Ledger Nano S

[bojan...@gmail.com]

In Qubes 4 I can connect all kinds of USB devices via the device selector in the upper right corner of the window. The Ledger Nano S is a hardware wallet for cryptocurrencies. Ledger Manager is an extension for Chrome/Chromium webbrowser. When I connect Ledger Nano S to a USB-port it is recognized by Qubes and I can select to which VM it shoud be assigned to but it is not recognized by the Ledger Manager. The Ledger Nano is recognized by Ledger Manager in other OP's like Windows 10 and different Linux. Any ideas about what the cause could be?

I have tested sys-net, sys-firewall and sys-whonix. No difference.
Also tested StandaloneVM based on Fedora26, Debian9 and Windows7. No differences.

[qubenix]

bojan...@gmail.com:

> In Qubes 4 I can connect all kinds of USB devices via the device selector in the upper right corner of the window. The Ledger Nano S is a hardware wallet for cryptocurrencies. Ledger Manager is an extension for Chrome/Chromium webbrowser. When I connect Ledger Nano S to a USB-port it is recognized by Qubes and I can select to which VM it shoud be assigned to but it is not recognized by the Ledger Manager. The Ledger Nano is recognized by Ledger Manager in other OP's like Windows 10 and different Linux. Any ideas about what the cause could be?
>
> I have tested sys-net, sys-firewall and sys-whonix. No difference.
> Also tested StandaloneVM based on Fedora26, Debian9 and Windows7. No differences.
>

It might have something to do with udev rules in your target VM. See
here:
https://support.ledgerwallet.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005165269-What-to-do-if-my-Ledger-Nano-S-is-not-recognized-on-Windows-and-or-Linux-

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[Dave C]

I've been able to connect a Nano S, via a sys-usb, to an appvm based on fedora 26. A couple things to look out for:

When you switch into or out of apps on the Nano (and maybe when you enter your PIN, I don't recall), it will be detached from the appvm. So you'll find yourself often re-attaching the Nano. Use `qvm-usb` on dom0 to check whether it is still attached to appvm.

Ledger's software gets flakey when you're running more than one of it's apps or browser plugins. Make sure you don't have bitcoin wallet (or any others) open while the Ledger Manager app is open.

Hope that helps, -Dave