On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 01:31:28PM +0000, Fred wrote:
> On 12/11/2016 08:27, Alex wrote:
> > Try editing /var/lib/qubes/qubes.xml and set "autostart" to False 
> > instead of True for the sys-net vm
> 
> I had actually found this file and tried setting the autostart attribute
> but the VM still auto-started.
> 
> I also tried editing the sys-net XML file directly (removing the bad
> assigned device(s)). There was a warning in the comments at the top
> about this file about changes potentially being overwitten but I
> couldn't find the correct file to make these changes manually. This file
> also existed in more than one place and the qvm-* commands didn't work
> as they couldn't connect.
> 
> In any case I just reinstalled as it was quicker.
> 
> The offline mode of the qvm-* commands may have worked (referred to in
> the link in Marek's response). Or maybe disabling the sysVM service via
> systemctl ?
> 
For future reference, I think the sys-net started because there were
OTHER qubes downstream set to autostart, e.g sys-firewall. If they are
still starting they will trigger the sys-net. So you need to either set
the netvm to none for them or stop them starting.

unman

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