Re: Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] probable lvm thin_pool exhaustion

2020-03-10 Thread maiski
Quoting brendan.h...@gmail.com: On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 1:34:17 AM UTC, maiski wrote: Quoting brend...@gmail.com : > > Qubes 4.1 (in development) has added a warning (in addition to the current > lvm space usage warning) for lvm metadata usage above a threshold. 4.0 > doesn't have

Re: Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] probable lvm thin_pool exhaustion

2020-03-10 Thread brendan . hoar
On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 1:34:17 AM UTC, maiski wrote: > > > Quoting brend...@gmail.com : > > > > Qubes 4.1 (in development) has added a warning (in addition to the > current > > lvm space usage warning) for lvm metadata usage above a threshold. 4.0 > > doesn't have the metadata

Re: Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] probable lvm thin_pool exhaustion

2020-03-10 Thread maiski
Quoting brendan.h...@gmail.com: Qubes 4.1 (in development) has added a warning (in addition to the current lvm space usage warning) for lvm metadata usage above a threshold. 4.0 doesn't have the metadata nearing full warning, and that's what tends to cause these types of thinpool issues. In

Re: [qubes-users] Embarrassing question

2020-03-10 Thread Sven Semmler
On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 06:57:47PM -0500, Stuart Perkins wrote: > How do I edit the configuration to suppress the splash? There seems to be a parameter "rhgb" (Red Hat Graphical Boot) that needs to be removed. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/jsCup_hVa-E > How do I

[qubes-users] Embarrassing question

2020-03-10 Thread Stuart Perkins
I can't for the life of me figure out how to regenerate the boot file... I want to "nosplash" it, and I just can't find anything that works. I find the "splash" screen annoying and I don't want to have keep pressing a key to make it go away. I like to see the messages...they tell me stuff.

Re: [qubes-users] Is it recommended to install any anti-virus, anti-malware or anti-spyware apps in Qubes OS 4.0.3 or does Qubes OS takes care of all that ? - If not, which do you recommend ?

2020-03-10 Thread Tobias Gilberg
> Is it recommended to install any anti-virus, anti-malware or > anti-spyware apps in Qubes OS 4.0.3 or does Qubes OS takes care of all > that ? - If not, which do you recommend ? > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "qubes-users" group. > To

Re: [qubes-users] How to expand the amount of storage in a Win10 HVM ?

2020-03-10 Thread 'M' via qubes-users
Thanks a lot and for the very quick response. :) tirsdag den 10. marts 2020 kl. 22.19.49 UTC+1 skrev Sven Semmler: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 02:09:18PM -0700, 'M' via qubes-users wrote: > > But how do I configure the amount of storage space manually ? > > - start your Windows VM > - open

Re: [qubes-users] How to expand the amount of storage in a Win10 HVM ?

2020-03-10 Thread Sven Semmler
On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 02:09:18PM -0700, 'M' via qubes-users wrote: > But how do I configure the amount of storage space manually ? - start your Windows VM - open start menu and type 'disk' - select the 'create and format hard disk partitions' entry - when the 'Disk Management' starts it will

[qubes-users] How to expand the amount of storage in a Win10 HVM ?

2020-03-10 Thread 'M' via qubes-users
How to expand the amount of storage in a Win10 HVM ? I have tried to go into "Qube Settings" of the Win10 HVM and under "System storage max. size" write 45.720 MiB. And then click apply. Then there appeared a message saying something like that I need to configure the amount of storage space

[qubes-users] Is it recommended to install any anti-virus, anti-malware or anti-spyware apps in Qubes OS 4.0.3 or does Qubes OS takes care of all that ? - If not, which do you recommend ?

2020-03-10 Thread 'M' via qubes-users
Is it recommended to install any anti-virus, anti-malware or anti-spyware apps in Qubes OS 4.0.3 or does Qubes OS takes care of all that ? - If not, which do you recommend ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from

[qubes-users] Shall Microsoft firewall or other Microsoft security features be activated and used when using a Win10 HVM, and if so which features should be activated and used ?

2020-03-10 Thread 'M' via qubes-users
Shall Microsoft firewall or other Microsoft security features be activated and used when using a Win10 HVM, and if so which features should be activated and used ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: [qubes-users] Why not make it possible to use a custom key combination for changing the keyboard layout when installing Qubes OS ?

2020-03-10 Thread 'M' via qubes-users
torsdag den 5. marts 2020 kl. 14.19.59 UTC+1 skrev tetra...@danwin1210.me: > > On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 03:33:54AM -0800, A wrote: > >When installing Qubes OS, it’s possible to choose between some > predetermined key combinations for changing the keyboard layout. > > > >Why not also make it

Re: Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] probable lvm thin_pool exhaustion

2020-03-10 Thread brendan . hoar
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 11:49:58 AM UTC, maiski wrote: > > Quoting Ulrich Windl >: > > For some reason I have a "watch -n30 lvs" running in a big terminal. > > On one of the op lines I see the usage of the thin pool. Of course > > this only helps before the problem... > > > > But I

Re: [qubes-users] Appvm freezes whole system on startup?!

2020-03-10 Thread Stumpy
On 2020-03-06 08:16, Stumpy wrote: I shutdown an appvm then tried to start it back up, but now, when i try to start it up, my monitor goes white (with a very thin outline of the appvm that i started, and then nothing. I cant kill it, change workspaces, access menus, nada. I have tried to

Re: [qubes-users] split-gpg, can't use keys from gpg VM

2020-03-10 Thread unman
On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 01:30:53PM -0700, Guerlan wrote: > I can't use the keys from the same VM as the gpg VM. I know ideally I'd > have a separate VM just for signing but due to my constrained RAM and due > to the fact that I use a Yubikey, I'm using the 'social' VM (the one where > I use

[qubes-users] EE-PROM of an Lenovo X230

2020-03-10 Thread ggg397
As I am on Social Security and can not afford to purchase the Insurgo Privacy Beast, I was trying to emulate what the Insurgo on my own. I bought a refurb Lenovo X-230 with I5 processor and 4 GB RAM, 340 GB Spinning hard drive. I have upgraded the RAM to 16 GB, (MICRON CT2K102464BF186D 16GB

[qubes-users] Qubes-Whonix 15 TemplateVMs (4.0.1-202003070901) -- Testers Wanted!

2020-03-10 Thread Patrick Schleizer
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/Install/Testing Or. https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/Reinstall/Testing Let's test these templates! * https://github.com/QubesOS/updates-status/issues/1674 * https://github.com/QubesOS/updates-status/issues/1675 Alternatively: In-place release upgrade is

Re: [qubes-users] Nitropad Intel ME neutering

2020-03-10 Thread unman
On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 09:03:33AM -0700, acharya.sagar.sag...@gmail.com wrote: > Disabling Intel ME completely will shut off the processor completely and > so, the malicious part of the code has been suppressed according to the > information given in the below link > >

Re: [qubes-users] Installation of Kali

2020-03-10 Thread unman
On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 10:50:41AM -0700, redpoll...@gmail.com wrote: > This is a cross post so apologies as I am just trying to maximise my > chances of getting some help. > > I've been trying to install Kali 2020 on qubes 4 without success. > > I can get through the installation procedure but

Re: Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] probable lvm thin_pool exhaustion

2020-03-10 Thread maiski
Quoting Ulrich Windl : For some reason I have a "watch -n30 lvs" running in a big terminal. On one of the op lines I see the usage of the thin pool. Of course this only helps before the problem... But I thought some app is monitoring the VG; wasn't there some space warning before the

Re: [qubes-users] Is it possible to connect a USB device like a flash drive or CD-ROM drive to a Win10 HVM in Qubes OS 4.0.3 and if so how ?

2020-03-10 Thread Gerhard Weck
In oder to find the files copied to Windows 10 in the usual location *Qubes_incoming* in the user directory, *qvm-prefs default_user* has to be set to the Windows login user name. If the default_user property is set to the wrong user name, the files are stored in

Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] probable lvm thin_pool exhaustion

2020-03-10 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> schrieb am 09.03.2020 um 22:14 in Nachricht <32730_1583788450_5E66B1A2_32730_943_1_20200309221408.Horde.6suQ5c39eHZROYAnW9Jp w...@webmail.df.eu>: > Hello folks, > > I have Qubes 4.0 Release standard luks + lvm thin pool. > After a sudden reboot and entering the encryption pass, the dracut >