[qubes-users] Re: Turn off quiet boot?

[Reg Tiangha]

On 2017-10-11 5:42 PM, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote:
> Does anyone know how to turn off QubesOs' quiet boot (splash screen
> instead of kernel messages)?
> 
> I like to see the messages during boot (and shutdown). More than once
> I've caught a lurking problem (although it scrolls by fast, those red "[
> FAILED ]" messages really stand out).
> 
> I've removed the "quiet" keyword from the "kernel=" lines in
> /boot/efi/EFI/qubes/xen.cfg, but that only gives me the first page or
> so, and still brings up the splash screen. Pressing Esc gets me back to
> the messages, but I'd like to have it stay there.
> 
> This is with EFI booting. No grub (don't even have a grub.cfg file in
> /boot).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron
> 

I'm not sure how to turn it off, but you can toggle it on demand by
pressing F2.

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[qubes-users] Turn off quiet boot?

[Ron Hunter-Duvar]

Does anyone know how to turn off QubesOs' quiet boot (splash screen 
instead of kernel messages)?


I like to see the messages during boot (and shutdown). More than once 
I've caught a lurking problem (although it scrolls by fast, those red "[ 
FAILED ]" messages really stand out).


I've removed the "quiet" keyword from the "kernel=" lines in 
/boot/efi/EFI/qubes/xen.cfg, but that only gives me the first page or 
so, and still brings up the splash screen. Pressing Esc gets me back to 
the messages, but I'd like to have it stay there.


This is with EFI booting. No grub (don't even have a grub.cfg file in 
/boot).


Thanks,

Ron

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[qubes-users] Making Your Own Sys-VMs

[Sam Hentschel]

Hey all!

I've been looking at changing all my VM templates to fedora minimal.

I've gotten all my AppVMs moved over to templates based on fedora
minimal.

However, I'm still having some trouble making fedora minimal templates
that will work for my NetVM, FirewallVM, and USBVM.  

For the NetVM specifically, I installed the driver and software that was
stated on the Fedora Minimal page but it still doesn't register my
wireless card.

Anybody have what I need to get these templates ready for those system
VMs?

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Re: [qubes-users] Send Files to Windows 7 Qube

[Sven Semmler]

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On 10/01/2017 07:38 AM, inval...@gmail.com wrote:
> I can't send files to my Windows 7 Qube. Can someone tell me the 
> steps I should go through to set up my VM and Qubes so I can
> transfer files to the Win7 Qube?

Have you installed the Qubes Tools?


When you send files to your Windows Qube they in a subfolder of "My
Documents" instead of your home folder.

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Re: [qubes-users] Read-only file system in applVM

[Chris Laprise]

On 10/11/2017 04:05 PM, Chris Laprise wrote:

On 10/11/2017 11:00 AM, Franz wrote:



On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Chris Laprise > wrote:


    On 10/10/2017 02:31 AM, Franz wrote:



    On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Chris Laprise
    
    >> wrote:

        On 10/09/2017 08:48 AM, Franz wrote:

            Hello,

            Trying to save a long document I got an error.

            So tried to open a new document to copy there the
    content of
            the older. But it gives an error: read only file system.

            Any idea why this applVM now decided to be a read only
    file
            system? and if  is there a fix other than rebooting?
            Best
            Fran


        It probably means there is a logical inconsistency
    (corruption) in
        that filesystem, or it filled-up. You can avoid the 
latter by

        expanding the Private storage max size in the VM's settings.


    It should be corruption, because there is plenty of space.

    Anyway I had to reboot and after that it worked again even if
    an alert of Python not working appears.

    Is there some way to fix corruption cases?
    Best
    fran


    Using 'fsck' on it might fix it. Before doing that, you may have
    to re-mount the volume as read-only; or you could use qvm-block to
    attach the private.img to a dispVM and then run fsck /dev/xvdi .


The second seems easier, but the same I am confused. Is there a 
tutorial somewhere?

Best
Fran



I can explain the steps. You may wish to backup your appVM before 
continuing.


1. Start a dispVM (I'll call it disp1). Your appVM should not be running.

2. In dom0 run 'qvm-block -A /var/lib/qubes/appvms/yourappvm/private.img'
Substitute 'yourappvm' in above command with the name of your appVM.


Correction: This command should be 'qvm-block -A disp1 
dom0:/var/lib/qubes/appvms/yourappvm/private.img'



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Re: [qubes-users] Read-only file system in applVM

[Chris Laprise]

On 10/11/2017 11:00 AM, Franz wrote:



On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Chris Laprise > wrote:


On 10/10/2017 02:31 AM, Franz wrote:



On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Chris Laprise

>> wrote:

    On 10/09/2017 08:48 AM, Franz wrote:

        Hello,

        Trying to save a long document I got an error.

        So tried to open a new document to copy there the
content of
        the older. But it gives an error: read only file system.

        Any idea why this applVM now decided to be a read only
file
        system? and if  is there a fix other than rebooting?
        Best
        Fran


    It probably means there is a logical inconsistency
(corruption) in
    that filesystem, or it filled-up. You can avoid the latter by
    expanding the Private storage max size in the VM's settings.


It should be corruption, because there is plenty of space.

Anyway I had to reboot and after that it worked again even if
an alert of Python not working appears.

Is there some way to fix corruption cases?
Best
fran


Using 'fsck' on it might fix it. Before doing that, you may have
to re-mount the volume as read-only; or you could use qvm-block to
attach the private.img to a dispVM and then run fsck /dev/xvdi .


The second seems easier, but the same I am confused. Is there a 
tutorial somewhere?

Best
Fran



I can explain the steps. You may wish to backup your appVM before 
continuing.


1. Start a dispVM (I'll call it disp1). Your appVM should not be running.

2. In dom0 run 'qvm-block -A /var/lib/qubes/appvms/yourappvm/private.img'
Substitute 'yourappvm' in above command with the name of your appVM.

3. In disp1 run 'sudo fsck /dev/xvdi'

After fsck finishes you can shutdown disp1 and try to use your appVM. Or 
you can also use disp1 to explore the disk volume and copy data out of 
it (e.g. 'sudo mount /dev/xvdi /somedir; qvm-copy destvm 
/somedir/somefile').


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[qubes-users] Re: How to Make APP Fonts Larger [Solved]

[Hugo Costa]

On Tuesday, 3 October 2017 20:24:06 UTC+1, Ray Joseph  wrote:
> I found that right clicking on the desktop produced a menu with the item 
> Applications.  This has a menu item System Tools.  The included item here is 
> Appearance.  The tab in Appearance is Fonts.  This is where it gets fun.  The 
> Default font changes the fonts right on the app so it has instant feedback.  
> At the bottom of this Appearance window is a Custom DPI setting.  Luckily, I 
> had a terminal open.  Where I really had a challenge with font size is in the 
> terminal.  By increasing the DPI, the terminal fonts grew.  They grew so fast 
> that all the fonts went off the page.  I just hit the Enter/Return key and it 
> was aligned again.  I increased the DPI to 164 and the terminal was just what 
> I needed.
> 
> I hope this helps others.  I sure it will help me the next time I reload the 
> system and have forgotten what to do.
> 
> Ray

I've tried this, and the menus do change, but the apps don't. I'm unable to 
change the appearance on AppVMs, and the changes in Dom0 do not affect them. 
What can I do?

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[qubes-users] Re: Reasonably secure laptop with touchscreen and enough ram for dictation in Windows App-VM?

[Hugo Costa]

> 1) Is there anything except for the AMT/vPro aspect of the hardware security 
> that I might have overlooked that is critical when evaluating the Lenovo 
> Yogas safety? 

Intel ME. In December, two russian researchers are going to show how to run 
code on this chip. It was developed by Intel and the NSA and it's on every Core 
i something.
> 
> 2) Should one in general be sceptic towards Lenovo even when they are using 
> hardware from other manufacturers?
> 
You should be sceptic about everything.

> 3) are there a Qubes user out there who are already using a laptop with touch 
> screen and enough ram, running Qubes? What laptop model are you using and 
> would you recommend it?

I have one, Yoga S1, and it has native support for everything. But it has Intel 
ME. If you really want to go free, maybe try the X200T. It has a Core2Duo, 
meaning you can install freeboot and disable ME. I think 16GB is possible, but 
be aware that you won't be able to run a lot.

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Re: [qubes-users] kswapd0 using 100% CPU with not even a MB swap in use

[Holger Levsen]

On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 02:18:06PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> I've seen this some time ago and `echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches`
> helped. No idea why it is spinning...

I decided to better use 'echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches' and that
that worked nicely indeed, I got silence again. So thanks again! :)


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Re: [qubes-users] Read-only file system in applVM

[Franz]

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Chris Laprise  wrote:

> On 10/10/2017 02:31 AM, Franz wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Chris Laprise  tas...@posteo.net>> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/09/2017 08:48 AM, Franz wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Trying to save a long document I got an error.
>>
>> So tried to open a new document to copy there the content of
>> the older. But it gives an error: read only file system.
>>
>> Any idea why this applVM now decided to be a read only file
>> system? and if  is there a fix other than rebooting?
>> Best
>> Fran
>>
>>
>> It probably means there is a logical inconsistency (corruption) in
>> that filesystem, or it filled-up. You can avoid the latter by
>> expanding the Private storage max size in the VM's settings.
>>
>>
>> It should be corruption, because there is plenty of space.
>>
>> Anyway I had to reboot and after that it worked again even if an alert of
>> Python not working appears.
>>
>> Is there some way to fix corruption cases?
>> Best
>> fran
>>
>>
> Using 'fsck' on it might fix it. Before doing that, you may have to
> re-mount the volume as read-only; or you could use qvm-block to attach the
> private.img to a dispVM and then run fsck /dev/xvdi .


The second seems easier, but the same I am confused. Is there a tutorial
somewhere?
Best
Fran

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[qubes-users] Re: Increasing the number of Dom0 and VM kernels one can have at same time

[Foppe de Haan]

/etc/dnf/dnf.conf 
installonly_limit

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[qubes-users] Increasing the number of Dom0 and VM kernels one can have at same time

[daltong defourne]

Hi!
Basically, I am affected both by this bug 
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3165 and this issue 
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3158 

So I need myself a few extra kernels installed "just in case", so as to make 
sure that nothing untowards happens in case of any future dom0 updates.

I can spare the extra space for the time being.

How can I go about it, is there a setting that controls how many dom0 kernels 
and VM kernels the system "keeps around" during update process?

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