[qubes-users] Re: Performance problems during video conference

2020-10-16 Thread John Dyne
t; > On 10/15/20 10:49 AM, John Dyne wrote: > > I suffer performance problems, specially with the audio, during video > > conferences (webex, zoom etc). > > > > Since the default of audio_low_latency is true, what could be the > problem? > > > > >

[qubes-users] Performance problems during video conference

2020-10-15 Thread John Dyne
I suffer performance problems, specially with the audio, during video conferences (webex, zoom etc). Since the default of audio_low_latency is true, what could be the problem? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe

[qubes-users] Re: Blank screen after resume if using Nvidia on Lenovo P53

2020-04-21 Thread John Doe
Hello, I would like to add few updates: 1. I have created a simple script that simplifies entering some commands blindly from a TTY: https://pastebin.com/r0wszSLJ 2. I have realized that rmmod and modprobe of nouveau can help, but it has to be done twice and there are some other

[qubes-users] Re: Blank screen after resume if using Nvidia on Lenovo P53

2020-04-19 Thread John Doe
Hello, my previous message does not seem to have appeared, maybe it has been flagged because of some links. Anyway, I have successfully compiled kernel by notset, but it does not seem to change anything for NVIDIA. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[qubes-users] Blank screen after resume if using Nvidia on Lenovo P53

2020-04-14 Thread John Doe
Hello, I have Lenovo P53 with Nvidia+Intel GPU and I have various troubles depending on the configuration. First, I need to use a more recent kernel than the default one in order to make touchpad and trackpoint working: Linux dom0 5.5.9-1.qubes.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Mar 15 05:53:26 UTC 2020 x86_64

[qubes-users] hybrid graphics laptop over m2 sata egpu good idea or not?

2020-03-05 Thread john redneck
I am owner twicked Acer Aspire. (100% Qubes OS compatibility). So, that laptop has 32gb ram ddr4, i7-6500, 520 intel hd + nvidia 950m, also 1TB m2 sata samsung EVO and intel iommu support. I can remove m2 wifi module card and replace it with m2 EGPU (for example, nvidia 1060 GTX PCI-E card). Is

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I passedthrough GPU pci to win7 but can't install driver on windows

2020-01-13 Thread John Mitchell
With QEMU/KVM you can hide the VM from the driver. I don't know how to do this with qubes maybe someone else can step in. I didn't want Nvidia breaking my setup in a future driver update so I am using an AMD RX590 avoiding Nvidia's shortsightedness. And they lost a sale. On Friday, January

[qubes-users] Syncing clock with ntp

2019-12-27 Thread John Maher
clocksync as a service), I see that it too does not have ntp running. I don't know how sys-net will get network time without ntp running. Any suggestions on how to get my clock synced with network time? Thanks. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes/Xen doesn't comply with IOMMU grouping rules for PCI passthru

2019-12-27 Thread John Mitchell
"This can especially be the case with consumer class machines such as Ryzen." I had to lol about this since I have had many Intel systems with one problem or another and this is certainly not isolated to Ryzen. I am also running a Ryzen system running three VMs with PCI-passthrough on one of

Re: [qubes-users] Thunderbird Addon for launch attachments in dispVMs

2019-10-10 Thread John Maher
Thank you Sven and Andrew. John On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 7:44:10 PM UTC-4, Andrew David Wong wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 2019-10-03 4:39 PM, Sven Semmler wrote: > > On 10/3/19 3:05 PM, John Maher wrote: > >> All o

[qubes-users] Thunderbird Addon for launch attachments in dispVMs

2019-10-03 Thread John Maher
All of a sudden Thunderbird (68.1.0) no longer has the Qubes addon that allows the launching of attachments in dispVMs. Did something change that I can change back? Thanks. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To u

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes not working on Thinkpad T480

2019-09-30 Thread John Smiley
I'm running Qubes 4.02-rc2 on a T480 right now. Works like a charm. Would love to help, but will need more detail about your install steps and failure mode. On Monday, September 23, 2019 at 10:17:08 AM UTC-7, evan.la...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > I recently installed Qubes Release

[qubes-users] fedora-30 not updating with widget

2019-09-20 Thread john
I keep trying to update via widget it finishes but the wheel - cogwheel doesn't disappear, anyone else seeing this behaviour in 4.0.2 debians updated fine and the gear wheel disappears just not fedora,  doing it via qubes manager just says nothing to update -- You received this message

Re: [qubes-users] request : add to dom0 FFmpeg libraries and codecs h264/h265/libavcodec/libfdk_aac/libmp3lame/libopus/libvpx

2019-08-11 Thread john due
. How can multimedia libraries affect security? Dom0 already has build-toolchain for compile utlities from source but unfortunately not all libraries are enough Best Regards, john due воскресенье, 11 августа 2019 г., 14:03:22 UTC+3 пользователь Mike Keehan написал: > > On Sun, 11 Aug 2019

[qubes-users] request : add to dom0 FFmpeg libraries and codecs h264/h265/libavcodec/libfdk_aac/libmp3lame/libopus/libvpx

2019-08-11 Thread john due
Hello, Dear Qubes users and devs! Can you add please FFmpeg libraries and codecs to dom0 repos? Because it impossible to add RPMfusion repo to Dom0 and synchronize it with dnf/qubes-dom0-update mechanism. it required system-base-release 25 dependencies. Best Regards, john due -- You received

[qubes-users] History and future of secure virtualized environments

2019-08-03 Thread John Smiley
https://www.platformsecuritysummit.com/2018/speaker/pratt/ A bit off topic but one of the most informative 30 minutes I’ve spent in a while and thought I would share. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this

[qubes-users] Argo vs current inter-domain secure communications methods

2019-08-03 Thread John Smiley
I’m curious what the Qubes dev community thinks of the Argo inter-domain comms introduced in 4.12. Is it worth considering as a replacement for the current methods used by Qubes? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe

[qubes-users] Re: Aorus Devices

2019-06-16 Thread John Smiley
You may want to provide some details such as model name or at least chipset and what matters most to you in terms of what you want from Qubes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[qubes-users] Aorus Devices

2019-06-16 Thread John Smiley
I’ve used Quebes with an Aorus Gaming 3, which is an X299 board. -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Does Qubes-OS 4.0.1 have support for KDE or GNOME desktop environment?

2019-06-15 Thread john s.
On 6/15/19 12:50 AM, Chris Laprise wrote: On 6/14/19 6:00 PM, Jon deps wrote: On 6/5/19 8:00 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: On 6/2/19 3:41 AM, Finn wrote: I've installed Qubes-OS 4.0.1 and it's XFCE desktop environment but I would rather prefer either KDE or GNOME desktop environment. I found this

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Adding a Firefox add-on error to -dvm ?

2019-05-15 Thread john s.
On 5/10/19 1:17 AM, awokd wrote: deb https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free thanksforthereply, hmm just curious in /etc/apt/sources.list there is this deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free but that is not the

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes on Huawei Matebook Pro

2019-05-14 Thread John Jonathan
On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 1:44:23 PM UTC+2, awokd wrote: > > > Hello, I am unable to install Qubes on my new Huawei Matebook Pro. > > > > I have obviously disabled secure boot in the BIOS. > > Booting from USB stick stops at the initrd stage. I modified > > slightly the Anaconda partition, by

[qubes-users] Re: Installing software.. deb-9 lists qubes-r4.list

2019-04-16 Thread john s.
On 3/23/19 6:31 PM, Jon deps wrote: On 3/19/19 4:59 PM, Steven Walker wrote: I am still pretty new to Qubes. I have managed to create a new qube, but I want to install some software for use with this qube. I have read that it has to be installed to the template and not the actual qube. As the

[qubes-users] Re: I found a good working alternative to pci video passthrough for owners of separate windows gaming PC w/ modern nvidia video card

2019-04-11 Thread John Mitchell
On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 9:21:22 PM UTC+2, jrsm...@gmail.com wrote: > That makes sense. I was thinking along the lines of 3K-4K with all of the > eye candy dialed to Ultra. You could with a higher end video card. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[qubes-users] Re: I found a good working alternative to pci video passthrough for owners of separate windows gaming PC w/ modern nvidia video card

2019-04-11 Thread John Mitchell
On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 7:31:49 PM UTC+2, jrsm...@gmail.com wrote: > So do I. I just boot Windows for that though. I’m a very curious sort and > genuinely don’t understand if you’re playing AAA games at high rez and frame > rates. You’ll never get the performance for this use case out of

[qubes-users] Re: I found a good working alternative to pci video passthrough for owners of separate windows gaming PC w/ modern nvidia video card

2019-04-11 Thread John Mitchell
On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6:19:22 AM UTC+2, jrsm...@gmail.com wrote: > > I guess I'm missing a major point. Why would one want to game on Qubes? Some of us like to have fun! ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To

Re: [qubes-users] Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse via USB?

2019-04-10 Thread John Smiley
So if you have 4 or more USB controllers isolating one for its exclusive use for kb and mouse is safer than PS/2? If so that eliminates one of the two main reasons I had for buying a new mobo for Qubes. The other is that the new one has a hardware TPM and the one w/o PS/2 only has a firmware

Re: [qubes-users] Re: How risky is GPU pass-through?

2019-04-09 Thread John Mitchell
Hey throwaway42, Thank you for the information! I wish I had this 6 months ago when I began planning my personal VM server. -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Re: How risky is GPU pass-through?

2019-04-09 Thread John Mitchell
On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 2:53:25 PM UTC+2, unman wrote: > Do you run Qubes? On what hardware? I wanted to use Qubes however I didn't feel that my usage case would be supported here so I opted for Xubuntu running QEMU and Virtual Machine Manager. I have it working, responding here from

Re: [qubes-users] Re: How risky is GPU pass-through?

2019-04-08 Thread John Mitchell
On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 8:32:09 PM UTC+2, tai...@gmx.com wrote: > On 02/25/2019 04:02 PM, John Mitchell wrote: > > If I may ask what OS do you use for the host? > > > > Devuan, it is debian without systemd. > > I compile most of the related packages though like

[qubes-users] Re: "Qubes Devices" widget not working anymore

2019-04-05 Thread john . e . maher
On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 10:34:21 AM UTC-4, Lorenzo Lamas wrote: > On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 3:15:44 PM UTC+2, john@gmail.com wrote: > > On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 3:53:49 PM UTC-4, Lorenzo Lamas wrote: > > > Try updating to qubes-desktop-linux-manager 4.0.17

[qubes-users] Re: "Qubes Devices" widget not working anymore

2019-04-05 Thread john . e . maher
nyone has any suggestions regarding that that would be fantastic. Thanks. John -- 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...@go

[qubes-users] "Qubes Devices" widget not working anymore

2019-04-04 Thread john . e . maher
Devices. I'm using a USB qube called sys-usb, and this function used to work perfectly. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[qubes-users] running application without packages ?

2019-03-29 Thread john s.
So, if I have a .tar.gz which I unzip and inside there is a executable. there is nothing to install in a template, and when I close the AppVM that contains the executable, should I expect that when I open that AppVM again, that I should still be able to use the executable? or is Qubes

[qubes-users] Re: all new kernels are unusable with amdgpu - Sapphire Nitro + RX590

2019-03-24 Thread John Mitchell
I don't know if this will be helpful since I am using Xubuntu 18.10 with kernel 5.0.1 with a RX590 card. So the problem is likely with the kernel build since the older kernels do not properly reset the RX590. Here is a video walking through getting everything to work with Xubuntu, perhaps you

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes - Critique (long)

2019-03-19 Thread John Goold
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 3/18/19 10:40 PM, jrsmi...@gmail.com wrote: > “The install appeared successful. I was able to add Chromium to an > appVM. When I started the appVM and launched Chromium from the > menu... nothing! No window, no error message. I tried a number of

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes - Critique (long)

2019-03-16 Thread John Goold
. plane or car crash). Anyway, with our emphasis on Qubes and security, I was curious about this other aspect of people's affairs. Do you have all your important data locked down in Qubes so *only* you can get at it? John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEe8Wcf7Po7bts2Rl4jWN9/rQYsRwFAlyNmB

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes - Critique (long)

2019-03-16 Thread John Goold
. > Hi Mike, What a coincidence! I live in Canada, but use the BBC website on a daily basis for news and interesting articles. It is really the only reason I need Flash. Cheers, John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEe8Wcf7Po7bts2Rl4jWN9/rQYsRwFAlyNA

[qubes-users] Qubes - Critique (long)

2019-03-15 Thread John Goold
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 *A Critique of Qubes* Before discussing Qubes, I want to give you a bit of background about me. I do not want to tell my life-story, I doubt anyone is interested. However, I want you to know "where I am coming from" and what I want from Qubes. I am

Re: [qubes-users] Re: thunderbird address book corrupted

2019-03-01 Thread John Goold
e before committing to CardBook (I only took a couple of days; my wife took a couple of weeks). Cheers, John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEe8Wcf7Po7bts2Rl4jWN9/rQYsRwFAlx5iJsACgkQjWN9/rQY sRxaqwf+JEZx4zWRO525YPuI2Pj+HB/Ix72WpvIFE0OHgatmjLapzdQWhbyNWhqf jMraQClp/PnApbQm268TFPeNHv

[qubes-users] why mail-list?

2019-02-25 Thread John Goold
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2/25/19 2:44 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > If you are not smart enough to use a mailinglist you are not smart > enough to use linux. > > Catering to the lowest common denominator is an impossible task > that shouldn't be tried as it always

Re: [qubes-users] Re: How risky is GPU pass-through?

2019-02-25 Thread John Mitchell
If I may ask what OS do you use for the host? -- 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,

Re: [qubes-users] Whonix Yes or No

2019-02-20 Thread John Smiley
Thanks for all you responses and thoughts. You have presented multiple thoughtfull easy ways to think about this in plain English while politely pointing out the flaws on the originally posed scenario. Although there were several no’s and I understand their choice, my answer is Yes. On Sun, Feb

Re: [qubes-users] not enough memory to start domain "xyz"

2019-02-16 Thread John Goold
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2/16/19 11:56 AM, evo wrote: > By the way, how can i check up how much RAM i have in the whole > laptop? (I forgot it :D ) Surely if you go into BIOS set-up during power-up, you can see how much RAM the computer has. - -- John -BEG

Re: [qubes-users] Re: why mail-list?

2019-02-06 Thread John Goold
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2/6/19 1:52 PM, kit...@tutanota.com wrote: > Yeah, good buddy, we are all making the same assumptions. Knowing > about the extent the Five Eyes will go to gather your personal > information makes two points; one is that if they do it, they must

Re: [qubes-users] Re: why mail-list?

2019-02-06 Thread John Goold
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2/6/19 10:36 AM, unman wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 10:15:54AM -0600, John Goold wrote: On > 2/6/19 1:12 AM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: >>>> kitchm via Forum: >>>> > ... >>>>> It i

Re: [qubes-users] Re: why mail-list?

2019-02-06 Thread John Goold
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2/6/19 1:12 AM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: > kitchm via Forum: > ... >> It is currently illegal by federal law to clear your browser >> history. > > Cite? What one does with one's browser history, even assuming one's browser has a browser

[qubes-users] Re: diff files across appvms

2019-01-30 Thread john . e . maher
On Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 11:06:19 AM UTC-5, John Goold wrote: > On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 3:23:54 PM UTC-6, john.e...@gmail.com wrote: > > Is it possible to compare (diff) files across appvms. Or (and), is it > > possible to pass arguments to an appvm through

[qubes-users] Re: diff files across appvms

2019-01-30 Thread John Goold
fferent than > a Keepassxc file in my appvm. > > Thanks for any ideas. > > John Would it not be simpler, and safer, to create the hash in your vault VM and then copy it to the global clipboard. Then switch to your appVM, open gedit (or editor of your choice) and paste the

[qubes-users] Re: automatic start dropbox in VM

2019-01-30 Thread John Goold
anks for any feedback. I simply put a symbolic link to dropbox.desktop in ~/.config/autostart Works perfectly. I also have links to slack.desktop and thunderbird.desktop. The .desktop files are located in /usr/share/applications/ Cheers, John -- You received this message because you are subscribed t

[qubes-users] Re: Cannot add new user to Thunderbird address book

2019-01-28 Thread John Goold
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 1/25/19 2:52 PM, John Goold wrote: > There is only one issue in my complete transition to a Qubes > system. This is the first. > > When I attempt to add a "New Contact" to Thunderbird's address > book, the "

[qubes-users] Re: QSB #46: APT update mechanism vulnerability

2019-01-26 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/26/19 6:41 PM, Aly Abdellatif wrote: > @John S.cde > > 1. Go into sys-firewall and delete rpms available in > /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates/packages > > and then in dom0 use sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-template-whonix-gw-14 > --enablerepo=qubes*testing --clean &g

[qubes-users] Re: QSB #46: APT update mechanism vulnerability

2019-01-26 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/26/19 9:30 AM, Aly Abdellatif wrote: > @John S redcap > > Go into the updateVM and delete unneeded rpms : > /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates/packages > > If you didnt change your updateVM, it will be in sys-firewall > > And then add - - clean in your qubes-dom0-up

[qubes-users] Re: QSB #46: APT update mechanism vulnerability

2019-01-25 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/26/19 5:22 AM, John S.Recdep wrote: > > When I remove the whonix templates I get about 12 errors complaining > about /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/whonix-ws-14/app.tempicons > /vm-whitelisted-appmenus.list > > etc > > n

[qubes-users] Re: QSB #46: APT update mechanism vulnerability

2019-01-25 Thread John S.Recdep
somewhere in this large thread it probably states there is an error in the original whonix install invocation right ? if one just uses community-testing they end up with 2018 version so use the --enablerepo=qubes*testing instead -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[qubes-users] Re: QSB #46: APT update mechanism vulnerability

2019-01-25 Thread John S.Recdep
When I remove the whonix templates I get about 12 errors complaining about /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/whonix-ws-14/app.tempicons /vm-whitelisted-appmenus.list etc no such file or directory I suppose just another one of those mystery errors to

Re: [qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] QSB #46: APT update mechanism vulnerability

2019-01-25 Thread john s.
>> >> Tasket, >> >> Does this mean that a upgrade to testing  is as good as   uninstalling - >> re-installing templates ? > > Yes. Everything in the template's root and private volumes is wiped > before the new package is added. > > However we found out this doesn't work for Whonix if your

[qubes-users] Cannot add new user to Thunderbird address book

2019-01-25 Thread John Goold
l my existing contacts show up and are usable. I am at a bit of a loss . - -- John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEe8Wcf7Po7bts2Rl4jWN9/rQYsRwFAlxLdxoACgkQjWN9/rQY sRyFwgf/Wj+axAr0SirQCvnZB+hsobtkBPvKabxGbhPx4xQwYKsK//ChsDtQvTAx oBYxc7DjRO3APyZdFJYVSNCRVjKNwAXbSfGQ2Xm0wa9yCdx3KYtsMJMabgYqp

[qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] QSB #46: APT update mechanism vulnerability

2019-01-25 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/23/19 9:52 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: > On 01/23/2019 12:05 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > >> Patching >> = >> >> If you are a Qubes user, you should remove all APT-based (including >> Debian and Whonix) TemplateVMs and StandaloneVMs, then install fresh >> ones. You can do

[qubes-users] Re: clock nightmare

2019-01-25 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/24/19 6:11 AM, haaber wrote: > Hello, could someone please help me out of the clock nightmare? dom0 > keeps setting itself at -1day, and helpless sys-whonix follows, which > disturbs tor, the time stamp of this email ETC. > Concrete question: in which timezone should live  respectively dom0 

[qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] QSB #46: APT update mechanism vulnerability

2019-01-23 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/23/19 9:08 PM, gone wrote: > unfortunately the reboot brought no change. Still the > 201812091508 version. > this is for Fedora, is there something akin to this for Debian ? -- What you can do to get the differences between two templates: 1) run "dnf list installed >

Re: [qubes-users] diff files across appvms

2019-01-23 Thread john . e . maher
> > > it possible to pass arguments to an appvm through a dom0 terminal. > > > > > > > > > > > > Basically, I want to check if a Keepassxc file in my vault is > > > > > > different than a Keepassxc file in my appvm. > > > > > > >

[qubes-users] Re: vault color (black?) & window decorations

2019-01-23 Thread John Goold
On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 7:38:56 AM UTC-5, Brendan Hoar wrote: > Hi folks, > > Regarding the default R4 color scheme... > > ...does anyone else find that the default color for vault (black?) makes it > nearly impossible to see the window titles and/or windows controls (close, > maximize,

[qubes-users] Re: Firefox Account SyncVM

2019-01-23 Thread John Goold
On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 12:20:32 PM UTC-6, R A F wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm trying to find a way to sync firefox bookmarks but I do not want to use > firefox account. So my question to all of you is: > Does anyone knows if there is a possible way to create local account that > will

Re: [qubes-users] diff files across appvms

2019-01-23 Thread john . e . maher
> than a Keepassxc file in my appvm. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > You can do this using qvm-run-vm or by using qvm-run in dom0. > > > Look at the policy file in /e

Re: [qubes-users] diff files across appvms

2019-01-23 Thread john . e . maher
Basically, I want to check if a Keepassxc file in my vault is different > > than a Keepassxc file in my appvm. > > > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > > John > > > > You can do this using qvm-run-vm or by using qvm-run in dom0. > Look at the policy file i

[qubes-users] diff files across appvms

2019-01-22 Thread john . e . maher
Is it possible to compare (diff) files across appvms. Or (and), is it possible to pass arguments to an appvm through a dom0 terminal. Basically, I want to check if a Keepassxc file in my vault is different than a Keepassxc file in my appvm. Thanks for any ideas. John -- You received

Re: [qubes-users] Firefox Account SyncVM

2019-01-22 Thread John Goold
On Monday, January 21, 2019 at 11:57:26 AM UTC-6, R A F wrote: > I understand your point here but what if I simply do not want to sync my > bookmarks, history etc with the cloud. What if I do not want to share those > bookmarks between AppVMs. But what if I need to sync this offline inside >

Re: [qubes-users] Firefox Account SyncVM

2019-01-22 Thread John Goold
On Monday, January 21, 2019 at 11:57:26 AM UTC-6, R A F wrote: > I understand your point here but what if I simply do not want to sync my > bookmarks, history etc with the cloud. What if I do not want to share those > bookmarks between AppVMs. But what if I need to sync this offline inside >

[qubes-users] Re: USB Keyboard

2019-01-20 Thread John Goold
On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 4:16:12 PM UTC-6, kit...@tutanota.com wrote: > Upon reading the system requirements and recommendations, I read the > statement "A non-USB keyboard or multiple USB controllers".  Please explain > the reasoning there.  Thank you. > > > > > > -- > > Securely

[qubes-users] Re: USB Keyboard

2019-01-20 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/20/19 10:16 PM, kitchm-q7wo9g+UVklWk0Htik3J/w...@public.gmane.org wrote: > Upon reading the system requirements and recommendations, I read the > statement "A non-USB keyboard or multiple USB controllers".  Please explain > the reasoning there.  Thank you. > > so, what level did you want

[qubes-users] Re: Enigmail - Split-GPG keyring access problem

2019-01-20 Thread John Goold
On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 9:45:35 AM UTC-6, Mathew wrote: > Le samedi 19 janvier 2019 21:33:07 UTC+1, John Goold a écrit : > > Once I had Qubes up and running with Thunderbird and enough basics to be > > able, more or less, use it as my main computing platform, I

Re: [qubes-users] Re: dom0 clock keeps resetting to wrong time again

2019-01-20 Thread john s.
On 1/20/19 12:06 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: > On 19/01/2019 5.08 PM, John S.Recdep wrote: >> On 1/14/19 9:55 PM, John S.Recdep wrote: >>> On 1/14/19 10:10 AM, John S.Recdep wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I believe my Bios time is UTC >>

[qubes-users] Re: dom0 clock keeps resetting to wrong time again

2019-01-19 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/14/19 9:55 PM, John S.Recdep wrote: > On 1/14/19 10:10 AM, John S.Recdep wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I believe my Bios time is UTC >> >> qubes-prefs shows my clockvm as sys-net >> >> I have been trying to use sudo date --set <"localtime TZ&qu

[qubes-users] Enigmail - Split-GPG keyring access problem

2019-01-19 Thread John Goold
= [user@vault ~]$ gpg --list-secret-keys /home/user/.gnupg/pubring.gpg - sec rsa2048 2019-01-11 [SCEA] 0E98... 6837 uid [ultimate] John R. Goold ssb rsa2048 2019-01-11 [SEA] [user@vault ~]$ What

Re: [qubes-users] Thank You & How to "Give Back"?

2019-01-17 Thread John Goold
On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 1:58:16 AM UTC-6, Ivan Mitev wrote: > Hey John, > > On 1/16/19 8:20 PM, John Goold wrote: > > I want to say thank you to those members of Qubes Users who have had the > > patience to answer my questions and solve my problems getting Qubes u

[qubes-users] Renaming .desktop file side-effect

2019-01-16 Thread John Goold
I encountered an "interesting" phenomenon which could be a defect (bug) or expected behaviour (an odd "feature"). If a defect, it could be in the file manager under Debian (Nautilus?). If I attempt to rename a file in ~/local/share/applications/ when I save the change, ".desktop" is appended

[qubes-users] Thank You & How to "Give Back"?

2019-01-16 Thread John Goold
I want to say thank you to those members of Qubes Users who have had the patience to answer my questions and solve my problems getting Qubes up and running. I have been particularly pleased that this is a forum where there are few, if any, unhelpful responses to questions and few

Re: [qubes-users] Keyboard and mouse issue (R 4.0.1)

2019-01-16 Thread John Goold
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 1:14:45 AM UTC-6, Ivan Mitev wrote: > On 1/15/19 11:04 PM, John Goold wrote: > > On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 9:08:48 AM UTC-6, Ivan Mitev wrote: > >> On 1/15/19 2:42 PM, unman wrote: > >>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 09:2

Re: [qubes-users] Keyboard and mouse issue (R 4.0.1)

2019-01-15 Thread John Goold
On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 9:08:48 AM UTC-6, Ivan Mitev wrote: > On 1/15/19 2:42 PM, unman wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 09:26:31AM +0200, Ivan Mitev wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 1/15/19 3:36 AM, jrg.desk...@gmail.com wrote: > >>> KEYBOARD > >>> > >>> How do I set the "compose" key on the

Re: [qubes-users] How to autostart a program in an appVM?

2019-01-15 Thread John Goold
On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 12:31:00 AM UTC-6, Ivan Mitev wrote: > On 1/15/19 3:46 AM, jrg.desk...@gmail.com wrote: > > I am sure almost everyone has one or more appVMs in which they autostart > > programs. That is, how do I set things up so that when a particular appVM > > is automatically

[qubes-users] Re: dom0 downloads, but does not update packages

2019-01-14 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/14/19 6:07 PM, Ivan Mitev wrote: > > > On 1/14/19 5:14 PM, meindatenschrott-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org > wrote: >> Had the same issue, just do "sudo dnf reinstall anaconda-core anaconda-gui >> ..." in dom0 and you're good to go. At least, that's what worked for me :-) > > It

[qubes-users] Re: dom0 clock keeps resetting to wrong time again

2019-01-14 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/14/19 10:10 AM, John S.Recdep wrote: > Hello, > > I believe my Bios time is UTC > > qubes-prefs shows my clockvm as sys-net > > I have been trying to use sudo date --set <"localtime TZ"> to get my > dom0 correct. Which it does but within 30-60

[qubes-users] dom0 clock keeps resetting to wrong time again

2019-01-14 Thread John S.Recdep
Hello, I believe my Bios time is UTC qubes-prefs shows my clockvm as sys-net I have been trying to use sudo date --set <"localtime TZ"> to get my dom0 correct. Which it does but within 30-60 it is changing to another TZ I don't recognize I have also tried qvm-sync-clock , and tried a

[qubes-users] Re: sys-whonix-14 updates issues

2019-01-13 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/13/19 6:24 AM, John S.Recdep wrote: > On 1/13/19 8:01 AM, Mathew wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Just to know if there is a solution for whonix-gw/whonix-ws updates ? >> Noted that I can update/upgrade sys-whonix-14 without any problems ! I have >> to do it again aft

[qubes-users] Re: sys-whonix-14 updates issues

2019-01-13 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/13/19 8:01 AM, Mathew wrote: > Hello, > > Just to know if there is a solution for whonix-gw/whonix-ws updates ? > Noted that I can update/upgrade sys-whonix-14 without any problems ! I have > to do it again after rebooting though. > > $ sudo apt-get-update-plus dist-upgrade > WARNING:

[qubes-users] Re: dom0 downloads, but does not update packages

2019-01-13 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/13/19 11:04 AM, pixel fairy wrote: > heres the output of qubes-dom0-update. it just stops after downloading. done > this for at least a week. > > Fedora 25 - x86_64 913 kB/s | 50 MB 00:56 > > Qubes Dom0 Repository (updates) 686 kB/s |

Re: [qubes-users] Using a Desktop Computer with Qubes (R 4.0.1)

2019-01-13 Thread John Goold
On Sunday, 13 January 2019 17:56:10 UTC-3:30, John Goold wrote: > On Sunday, 13 January 2019 15:50:13 UTC-3:30, 799 wrote: > > Hello John, > > > > > > welcome to Qubes ;-) > > > > > > > > On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 at 18:49, John Goold wrote: >

Re: [qubes-users] Using a Desktop Computer with Qubes (R 4.0.1)

2019-01-13 Thread John Goold
On Sunday, 13 January 2019 15:50:13 UTC-3:30, 799 wrote: > Hello John, > > > welcome to Qubes ;-) > > > > On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 at 18:49, John Goold wrote: > > This leads to my first issue: > > I seem unable to attach my scanner (it is a ScanSnap ix8

[qubes-users] Using a Desktop Computer with Qubes (R 4.0.1)

2019-01-13 Thread John Goold
I am one of those Qubes newbies. I do have a "computer" background, having started out on Mainframe computers — I have been retired for over 20 years; however, I now use my computer as a tool (though I do some website development to keep the neurons firing). I do not need a highly locked down

Re: [qubes-users] Re: 4.0.1-RC2 Boot loop after install

2019-01-13 Thread John Goold
On Thursday, 27 December 2018 20:49:14 UTC-3:30, John Goold wrote: > On Thursday, 27 December 2018 16:24:23 UTC-3:30, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki > wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 09:2

[qubes-users] Re: Cannot Update Fedora-29 and Debian-9 on 4.0.1

2019-01-11 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/11/19 8:08 AM, scoobyscrappy-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org wrote: > Hello, > > I am a new user to Qubes and I like it very much. > > I am on 4.0.1 and I am unable to update the Fedora-29 and Debian-9 templates. > Below are the errors for both: > > Fedora-29: > > Fedora Modular

[qubes-users] Re: dom0 update: sys-whonix: command failed with code: 1

2019-01-10 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/8/19 9:19 AM, John S.Recdep wrote: > On 1/2/19 8:20 AM, John S.Recdep wrote: >> On 1/1/19 12:29 PM, qubes-fan-q7wo9g+UVklWk0Htik3J/w...@public.gmane.org >> wrote: >>> Hi, during dom0 update I get following output: >>> >>> $ sudo qubes-dom0-update &g

[qubes-users] Re: dom0 update: sys-whonix: command failed with code: 1

2019-01-08 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/2/19 8:20 AM, John S.Recdep wrote: > On 1/1/19 12:29 PM, qubes-fan-q7wo9g+UVklWk0Htik3J/w...@public.gmane.org > wrote: >> Hi, during dom0 update I get following output: >> >> $ sudo qubes-dom0-update >> Using sys-whonix as UpdateVM to download updates fro dom

[qubes-users] Re: fed29 templates/upgrade

2019-01-05 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/4/19 2:34 AM, unman wrote: > dnf repoquery --qf "%{name}" --userinstalled this works then using the grep command of interesting note is that of the few packages found is pulseaudio-qubes which I think I accidentally autoremoved and had to reinstall so maybe it got a new name or package

[qubes-users] Re: fed29 templates/upgrade

2019-01-05 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/5/19 12:26 AM, 799 wrote: > Hello, > > Am Sa., 5. Jan. 2019, 05:01 hat John S.Recdep > > geschrieben: > >> [...] >> BTW all: no luck with the suggested methods of determining what extra >> packages I may have installed in the fedora-28 Template .

[qubes-users] Re: fed29 templates/upgrade

2019-01-04 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/4/19 5:00 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: > On 1/4/19 1:13 PM, John S.Recdep wrote: >> On 1/4/19 1:37 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: >>> On 1/3/19 11:31 PM, John S.Recdep wrote: >>>> On 1/3/19 2:51 PM, >>>> 22rip-2xk3N/kkaK1Wk0Htik3J/w...@public.gma

[qubes-users] Re: fed29 templates/upgrade

2019-01-04 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/4/19 1:37 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote: > On 1/3/19 11:31 PM, John S.Recdep wrote: >> On 1/3/19 2:51 PM, 22rip-2xk3N/kkaK1Wk0Htik3J/w...@public.gmane.org >> wrote: >>> Thanks 799...I learned something! >>> >>> Similar to 799 but less hardcore...I alway

[qubes-users] Re: fed29 templates/upgrade

2019-01-03 Thread John S.Recdep
On 1/3/19 2:51 PM, 22rip-2xk3N/kkaK1Wk0Htik3J/w...@public.gmane.org wrote: > Thanks 799...I learned something! > > Similar to 799 but less hardcore...I always download a fresh template(vs > upgrade). In my case I ran with a full/fresh Fedora-29 after the Fedora-28 > hplip issues, and added any

[qubes-users] fed29 templates/upgrade

2019-01-03 Thread John S.Recdep
Hello, since there are now templates available with dom0 for fedora-29 does that mean one could also upgrade from 28->29 safely in a similar/same way as say from 26->27 27->28 etc please advise PS: could you plz remind me what the qvm command was to determine which templates are available

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