dispvms + whonix template = broken in xfce

[J.M. Porup]

So I've been using dispvms based on the whonix-ws template in order to
get disposable torbrowser working.

This works great in KDE, but when I switched over to xfce, dispvms
refuse to start. The usual workaround is to rebuild the dispvm template,
but that didn't work for me in xfce...so I've had to return to KDE for
now.

Don't know why the desktop environment should make any difference, can
anyone confirm this behavior?

Also, related question--is there a way to modify the dispvm script to
make torbrowser the default dispvm action, instead of firefox?

thanks
jmp

[Marek Marczykowski-Górecki]

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On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 02:19:01PM -0400, J.M. Porup wrote:
> So I've been using dispvms based on the whonix-ws template in order to
> get disposable torbrowser working.
>
> This works great in KDE, but when I switched over to xfce, dispvms
> refuse to start. The usual workaround is to rebuild the dispvm template,
> but that didn't work for me in xfce...so I've had to return to KDE for
> now.
>
> Don't know why the desktop environment should make any difference, can
> anyone confirm this behavior?

Indeed really strange. What do you mean by "refuse to start"?

> Also, related question--is there a way to modify the dispvm script to
> make torbrowser the default dispvm action, instead of firefox?

Take a look here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/dispvm/#tocAnchor-1-1-5

You can then adjust that menu entry (or create new one).

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Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
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[J.M. Porup]

On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 08:17:25PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 02:19:01PM -0400, J.M. Porup wrote:
> > So I've been using dispvms based on the whonix-ws template in order to
> > get disposable torbrowser working.
> >
> > This works great in KDE, but when I switched over to xfce, dispvms
> > refuse to start. The usual workaround is to rebuild the dispvm template,
> > but that didn't work for me in xfce...so I've had to return to KDE for
> > now.
> >
> > Don't know why the desktop environment should make any difference, can
> > anyone confirm this behavior?
>
> Indeed really strange. What do you mean by "refuse to start"?

I go the KDE menu, select DisposableVM --> Firefox, the notification
pops up saying "starting dispvm"...but then nothing happens.

I find this happens once every dozen or so times I launch a dispvm. This
has been consistent for more than a year. A quick Ctrl-R in dom0 to find
the rebuild command solves the problem for me.

> > Also, related question--is there a way to modify the dispvm script to
> > make torbrowser the default dispvm action, instead of firefox?
>
> Take a look here:
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/dispvm/#tocAnchor-1-1-5
>
> You can then adjust that menu entry (or create new one).

thanks!

jmp