card out for a less obnoxious one (like, some Northern Islands Radeon, which I have lying around somewhere), but I'd prefer to

[qubes-users] not sure if should post this to qubes-devel but... has Alpine been considered for a Qubes Template?

2016-06-19 Thread daltong defourne
Hello! Basically, I've been reading about Alpine Linux and it seems to me that it might make for a pretty good basis for an AppVM The good: Alpine is pretty Xen-friendly Alpine comes with Grsec/PaX out-of-the-box Alpine is extremely compact (<200 MB images) The bad: Alpine uses musl libc which

[qubes-users] Re: Restoring Dom0 networking + mitigating drawbacks + compiling a program from source in Dom0

2016-06-03 Thread daltong defourne
On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 10:44:52 PM UTC+3, Vít Šesták wrote: > > If you really want to run such app in dom0 (and the alternative proposed > by Marek is not good for you), I suggest the following: > > * Use something like netcat in some network-enabled VM, call it from dom0 > by qvm-run and

[qubes-users] Restoring Dom0 networking + mitigating drawbacks + compiling a program from source in Dom0

2016-06-02 Thread daltong defourne
Hello! First and foremost, I did google and I did read this thread about Dom0 not being networkable anymore https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/c2RyhLmTCm4/VQXWnHtyBQAJ However, I need to have 3d acceleration available to a trusted-ish (in the sense, developed in-house) program that wou