Qubes 4.0: Attaching optical drive to read data from

[00010...@gmail.com]

When I insert a data DVD (that I only want to read from) into my integrated optical drive, the usual pop up says that the drive is available ("Device: dom0:sr0 ... is available").

However, when I then go into the Qube Mananger, select for example the "personal" Qube, then click on the menu option "Attach/detach block devices" in the menu "Qube", then there does not appear anything, so no optical drive either.

Am I doing something wrong?

[awokd]

No, but it does seem to be a bug in Qube Manager. Use the device widget
instead, or qvm-block from CLI.

[awokd]

Submitted bug report under
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3772.

[00010...@gmail.com]

> Use the device widget instead, or qvm-block from CLI.

Thank you!

Actually, in 4.0, that command would be "qvm-device" as referenced at https://dev.qubes-os.org/projects/core-admin-client/en/latest/manpages/qvm-device.html

Also, I noticed that the drive didn't auto-mount after being attached. So I still needed to (b) find the device, (c) mount it manually:

$ sudo fdisk -l

$ sudo mount /dev/xvdi /mnt/removable

Is this expected behavior? If yes, is there a way to make these 3 steps persistent in Qubes OS?

[cooloutac]

I believe it is for 4.0. hopefully they make it easier in the future. The less novice user is just gonna keep attaching whole controllers with mouse from widget as the easiest option for the same reasons.

typing that in every time is real cumbersome.

[awokd]

On Sun, April 1, 2018 5:21 pm, 00010...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Use the device widget instead, or qvm-block from CLI.
>>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Actually, in 4.0, that command would be "qvm-device" as referenced at
> https://dev.qubes-os.org/projects/core-admin-client/en/latest/manpages/qv
> m-device.html

Strange, when I put a CD in mine it showed up just fine under qvm-block.