I installed Ubuntu as a HVM and had to muck around with the disc it installed on as I said (xvda/xvdb etc). Some worked some didn't.
With regards to resolution I did try from within Ubuntu but the maximum resolution was I think 800X600 which is tiny and it didn't give me any more options. Supposedly this is fixable, but I didn't go there. If you get that far you will see that the display window cuts off your ability to access the resolution drop down bar on the right. Grab the window in the middle and pull the entire thing to the left and you can then get to the drop down bar, but mine only had the one resolution option. I didn't go down the template path but Sven kindly posted this below as a guide. It probably recreates what you said, but it may provide some finer detail. Again, let me know how you get on. Here's the post: *I'll take a shot at it.Let's say you have a VM called 'web' in which you downloaded a file'template.rpm' which is not stored under/home/user/Downloads/template.rm in that 'web' VM.You want to transfer it to dom0.So in dom0 you will be using a command called qvm-run, which allows youto run/start programs inside VMs. It has a parameter called --pass-iowhich let's you see the output of that program in your dom0 terminal.You can test this for example with a simple text file. In your 'web' VMstart a terminal and use gedit to create a text file test.txt in yourhome directory (/home/user/test.txt). Put some "hello world!" textinside and safe it / close gedit. Not in your terminal write "cat/home/user/test.txt" and you will see the contents of that text file inthe terminal.Next, go to dom0 and open a terminal there. In that terminal write:"qvm-run --pass-io web 'cat /home/user/test.txt'"Now you see the context of the text file in your dom0 terminal. Thefinal step is to add something to the end of this command: "qvm-run--pass-io web 'cat /home/user/test.txt' > /home/user/test.txtWhen you run this, instead of seeing the output in the terminal it isnow written into /home/user/test.txt in dom0! You can verify with "cat/home/user/test.txt"I've explained this with a little text file to make it easy tounderstand. Back to your /home/user/Downloads/template.rpm in the webVM. We can use the same mechanism:qvm-run --pass-io web 'cat /home/user/Downloads/template.rpm' >/home/user/template.rpmIt'll take a few secondes or maybe even a minute depending on yourcomputer and the size of the file. But when it's done you know havesuccessfully copied the template.rpm into dom0 and can now runsudo dnf install template.rpmThis is all described a bit more brief athttps://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/ <https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/>Cheers,/Sven* On Tuesday, 17 March 2020 06:12:35 UTC+11, M wrote: > > mandag den 16. marts 2020 kl. 18.48.13 UTC+1 skrev redpo...@gmail.com: >> >> Good luck with this. I have managed to install Ubuntu but you only get a >> small window (which apparently is fixable but I didn't go there). >> Networking is difficult and I could never get it to recognise my wifi >> adapter. You could always try and install an Ubuntu template from here: >> https://qubes.3isec.org/Templates_4.0/ but that entails installing the >> template in dom0 which I wasn't real keen on. There is guide here on how >> to do it. Let me know if you can't find it and you want it. >> >> I also into the problems that you are citing. I solved it by mucking >> around with installing it on xvda then xvdb etc. I changed the virtual >> drive installation options and it worked. But I'm just letting you know >> that you will opening a door to some more challenges. I was trying to >> install Ubuntu because I know it and I can set up my printers etc, but I >> gave up and went through the learning of doing all of this on a Fedora >> template in qubes which was a better result anyway. >> >> Good luck. Let us know how you go. >> > > > 1) Thanks for the optimistic view. :) > > 2) Regarding the small window: Have you tried to change the screen > resolutions in Ubuntu ? - although you can't get full screen, it should be > possible to get it at least almost full screen. It works in both Windows > 10, Linux Mint and Debian 10.3. > > 3) For me it's fine if just I can get on the internet from within Ubuntu > by using a cable connection ? - I haven't been able to get it working in a > Debian GUI HVM, but at least in a Windows 10 and Linux Mint HVM. But I > would like to install a program that only works with Debian and Ubuntu, so > I need to at least get either Debian or Ubuntu to work and being able to > connect to the internet. > > 4) Thanks for the link. For me this one sounds relevant: > https://qubes.3isec.org/Templates_4.0/qubes-template-bionic-desktop-4.0.1-202001121248.noarch.rpm > > as I guess it has a desktop with a GUI. > To use it, shall I then just download it to a VM, copy it to dom0 by > executing this command; qvm-run -p <build_qube> "cat ' > /home/user/Downloads/ > qubes-template-bionic-desktop-4.0.1-202001121248.noarch.rpm'" > > qubes-template-bionic-desktop-4.0.1-202001121248.noarch.rpm I guess " > <build_qube>" shall be replaced by the name of the new template, is that > correct ? > And do I then just need to run this command to execute the file and > get the template created with a GUI desktop: chmod +x > qubes-template-bionic-desktop-4.0.1-202001121248.noarch.rpm && ./ > qubes-template-bionic-desktop-4.0.1-202001121248.noarch.rpm ? > > 5) Do I understand you correctly, that you installed Ubuntu as LVM, and > that worked... ? - If so, what options did you change. to make it work ? - > Then I might try that first. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. 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