Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-22 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-22 07:45, Otto Kratik wrote: > On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 9:03:30 PM UTC-4, Andrew David Wong wrote: >> Since your question is about the functional or behavior differences >> between TemplateVMs and HVMs, I take it that what

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-22 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-21 19:36, Drew White wrote: > On Thursday, 22 September 2016 12:23:31 UTC+10, Andrew David Wong wrote: >> Then your TemplateBasedHVM is an AppVM. But it doesn't follow from that >> fact that TemplateBasedHVMs should be called "AppVMs"

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-22 Thread Otto Kratik
On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 9:03:30 PM UTC-4, Andrew David Wong wrote: > Since your question is about the functional or behavior differences > between TemplateVMs and HVMs, I take it that what you're really > interested in is the practical difference between using TemplateVMs and >

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-21 Thread Drew White
On Thursday, 22 September 2016 12:23:31 UTC+10, Andrew David Wong wrote: > Then your TemplateBasedHVM is an AppVM. But it doesn't follow from that > fact that TemplateBasedHVMs should be called "AppVMs" rather than > "TemplateBasedHVMs." The reason is simple: Some TemplateBasedHVMs are > AppVMs,

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-21 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-21 18:43, Drew White wrote: > On Thursday, 22 September 2016 11:26:12 UTC+10, Andrew David Wong wrote: >> No, the term "AppVM" (Application Virtual Machine) is a functional term. >> It simply refers to any VM that is intended for running

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-21 Thread Drew White
On Thursday, 22 September 2016 11:26:12 UTC+10, Andrew David Wong wrote: > No, the term "AppVM" (Application Virtual Machine) is a functional term. > It simply refers to any VM that is intended for running software > applications. AppVMs can be either TemplateBasedVMs or StandaloneVMs > (but

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-21 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-21 18:22, Drew White wrote: > On Thursday, 22 September 2016 11:07:39 UTC+10, Andrew David Wong wrote: >> Correction: "HVM" usually refers to a StandaloneHVM, not a >> TemplateBasedHVM. We don't actually have a term for a

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-21 Thread Drew White
On Thursday, 22 September 2016 11:07:39 UTC+10, Andrew David Wong wrote: > Correction: "HVM" usually refers to a StandaloneHVM, not a > TemplateBasedHVM. We don't actually have a term for a TemplateBasedHVM > (so I'm adding that to the glossary now). > It's called an AppVM. -- You received

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-21 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-21 18:03, Andrew David Wong wrote: > On 2016-09-21 13:14, Otto Kratik wrote: >> On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 4:44:10 PM UTC-4, Andrew David Wong wrote: >>> I think you (or someone else) would have to put in the coding work in >>>

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-21 Thread Otto Kratik
On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 4:44:10 PM UTC-4, Andrew David Wong wrote: > There's also a more general workaround for the screen resolution issue > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/linux-hvm-tips/ Thanks Andrew. I was able to use the instructions on that linked page to fix the screen resolution

Re: [qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-16 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-16 10:36, Otto Kratik wrote: > With a Windows 7 HVM, initially upon creation it is a fixed small > window size and shows two mouse pointers chasing each other within > that HVM window. By installing Qubes Windows Tools, both of these >

[qubes-users] Fullscreen mode and/or single mouse pointer with Linux HVM?

2016-09-16 Thread Otto Kratik
With a Windows 7 HVM, initially upon creation it is a fixed small window size and shows two mouse pointers chasing each other within that HVM window. By installing Qubes Windows Tools, both of these limitations are removed. One single mouse pointer and full screen resolution are achieved - as