On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:31:09AM -0700, John Maher wrote: > On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 9:42:02 AM UTC-4, unman wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 05:24:24AM -0700, John Maher wrote: > > > On Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 8:20:40 AM UTC-4, higgin...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > tried --- > > > > > > > > > > > > sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community > > > > --action=reinstall qubes-template-debian-9 > > > > > > > > Again it appears to reinstall - message appears saying successfully > > > > installed. > > > > > > > > Then try to start DEBIAN-9 VM and get > > > > "ERROR:VM directory does not exist: > > > > /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/debian-9". > > > > > > > > Help! > > > > > > I just did a fresh install of Qubes OS 4.0 on new hardware and I'm having > > > the exact same problem. None of the suggestions here have resulted in any > > > change, although I did not try: > > > > > > sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community > > > --action=reinstall qubes-template-debian-9 > > > > > > and I'm not that interested in going that route. > > > > > > I've been using Qubes OS 3.2 for over a year now without this type of > > > problem. Any more suggestions or fixes? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > John > > > > > > > Have you tried the obvious, and created the missing directory? > > Ownership should be root:qubes - compare to the other template > > directories. > > > > The only content is a symlink icon.png, pointing to > > /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/devices/appvm-black/png > > You could create this yourself also. > > Unman, thanks for replying. I didn't run that command (sudo qubes-dom0-update > --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community --action=reinstall > qubes-template-debian-9), so I don't know if I would get the same error > message, but I do have the directory /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/debian-9. > > I've performed an automatic re-install of the debian-9 template twice and a > manual re-install once. Still, no applications display under Applications > tab. I can't even run a terminal via dom0 using: qvm-run debian-9 > gnome-terminal > > I have to believe there is a simple command to make this debian-9 template > functional, but I don't know where to go from here. > > Thanks. > > John >
Sorry John, I misunderstood. The message you quoted referred to a VM directory that did not exist, and I assumed *that* was your problem. It appears that your problem is that the template does not show any applications. Have you tried running 'qvm-start debian-9' followed by 'qvm-sync-appmenus debian-9' ? What is the result? Incidentally, it would be helpful if you gave a little more information about the errors you are encountering. When you try to run gnome-terminal, what exactly happens? Do you see any error messages? Does the template start? Have you tried running other applications using qvm-run? xterm? firefox? unman -- 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/20180907134528.kxma5s2i2ta6ub3j%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
