[qubes-users] Transform an HVM into a template ?

2017-05-21 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hi there, I have a Qubes Windows HVM which I have installed as a standalone HVM. According to the documentation, it is also possible to create Windows AppVMs from a template VM. Is there a way I could convert my existing Windows HVM into a "template" so I can derive AppVMs from it ? I coud

Re: [qubes-users] How to close the CVE-2015-0565 security gap for any RAM-type?

2017-05-21 Thread xet7
Is there list of available hardware that has libre firmware? So it could be used with quality RAM ? -- 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+u

[qubes-users] Re: HP ProBook 450 G4 - Installation does not start

2017-05-21 Thread maccallus
I have the same issue with my PC. Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4460 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache Motherboard ASUS® Z97-P: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs 1st Hard Disk 250GB Samsung 850 2.5" EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW) 2nd Hard Disk 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB

Re: [qubes-users] Debian 9 and Fedora 24 Should I be upgrading to these?

2017-05-21 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-05-21 23:47, fooyreb wrote: > Andrew David Wong: >> We strongly recommend that you upgrade from EOL versions in >> TemplateVMs. (This is not necessary in dom0.) >> >> Fedora 23 is EOL. Therefore, we recommend upgrading to Fedora >> 24. >

[qubes-users] Re: Installing qubes-window-tools makes win7 HVM GUI unusable

2017-05-21 Thread Drew White
On Saturday, 4 February 2017 00:48:03 UTC+11, Jarle Thorsen wrote: > I have now found the very slow GUI described in my previous thread > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/gzS8Zc9StxQ/gSwEC-fdFAAJ to be a > direct result of installing the qubes-windows-tools into the VM. > > That's wh

Re: [qubes-users] Debian 9 and Fedora 24 Should I be upgrading to these?

2017-05-21 Thread fooyreb
Andrew David Wong: > We strongly recommend that you upgrade from EOL versions in > TemplateVMs. (This is not necessary in dom0.) > > Fedora 23 is EOL. Therefore, we recommend upgrading to Fedora 24. Andrew, thx for the reply 1) I'm sorry, I don't see what you mean by "not necessary in dom0" 2)

Re: [qubes-users] How to close the CVE-2015-0565 security gap for any RAM-type?

2017-05-21 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 05/21/2017 04:34 PM, xet7 wrote: Can anvil kernel module protections for rowhammer be added to Qubes? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12822490 Ideally to fix this issue you would buy quality RAM that is made properly to avoid rowhammer (ask OEMs for test results, the large ones have

Re: [qubes-users] Debian 9 and Fedora 24 Should I be upgrading to these?

2017-05-21 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-05-21 19:41, fooyreb wrote: > Debian 9 and Fedora 24 Should I be upgrading to these? > > is it recommended that people do this? Or is there some other > dist-upgrade that is supposed to happen at some point ? > We strongly recommend tha

[qubes-users] Re: How to close the CVE-2015-0565 security gap for any RAM-type?

2017-05-21 Thread Reg Tiangha
On 05/21/2017 02:34 PM, xet7 wrote: > Can anvil kernel module protections for rowhammer be added to Qubes? > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12822490 > So I've skimmed through the whitepaper (https://iss.oy.ne.ro/ANVIL.pdf) and because it says that it uses hardware performance counters to de

[qubes-users] Re: Text-based install inevitably failing on my ASUS GL552VW

2017-05-21 Thread Mike Freemon
On 05/21/2017 01:48 PM, Mike Keehan wrote: On Sun, 21 May 2017 09:36:35 -0700 (PDT) yessiouimc-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org wrote: So, I'm using a usb flash drive as my installation source. Whenever I boot from my usb, I'm greeted with the ususal installation menu with all the feature

[qubes-users] Re: Wifi not reconnecting after sleep

2017-05-21 Thread Reg Tiangha
On 05/21/2017 11:31 AM, Reg Tiangha wrote: > Actually, I think I may have found another way to address this in the > kernel (basically, disabling power management in the Intel wifi driver, > since the general consensus is that it's still buggy and everyone on > other distros with this problem have

[qubes-users] Debian 9 and Fedora 24 Should I be upgrading to these?

2017-05-21 Thread fooyreb
Debian 9 and Fedora 24 Should I be upgrading to these? is it recommended that people do this? Or is there some other dist-upgrade that is supposed to happen at some point ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from th

Re: [qubes-users] is vpn made manually, not supposed to restart after suspend?

2017-05-21 Thread Chris Laprise
On 05/21/2017 06:11 PM, yreb-bird wrote: Chris Laprise: Commenting-out the "persist tun" line causes openvpn to remove and recreate the tun device for each connection; this works for me. #this I can handle, works for me too, thankyou Glad I could help! -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox

[qubes-users] How to close the CVE-2015-0565 security gap for any RAM-type?

2017-05-21 Thread Vít Šesták
It probably can, but I am not sure if it is so great in context of Qubes. I guess it can handle exploitation of rowhammer within one VM, but not across all the VMs. IIUC, every VM would try to read the usage data, but it would have no idea of usage of adjacent memory by another VM. Also, HVMs o

[qubes-users] Re: How to close the CVE-2015-0565 security gap for any RAM-type?

2017-05-21 Thread Reg Tiangha
On 05/21/2017 02:34 PM, xet7 wrote: > Can anvil kernel module protections for rowhammer be added to Qubes? > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12822490 > If it were to be incorporated into the Qubes kernel, I wonder what would happen if it were tried to be run on an AMD machine? Anyway, from

[qubes-users] Re: Booting install on mac

2017-05-21 Thread obatard
Le dimanche 21 mai 2017 12:57:02 UTC+2, oba...@gmail.com a écrit : > Hello, > > I'm trying to boot the Qubes 3.2 install media on a macbook pro retina (10.1) > with mac OS 10.12.5 > > The grub menu shows up, extremely slow. But when I select "Install Qubes > 3.2", the system won't boot and goes

[qubes-users] Re: Can't rename appvm?

2017-05-21 Thread Gaiko
On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 9:35:26 PM UTC-4, cooloutac wrote: > On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 2:48:03 PM UTC-4, Gaiko wrote: > > I tried to rename my anon-whonix appvm through the qubes-manager, right > > click, vm settings, name & label. This worked fine for other appvms but > > this time it didn't

[qubes-users] How to close the CVE-2015-0565 security gap for any RAM-type?

2017-05-21 Thread xet7
Can anvil kernel module protections for rowhammer be added to Qubes? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12822490 -- 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 t

[qubes-users] Re: Swap space and reducing memory usage?

2017-05-21 Thread Gaiko
On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 3:33:06 PM UTC-4, Vít Šesták wrote: > > Edit /etc/default/grub in dom0 > > Note that /etc/default/grub applies on legacy boot only. If you have UEFI > (like me), you have to edit /boot/efi/EFI/qubes/xen.cfg in a similar way. > Unlike with grub, you just save the fil

[qubes-users] Re: Swap space and reducing memory usage?

2017-05-21 Thread Gaiko
On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 1:10:10 PM UTC-4, Reg Tiangha wrote: > On 05/20/2017 10:51 AM, Gaiko Kyofusho wrote: > > I have a 16gb mem system which can't be upgraded any further to my > > knwoledge. I had thought this would be enough but I am running into > > memory errors more often than I would

[qubes-users] Workaround for Problem Mirroring Displays using Xfce Display Settings dialog

2017-05-21 Thread Mike Freemon
I suspect the root cause of this is related to a Xfce bug[1], not Qubes, but since this info is potentially useful to other Qubes users, I thought I would share. I found that I was unable to mirror displays (laptop display + external HDMI monitor) using the Xfce Display Settings dialog box. I

Re: [qubes-users] Text-based install inevitably failing on my ASUS GL552VW

2017-05-21 Thread Mike Keehan
On Sun, 21 May 2017 09:36:35 -0700 (PDT) yessiou...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, I tried to install qubes on my ROG laptop a couple months ago > and didn't get very far. These last couple of days, I've decided to > re-tackle the issue because I am really interested in using this OS. > This time, I ma

[qubes-users] Screen resolution

2017-05-21 Thread 'Misterblue' via qubes-users
Good day In my linux appVM based on fedora-debian the screen resolution is different with to my laptop. When I browse will be detected that of the appVM or the laptop? Best regards -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe

[qubes-users] Re: Wifi not reconnecting after sleep

2017-05-21 Thread Reg Tiangha
On 05/21/2017 07:19 AM, Reg Tiangha wrote: > On 05/21/2017 07:00 AM, Reg Tiangha wrote: >> On 05/21/2017 05:39 AM, Dominique St-Pierre Boucher wrote: >>> Same Kernel!!! 4.9.28-16.pvops.qubes.x86_64 >>> >>> Dominique >> There is one thing I can think of trying that may help, but it would >> require

[qubes-users] Re: [3.2] HCL report for Inspiron 15-5578 (AKA 15z Touch)

2017-05-21 Thread Vít Šesták
It does not work with stock Fedora 25. When looking by xev, there are no key events when pressing, say, Fn+U (which is usually number "4"). And the keys are not even labeled with numbers. So, I assume the keyboard firmware does not support it. Since Fn key on almost all laptops (AFAIK except Mac

[qubes-users] Text-based install inevitably failing on my ASUS GL552VW

2017-05-21 Thread yessiouimc
Hello, I tried to install qubes on my ROG laptop a couple months ago and didn't get very far. These last couple of days, I've decided to re-tackle the issue because I am really interested in using this OS. This time, I managed to get a little further on understanding the issue I've been having b

[qubes-users] Installation freezes while configuring network just after initial rebooting

2017-05-21 Thread Jérémy MAZZONETTO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hello, I have a laptop with a broadcom corporation WiFi & Bluetooth chip BCM43142. The installation of Qubes 3.2 is impossible because it freezes after rebooting when the installation process tries to configure the network... Would be someone able

Re: [qubes-users] VM kernel does not exist: /var/lib/qubes/vm-kernels/4.4.38-11/vmlinuz

2017-05-21 Thread Franz
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 11:27 PM, Franz <169...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Unman wrote: > >> On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 07:34:28PM -0300, Franz wrote: >> > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Unman >> wrote: >> > >> > > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 04:27:24PM -0300, Franz wrot

[qubes-users] Re: [3.2] HCL report for Inspiron 15-5578 (AKA 15z Touch)

2017-05-21 Thread Reg Tiangha
On 05/20/2017 12:48 PM, Vít Šesták wrote: > Few Qubes-unrelated notes: > > * It does not have numpad, even the Fn does not allow pressing numbers on > numpad. You have to rely on number row (or external keyboard). Question: Does this work on stock Fedora 25? I'm looking at the Qubes kernel confi

[qubes-users] HCL

2017-05-21 Thread Vít Šesták
I've bought a laptop recently, so maybe I can give few hints: * If it has Linux variant, it is more likely to work with Qubes. * Try to avoid dedicated GPU, especially if you want external monitor output. In some cases, it causes issues. * If you get something quite new which refuses to work well

[qubes-users] Lenovo X1 Carbon 1.gen

2017-05-21 Thread Finsh
Hello, i recently got interested in the Qubes and i'm thinking on installing it on a Lenovo X1 Carbon 1gen Type: 3460-1F4. I couldn't find this specific Model in the HCL, are there any known issues? Also i want to combine it withe Coreboot/ libreboot, which got recently supported according to ht

[qubes-users] Re: Wifi not reconnecting after sleep

2017-05-21 Thread Reg Tiangha
On 05/21/2017 07:00 AM, Reg Tiangha wrote: > On 05/21/2017 05:39 AM, Dominique St-Pierre Boucher wrote: >> Same Kernel!!! 4.9.28-16.pvops.qubes.x86_64 >> >> Dominique > There is one thing I can think of trying that may help, but it would > require testing. Do you feel comfortable in compiling your

[qubes-users] Re: Wireless Adapter Issues

2017-05-21 Thread Reg Tiangha
On 05/21/2017 06:30 AM, steven.a.wal...@gmail.com wrote: > Qubes is not detecting my network adapter. It is a panda wireless pau05. The > system is detecting it via lsusb, but it is not loading it into the system. > Does anyone know how I can fix this and get it running. Do you have a sys-usb V

[qubes-users] Re: Wifi not reconnecting after sleep

2017-05-21 Thread Reg Tiangha
On 05/21/2017 05:39 AM, Dominique St-Pierre Boucher wrote: > Same Kernel!!! 4.9.28-16.pvops.qubes.x86_64 > > Dominique There is one thing I can think of trying that may help, but it would require testing. Do you feel comfortable in compiling your own kernel? If so, I can add the *possible* fix to

[qubes-users] Wireless Adapter Issues

2017-05-21 Thread steven . a . walker
Qubes is not detecting my network adapter. It is a panda wireless pau05. The system is detecting it via lsusb, but it is not loading it into the system. Does anyone know how I can fix this and get it running. Many thanks, Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

[qubes-users] Re: Wifi not reconnecting after sleep

2017-05-21 Thread Dominique St-Pierre Boucher
On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 7:00:14 PM UTC-4, Reg Tiangha wrote: > On 05/20/2017 04:53 PM, Reg Tiangha wrote: > > On 05/20/2017 08:23 AM, Dominique St-Pierre Boucher wrote: > >> Hello Qubes users > >> > >> Everything was working fine until updates were installed a couples of week > >> back. I was

[qubes-users] Booting install on mac

2017-05-21 Thread obatard
Hello, I'm trying to boot the Qubes 3.2 install media on a macbook pro retina (10.1) with mac OS 10.12.5 The grub menu shows up, extremely slow. But when I select "Install Qubes 3.2", the system won't boot and goes back to the main menu. Same thing with the verbose option. I've tried the work

[qubes-users] Re: start application on startup

2017-05-21 Thread aforete
miguel.j...@gmail.com: > Hi, > > On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 4:47:19 AM UTC+10, aforete wrote: >> Am I doing something wrong here? is there any other way to start >> applications once a vm starts? > > Yes, you can do the following in your AppVM: > > 1) make the directory /home/user/.config/autost

[qubes-users] Re: [3.2] HCL report for Inspiron 15-5578 (AKA 15z Touch)

2017-05-21 Thread Vít Šesták
So far: * I haven't encountered any suspend issue after several repeated quick suspend/resume cycles. But it is too early to say that it is definitely better now. * Maybe the suspend takes subjectively a bit more time (not 100% sure), but I don't care much. * I have installed it in both dom0 an

[qubes-users] Re: Suitability for an application testing scenario

2017-05-21 Thread Vít Šesták
> I'm curious: Would hibernation work correctly if the VM were paused first? I don't see how it would help. And I am not even sure what would you hibernate (HVM, PV, whole computer) > Of course, in the current Qubes kernel configuration, Hibernation support > isn't even enabled in the kernel

[qubes-users] Split SSH

2017-05-21 Thread miguel . jacq
I haven't seen it discussed yet here, but some users might be interested to know that there's a Split SSH agent implementation at https://github.com/henn/qubes-app-split-ssh I am unsure if the developer intends to work further on it. Therefore, users may also be interested in several pull reque

[qubes-users] Re: start application on startup

2017-05-21 Thread miguel . jacq
Hi, On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 4:47:19 AM UTC+10, aforete wrote: > Am I doing something wrong here? is there any other way to start > applications once a vm starts? Yes, you can do the following in your AppVM: 1) make the directory /home/user/.config/autostart if it doesn't already exist 2) add

[qubes-users] Re: Suitability for an application testing scenario

2017-05-21 Thread Reg Tiangha
On 05/21/2017 02:22 AM, Vít Šesták wrote: > Getting rid of seamless mode: HVM is one approach, loopback VNC or Xvfb is > another one. > > On pausing VMs: Actually, even if you just suspend and resume the whole > system, all VMs get unpaused. > > Xen actually has some restore capability, at least

[qubes-users] Re: Suitability for an application testing scenario

2017-05-21 Thread Vít Šesták
Getting rid of seamless mode: HVM is one approach, loopback VNC or Xvfb is another one. On pausing VMs: Actually, even if you just suspend and resume the whole system, all VMs get unpaused. Xen actually has some restore capability, at least for PVs and maybe also for HVMs. This one is actually

[qubes-users] HCL

2017-05-21 Thread 'Cyb3renigma' via qubes-users
Hi, i noticed that the hcl is quite old most of the pcs are old i would like to buy an new pc but i have to be sure all the components are compatible with qubes OS. Let me know something. I would like to buy a laptop HP or asus that is perfectly complatible and that has got double HDD many thank

[qubes-users] Desktop shell choices & integration on dom0

2017-05-21 Thread Vít Šesták
There is official Xfce support, KDE support and (not sure how much official) i3 support. Some time ago, I wanted to add Openbox support, but Kwin is fine (and can be used with Xfce with some effort). The main task for integrating a new shell is adding support for colored window borders and VM n

Re: [qubes-users] is vpn made manually, not supposed to restart after suspend?

2017-05-21 Thread Chris Laprise
On 05/21/2017 12:56 AM, fooyreb wrote: Helo, So, I've setup a proxyVM for the VPN, via the "CLI version" https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/vpn/ However, when I suspend Qubes, and wakeup Qubes, the networking is lost, I then have to shut down or alter the network choice for 2-3 AppVMs that use it and