On Sunday, 12 July 2020 07:40:58 UTC+8, Robert Spigler wrote: > > I have a debian-10-dvm and a whonix-ws-15-dvm. I also had a > fedora-30-dvm, but when upgrading to fedora-32, I followed "Creating a New > DisposableVM Template" here: ( > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/disposablevm-customization/), so no longer > have the fedora-30-dvm. Instead, I have a custom-disposablevm-template > based on fedora-32. I would prefer to rename this to > fedora-32-dvm-template, but renaming fails with 'Failed to clone appmenus'. > > My main question/problem is that unlike the debian-10-dvm and > whonix-ws-15-dvm, opening an application in fedora-32-dvm-template does not > open a disposableVM (disp####), instead it opens > 'custom-disposablevm-template'. IIUC, that is because I am supposed to > create fedora-32-dvm from the dvm-template. But I cannot figure out how to > do that. It is set as the default disposableVM template, so opening files > through the GUI in a disposableVM will open them in a disposableVM based on > fedora-32, but I would still like to be able to open an application through > the GUI/start menu in a fedora-32-dvm. > > What I am also having trouble understanding is what dvm-template is the > debian-10-dvm and whonix-ws-15-dvm based on? I know Qubes4.0 introduced > multiple DVMTemplates, but I don't see any other DVMTemplates listed under > the start menu. In Qubes Manager, debian-10-dvm and whonix-ws-15-dvm are > marked as being their own DVMTemplates? But also DVM's themselves? > > Thank you, > > Robert >
I read about this particular bug in whonix DVM that's possibly relevant: >Use caution when spawning a DispVM for the first time when it is based on a freshly created DVM Template. This Qubes bug <https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3574> [archive] <https://web.archive.org/web/https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3574> can lead to the DVM Template starting instead of the DispVM. [29] <https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/DisposableVM#cite_note-29> [30] <https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/DisposableVM#cite_note-30> There could be serious consequences if an application like Tor Browser was started in a DVM Template and used extensively for web browsing. Compromise of the DVM Template would mean all DispVMs spawned from it would be similarly compromised; see Running Tor Browser in Qubes TemplateVM <https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tor_Browser/Advanced_Users#Running_Tor_Browser_in_Qubes_TemplateVM> . https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/DisposableVM -- 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/d524eb3c-79bc-4428-af34-da08f4a2955do%40googlegroups.com.
