I figured out why sys-whonix wasn't working; because I never completed the connection wizard that pops up at every boot. I usually don't use whonix/tor to connect to the internet so I just never completed the prompts.
On Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 11:33:57 PM UTC-6 Shawn Creighton wrote: > No modifications, it gives me those errors even with a fresh install when > trying to use sys-whonix as the updatevm. > I changed the UpdateVM from sys-whonix to sys-firewall and was able to > update Dom0 > Is that safe? > > > On Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 9:06:42 PM UTC-6 a...@qubes-os.org wrote: > >> On 11/8/20 12:29 AM, Shawn Creighton wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 2:31:25 AM UTC-5 a...@qubes-os.org >> wrote: >> > >> >> On 11/7/20 11:24 PM, Shawn Creighton wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 11:55:47 PM UTC-5 a...@qubes-os.org >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> On 11/7/20 7:25 PM, Shawn Creighton wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 6:26:13 PM UTC-5 Jarrah wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>> I tried running 'dnf install qubes-template-fedora-32' as root and >> >>>> get: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'qubes-dom0-cached', >> disabling. >> >>>>>>> No package qubes-template-fedora-32 available >> >>>>>>> Error: unable to find a match >> >>>>>>> Also tried: sudo qubes-dom0-install qubes-template-fedora-32 and >> get >> >>>> the >> >>>>>>> same output >> >>>>>> `sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-template-fedora-32` is the command >> you >> >>>>>> want. The update script wraps all installs and updates in Dom0 on >> >>>> Qubes. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: >> >>>> fedora. >> >>>>> Please verify its path and try again" >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Make sure you're running this command in dom0, not in a TemplateVM. >> >>>> >> >>>> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/fedora/#installing >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> The terminal I am running from the upper left corner menu says dom0 >> >>> When I run the command it says: Using sys-whonix as UpdateVM to >> download >> >>> updates for Dom0; this may take some time >> >>> But then the cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for >> >>> repository: fedora. error >> >>> >> >> >> >> Based on your other posts in addition to this, it sounds like there may >> >> be a problem with your internet connection, proxy settings, or >> UpdateVM. >> >> Can you access the internet normally from, e.g., a web browser in an >> >> AppVM? >> >> >> > >> > Internet is working ok in all AppVm. >> > I tried updating a qube by clicking the UpdateVM blue arrow in Qubes >> > Manager and I get: Curl error (56): failure when receiving data from >> > peer....[Received HTTP code 500 from proxy after Connect] >> > Someone said something about using a VPN to get around it but that's a >> > whole other issue to get that working >> > I also read a post about editing something so the repositories use a >> http >> > connection rather than https but haven't tried that >> > >> >> Definitely sounds like some kind of network-related issue (possibly >> including firewall, updates proxy, etc.). Have you made any >> modifications to your system that might affect these things? Did >> anything else happen at the same time that it stopped working? >> >> -- >> Andrew David Wong (Axon) >> Community Manager, Qubes OS >> https://www.qubes-os.org >> >> -- 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/b884fb43-1ef1-45a0-af5b-26b821237d10n%40googlegroups.com.
