[qubes-users] CPU overheating issues, pulsating fan, recommendations?

2019-06-17 Thread omerta
Hey all, Over the last week I've noticed my laptops CPU keeps peaking @ 80-85 every now and then, even when I'm not doing any resource intensive tasks. I run 11-12 VMs @ a time which barely scratches the 34GB RAM on a P51 Thinkpad with a i7 7820HQ running in a standard temperature room

Re: [qubes-users] Security concern while checking FLR (Function Level Reset) for PCI passthrough to Xen HVM guest

2019-06-17 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
'npdflr' via qubes-users: Hello all, As stated in the link: https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough#How_can_I_check_if_PCI_device_supports_FLR_.28Function_Level_Reset.29_.3F "For checking if PCI device supports FLR (Function Level Reset) one has to Run "lspci -vv" (in dom0) and check if

Re: [qubes-users] Re: usb keyboards

2019-06-17 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Jon deps: and sounds like no tutorial on  non PS2,  non laptop  computers for USB keyboards . https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: [qubes-users] Performance increase with fresh install?

2019-06-17 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
qtpie: I just did a fresh install of Qubes 4.0.1 to move to a larger ssd, and then restored all qubes vms, except for sys-usb, sys-net and sys-firewall. Before I was also running 4.0.1, that was upgraded from 3.1 via 3.2 I note that the startup time of both dom0 and vms is significantly lower,

[qubes-users] Re: Boot Loop after Update

2019-06-17 Thread dcabrerizo
On Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 7:57:15 AM UTC+1, dcabr...@gmail.com wrote: > After updating Fedora and dom0 yesterday, today my laptop entered into a boot > loop, stopping some seconds right after the initramfs line and re-booting > > Hardware: Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th Gen > Booting with UEFI, dual

[qubes-users] Performance increase with fresh install?

2019-06-17 Thread qtpie
I just did a fresh install of Qubes 4.0.1 to move to a larger ssd, and then restored all qubes vms, except for sys-usb, sys-net and sys-firewall. Before I was also running 4.0.1, that was upgraded from 3.1 via 3.2 I note that the startup time of both dom0 and vms is significantly lower, and the

[qubes-users] Security concern while checking FLR (Function Level Reset) for PCI passthrough to Xen HVM guest

2019-06-17 Thread 'npdflr' via qubes-users
Hello all, As stated in the link: https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough#How_can_I_check_if_PCI_device_supports_FLR_.28Function_Level_Reset.29_.3F "For checking if PCI device supports FLR (Function Level Reset) one has to Run "lspci -vv" (in dom0) and check if the device has "FLReset+" in

[qubes-users] Let's talk about nice laptop for Qubes 4.1

2019-06-17 Thread shizo
Hello guys. Iam currently use thinkpad x220 for Qubes. i7 ips 16gb ram 1tb ssd coreboot. But it only good for PVH templates. I just install i3wm and use debian-10 and fedora-30 as a builder templates to build anything i want from scratch, for example, firmwares. Thanks to Unman. because i

Re: [qubes-users] Trim/discard unallocated thin pool space

2019-06-17 Thread Chris Laprise
On 6/17/19 11:38 AM, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: Chris - thanks for jumping on this. :) On Monday, June 17, 2019 at 11:16:05 AM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote: I would fully expect lvremove to issue discards, if lvm is configured for it. Did you try changing /etc/lvm/lvm.conf so that

Re: [qubes-users] Trim/discard unallocated thin pool space

2019-06-17 Thread brendan . hoar
On Monday, June 17, 2019 at 11:32:50 AM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote: > FWIW, if there were any issues with data not being discarded, it would > be with the (size) mismatch between what ext4 considers a discarded > block and what the thin + lvm layers consider a discardable block or chunk. Yes,

Re: [qubes-users] Trim/discard unallocated thin pool space

2019-06-17 Thread brendan . hoar
Chris - thanks for jumping on this. :) On Monday, June 17, 2019 at 11:16:05 AM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote: > I would fully expect lvremove to issue discards, if lvm is configured > for it. Did you try changing /etc/lvm/lvm.conf so that "issue_discards = > 1" ? I've got that set (also in dom0 &

Re: [qubes-users] Trim/discard unallocated thin pool space

2019-06-17 Thread Chris Laprise
FWIW, if there were any issues with data not being discarded, it would be with the (size) mismatch between what ext4 considers a discarded block and what the thin + lvm layers consider a discardable block or chunk. If I wanted to solve this issue relatively quickly, I'd first consider moving

Re: [qubes-users] Trim/discard unallocated thin pool space

2019-06-17 Thread Chris Laprise
On 6/17/19 10:28 AM, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: There is a tool in dom0 called "thin_trim" which is part of the "device-mapper-persistent-data" package. It issues discards to the unallocated space of a dm-thin device that is not in use. This gets a bit trickier if it is an lvm2 device, as

Re: [qubes-users] qubes-dom0-update keep showing the same already downloaded packages.

2019-06-17 Thread 'trichel' via qubes-users
> Do you have already newer kernel version installed? If so, dnf is picky > and refuse to operate on older packages in most cases... But also > shouldn't download old package when newer is already there, unless > you've explicitly requested it to do so. > > But you don't have newer kernel (like

[qubes-users] Trim/discard unallocated thin pool space

2019-06-17 Thread brendan . hoar
There is a tool in dom0 called "thin_trim" which is part of the "device-mapper-persistent-data" package. It issues discards to the unallocated space of a dm-thin device that is not in use. This gets a bit trickier if it is an lvm2 device, as there's another management layer above the dm-thin

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Any issues with changing template for sys-usb?

2019-06-17 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
scurge1tl: > Nice one. Where should I normally put the #!/bin/bash scripts in dom0? > Is it ok to use /usr/bin or is it better to leave it for > package-managed executables and have an another /bin? > Thank you. I put dom0 user scripts in ~. The #!/bin/bash at the top is a directive for what