On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 7:37:40 AM UTC-4, one7...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello, > > *Von:* tetrahedra via qubes-users > *Betreff:* [qubes-users] Making a DispVM permanent > > Is there a way to turn currently-running DispVM instance into a regular > permanent AppVM, which I can delete later? > > ---- > > The way I would do it: > > 1) Open a xterm in the same (!) disposable VM > qvm-run <dispvm-name> xterm > > 2) close all other windows in this dispvm > (Make sure that xterm is running in the VM to avoid that the VM gets > deleted) > > The one additional caution or clarification I suggest is: Dom0 is monitoring whatever the first window/process was that it asked the dispVM to open. If that window/process exits, the VM will be shutdown.
I typically open a dispVM xterm, open another xterm, and then window-shade and/or minimize the original one...just to avoid mistakenly closing it and exiting the VM early. Brendan -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/56469709-060c-44d9-afb7-1ec0799d8a77%40googlegroups.com.
