On Thu, 2020-07-30 at 22:19 +0200, Johannes Graumann wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-07-30 at 21:57 +0200, Qubes wrote:
> > On 7/30/20 9:50 PM, Johannes Graumann wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2020-07-30 at 21:48 +0200, Qubes wrote:
> > > > On 7/30/20 9:42 PM, Johannes Graumann wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2020-07-30 at 17:36 +0200, Qubes wrote:
> > > > > > On 7/30/20 4:33 PM, Johannes Graumann wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I'm fond of using torbrowser in a whonix-ws-15 based sip
> > > > > > > VM
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > browsing that possibly works.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > In parallel I manage all authentication using a
> > > > > > > Mooltipass
> > > > > > > device
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > the storage of random long passwords - this little
> > > > > > > machine
> > > > > > > mimics a
> > > > > > > USB
> > > > > > > keyboard.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Out of the box I am unable to use the Mooltipass device
> > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > dips
> > > > > > > VMs
> > > > > > > based on whonix-ws-15 - why is that and how do I change
> > > > > > > it?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Thanks for any hint.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Sincerely, Joh
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > After your disposable VM has started you need to pass the
> > > > > > USB
> > > > > > device
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > the VM using the tray icon bottom right (or top right
> > > > > > depending
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > panel's orientation).
> > > > > 
> > > > > I know about that. Thank you. Passing the device to the
> > > > > dispvm
> > > > > works
> > > > > just fine, but the device does not work as intended.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > You say that out of the box it will not work with whonix-ws-15,
> > > > does
> > > > it
> > > > work with other VMs?
> > > 
> > > fedora-31-dvm disposable vms work just fine as do other fedora-31
> > > template based ones as well as debian-10 vms.
> > > 
> > > 
> > I may just be shooting into the wind here but my suspicion is that
> > the 
> > whonix-ws-15 template does not ship with all of the necessary
> > Qubes 
> > packages for Qubes functions to work as expected.
> > 
> > Like in the case of minimal templates, 
> > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/minimal/, you have to
> > install 
> > packages according to your needs for specific functions and or 
> > functionality. I don't think the whonix-ws-15 template necessarily
> > has 
> > what you need for USB device passthrough to work properly.
> 
> I actually already hat a (quick) look at that page, but understood
> that
> the only USB-centric package listed is needed only if the template is
> to be used for sys-usb. Am I wrong?

I just checked, and the whonix-ws-15 template out of the box has qubes-
usb-proxy installed - so missing that is not my problem.


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