Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 3.2 only booting with onboard GPU ?? (ASUS KGPE-D16 + AMD Radeon 6450)

2017-12-01 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
On Thursday, 30 November 2017 10:56:15 UTC+1, tai...@gmx.com wrote: > On 11/29/2017 06:56 PM, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users wrote: > > >> How long did you wait for coreboot to boot? if you keep the log level at > >> max it will take around 60 seconds, o

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 3.2 only booting with onboard GPU ?? (ASUS KGPE-D16 + AMD Radeon 6450)

2017-11-29 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
> How long did you wait for coreboot to boot? if you keep the log level at > max it will take around 60 seconds, otherwise lower it to 2 (what I use) > for 10 second boot. I thought the same thing when I started using it > (that it was broken) until I got a null model cable and noticed that it

[qubes-users] Re: Upgrade from R4-RC2 to R4 final

2017-11-27 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
On Monday, 27 November 2017 12:04:27 UTC+1, Jean-Luc Duriez wrote: > New to Qubes OS but veteran Linux user, I am currently building a R4-RC2 > config for my day-to-day personal desktop. I gave a try to R3.2 but my Intel > HD 630 integrated GPU was not supported, so I went for the beta. > > I h

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 3.2 only booting with onboard GPU ?? (ASUS KGPE-D16 + AMD Radeon 6450)

2017-11-27 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
Could using Qubes 4.0rc2 also solve my problem ? -- 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 post to this group,

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 3.2 only booting with onboard GPU ?? (ASUS KGPE-D16 + AMD Radeon 6450)

2017-11-27 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
> I take it you are using coreboot? if you aren't you should, otherwise > you need to change the "primary video" option in the BIOS - which will > solve your issue. Hi Tai, no I tried to use Coreboot with default settings (Seabios), compiling and flashing the .rom on the chip was easy. But wit

Re: [qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Qubes R3.2 - Severe graphics issues/glitches ? (HCL Report included)

2017-11-07 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
> You might consider trying Qubes R4(-rc2). the system feels a bit > different and isn't quite release-worthy yet IMO, but it has much > newer hardware support and your graphics issues might be fixed. My hardware doesn't support R4. I reinstalled Qubes again today and this time I didn't upgrade

Re: [qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Qubes R3.2 - Severe graphics issues/glitches ? (HCL Report included)

2017-11-07 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
gt; On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 1:18 PM, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users > wrote: > > > >> > Hi Jean-Philippe, > >> > > >> > thanks for your advice. > >> > > >> > I have read the docs over here regarding kernel updates: &g

Re: [qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Qubes R3.2 - Severe graphics issues/glitches ? (HCL Report included)

2017-11-07 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
On Monday, November 6, 2017 at 3:48:24 AM UTC+1, Jean-Philippe Ouellet wrote: > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 1:18 PM, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users > wrote: > > > >> > Hi Jean-Philippe, > >> > > >> > thanks for your advice. > >&g

Re: [qubes-users] Mainboard buying advice :: Should we still avoid mainboards with Intel vPro ??

2017-11-06 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
> > I'm really glad the 63xx CPUs are also supported by Coreboot. I don't > > really mind about Libreboot' philosophical issues - if it works on Coreboot > > I'm happy. And now as I have checked the Coreboot Wiki page again I > > actually realized you openly state the 63xx series works fine ;) >

Re: [qubes-users] Coreboot VS Libreboot :: Which is better for Qubes OS ?

2017-11-05 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
> 63xx/43xx is fine as long as you include a microcode update, you need to > use coreboot for those but it will do it automatically by default. Is that only the case with Coreboot BIOS or also with the stock BIOS ? > > I just told Holger I probably would postpone the installation of Coreboot,

Re: [qubes-users] Mainboard buying advice :: Should we still avoid mainboards with Intel vPro ??

2017-11-05 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
On Monday, 6 November 2017 02:09:32 UTC+1, tai...@gmx.com wrote: > On 11/04/2017 09:36 PM, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users wrote: > > >> Although an advantage of the KGPE-D16 is that it includes the $50 module > >> needed to run OpenBMC - your choice. >

Re: [qubes-users] Coreboot VS Libreboot :: Which is better for Qubes OS ?

2017-11-04 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
On Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 1:55:04 AM UTC+1, tai...@gmx.com wrote: > On 11/04/2017 08:42 PM, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users wrote: > > > If I choose an older mainboard from AMD for example, which doesn't have all > > those bad technologies built-in, I a

Re: [qubes-users] Coreboot VS Libreboot :: Which is better for Qubes OS ?

2017-11-04 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
On Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 1:55:04 AM UTC+1, tai...@gmx.com wrote: > On 11/04/2017 08:42 PM, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users wrote: > > > If I choose an older mainboard from AMD for example, which doesn't have all > > those bad technologies built-in, I a

Re: [qubes-users] Mainboard buying advice :: Should we still avoid mainboards with Intel vPro ??

2017-11-04 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
> Even just one 6386 is a speed demon but if you want you can eventually > upgrade to two if you really wanna be cooking with gas. > > Although I would recommend saving money and by getting a KCMA-D8 and a > 4386 - you can always buy a second 4386 if you want more speed. > > If you have 32 core

Re: [qubes-users] Coreboot VS Libreboot :: Which is better for Qubes OS ?

2017-11-04 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
> > What is the difference between Coreboot and Libreboot ? > Philosophy, that's it. > > Coreboot is sterile and corporate (as evidenced by not only the quiet > acceptance of boards with closed source init but the removal of older > open source boards from the tree, most people in the project and

Re: [qubes-users] Coreboot VS Libreboot :: Which is better for Qubes OS ?

2017-11-04 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
On Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 12:10:26 AM UTC+1, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 03:53:32PM -0700, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users > wrote: > > so from my understanding, "blobs" is a synonym for proprietary code, right ? > > it's a s

Re: [qubes-users] Coreboot VS Libreboot :: Which is better for Qubes OS ?

2017-11-04 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
On Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 10:47:12 PM UTC+1, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 10:57:30AM -0700, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users > wrote: > > What is the difference between Coreboot and Libreboot ? > > Libreboot is Coreboot with all the non-fre

[qubes-users] Re: Coreboot VS Libreboot :: Which is better for Qubes OS ?

2017-11-04 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
Also, will you need to flash the BIOS manually for Coreboot/Libreboot to work ? Or will it work out-of-the-box ? I don't have the hardware / knowledege to flash BIOS chips. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from thi

[qubes-users] Coreboot VS Libreboot :: Which is better for Qubes OS ?

2017-11-04 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
What is the difference between Coreboot and Libreboot ? Is one better than the other for Qubes OS ? -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Mainboard buying advice :: Should we still avoid mainboards with Intel vPro ??

2017-11-04 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
What is the difference between Coreboot and Libreboot ? Is one better than the other for Qubes OS ? -- 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: [qubes-devel] Qubes R3.2 - Severe graphics issues/glitches ? (HCL Report included)

2017-11-03 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
> > Hi Jean-Philippe, > > > > thanks for your advice. > > > > I have read the docs over here regarding kernel updates: > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/software-update-dom0/ > > > > So should I simply run the following terminal commands in dom0 ? > > > > sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-d

Re: [qubes-users] Mainboard buying advice :: Should we still avoid mainboards with Intel vPro ??

2017-11-03 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
Thanks again for all the info, I really appreciate your advice! > TXT is a marketing feature, it isn't really relevant. > Doing kernel code signing via coreboot with grub payload is a much > better security feature, if you lock your flash chip the only way to > flash will be externally (with a t

Re: [qubes-users] Mainboard buying advice :: Should we still avoid mainboards with Intel vPro ??

2017-11-03 Thread 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users
> I would buy a KCMA-D8 with a 4386 cpu then install coreboot (on this > board it is fully open source and blob free) > Features: > 100% Libre firmware available! > Fully supports Qubes 4.0< Wow, thank you very much for your in-depth reply! I never really considered buying a server mainb

[qubes-users] Mainboard buying advice :: Should we still avoid mainboards with Intel vPro ??

2017-11-02 Thread &#x27;Marek Jenkins&#x27; via qubes-users
It seems that most new mainboards with Intel chipset have support for "Intel vPro" technology. I read in another thread that this can cause issues and should be avoided. Is that still correct ? Is "Intel vPro" a real no-go or can Qubes still work with it? Or can having vPro support even have po

[qubes-users] Re: HCL - Gigabyte Z97X_UD5H + Intel Core i7-4770K

2017-11-02 Thread &#x27;Marek Jenkins&#x27; via qubes-users
Attached HCL Report -- 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 post to this group, send email to qubes-users@goo

[qubes-users] HCL - Gigabyte Z97X_UD5H + Intel Core i7-4770K

2017-11-02 Thread &#x27;Marek Jenkins&#x27; via qubes-users
Dear users and devs, I really like Qubes R3.2 and hope I can make it work. I have severe graphics glitches that happen at random intervals. If they happen I must reboot the system to fix them temporarily (resulting in potential data loss). Unfortunately, those issues make Qubes 3.2 unusable for

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 3.2 HVMs not working - screen stays black ??

2017-11-01 Thread &#x27;Marek Jenkins&#x27; via qubes-users
On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 2:03:05 PM UTC+1, Desobediente wrote: > 2017-11-01 9:20 GMT-02:00 marek jenkins via qubes-users > : > > > > How exactly do you create/setup the Tails HVM or any HVM for that matter ? > > Did I miss something in my terminal comma

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes 3.2 HVMs not working - screen stays black ??

2017-11-01 Thread &#x27;Marek Jenkins&#x27; via qubes-users
UPDATE: I generally suspect it to be a graphics issue. Because the screen of the HVM stays black and in the top of the HVM window you can see a white cursor or something similar - but it never boots. During Installation I had a Nvidia graphics card attached to the mainboard. But then I removed

[qubes-users] Qubes 3.2 HVMs not working - screen stays black ??

2017-10-31 Thread &#x27;Marek Jenkins&#x27; via qubes-users
Hi, I have some issues with Qubes Hardware VMs. I can't get them to work, even though everything else works fine. I tried the following ISOs / linux distributions: - Fedora 26 LXDE - Tails 3.2 Each time the HVM window opens but then the screen stays black and the boot starts to hang. I haven'