Re: [qubes-users] InputAttach in dom0
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 01:55:47PM -0700, Andrew David Wong wrote: > On 2016-09-25 04:09, johnyju...@sigaint.org wrote: > > (Apologies if this is a duplicate; I could have sworn I already submitted > > it, but I don't see any sign of it on the list or my outbox. Weird.) > > > > USB is generally considered evil/risky as compared to the simpler/safer > > PS/2 protocol; in that spirit, it might be handy to have "inputattach" in > > dom0, to allow connecting older/safer serial devices (mice) to Qubes. What exactly do you have in mind? Serial ports are already in dom0 (and in most cases it isn't possible to isolate them in separate VM, as it isn't PCI device). So the only thing needed would be to configure the system to actually use such mouse - most likely edit xorg.conf. On the other hand, very few new hardware (especially laptops) have serial port... - -- Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki Invisible Things Lab A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJX6D4IAAoJENuP0xzK19cs7TYH/0WWz0ETr2XtiGE18U6YUzf+ KUd66CsDhf9dSwug9Hv0zIJ9ajRTkheRmq9bxnhsmVeXiQE4y77yR15ULT3cI7Th oNlo05c+CmfHpU6cOJNEAD2wGWm7LiDa2z75B1AkUtT4KbHS0XpNLJidzxlznfZN K7yPkquFh/ej2wZPyqPr7DISgKDya+GoGxkSkUBvD4X9C35F8bPXh4biRkQQOs7s Uh1oqowIBpVgUYuVYQLqE2MQxM37drRYpy7Yhpvw/L/cMZgqV0o/LzxmTZXO/v7g ylAOvWbu7SZ5oRzhfaEBSKZekClsJeP+oBFHkDJUmJcpdCtM3KJmzG+GSe3v5Uw= =MaPx -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20160925211344.GO31510%40mail-itl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [qubes-users] InputAttach in dom0
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-25 04:09, johnyju...@sigaint.org wrote: > (Apologies if this is a duplicate; I could have sworn I already submitted > it, but I don't see any sign of it on the list or my outbox. Weird.) > > USB is generally considered evil/risky as compared to the simpler/safer > PS/2 protocol; in that spirit, it might be handy to have "inputattach" in > dom0, to allow connecting older/safer serial devices (mice) to Qubes. > > It's a fairly simple, useful, and mature utility, which shouldn't pose any > risk to dom0. > > Thanks. > > JJ > > > Tracking: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2336 Thanks for the suggestion! - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJX6DneAAoJENtN07w5UDAwDx4QAJP9I0hM10eUkXmhzmnuAGxU hGmSNwNGHvCXyQJQ1fzr/zhR2fOpWgiGBEAwhCb+G6qF70c7hJ8adGDuVBWy3F8A lw97KtoZEeylHdF1Q9JXK8jvC7J4XsZ1fp+11U3+M7u1MMKaLZYjDcT5o+6pmjK7 KQmNXhiSLrquCIXLsabY88vkacQEGF7Vh98FrHUqfKYJ/jIqY2UxWSsVFNXC/OYd IesUE4ty1DJgOtsIjvIwVvVMVJn+/kSKVIeGINKIm1KW3OSocfT5sKEJGcEtOup+ nW0d619hf/t4WzEDh8Bml9ndqXo/9yJlunc6Gwo2KaKwd93ScdngIuGyfkxfPiLg 3/HHpYJMeINTlXly9xlI8J+ZTe3onfhwzBFepSTDJBEEkrjoyJvCj7EESB0Ji6qz 7Yt36dK6iEgw68VGyODTjc4grxWHRBEnb4wSe1Jo7wiQBewxzwvLsev9IfrI0M3r uWCl60L+7T5M6xYw2vMpzBO5vmdYatp3pQz/96KKhIOKXlBQH+4Hw49f9355arH4 6jly1fIlKsdAnQqTZsnahQB2DycGF/E515tN6kIPe5JJm0JhrIYY2+dhwAC9vnYF qVTJECO/xCyZvD891qlknQNMLOlMK4SPQd4jA3XY1kv9XHTrEJbiXAKW3M3O0LtQ RMRjAlqrMpJe1oxN+bpm =Dvh9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/b2274ffa-798d-4eca-722e-13b9a19fd778%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
