Can't open xterm from default fedora-29-minimal template

[799]

Hello,

after I had some problems rebuilding my fedora-28 based templates with fedora-29, I re-installed the template using:

sudo qubes-dom0-update --action=reinstall qubes-fedora-29-minimal

while the installation worked and I can start and qvm-shutdown the new template, I am unable to launch a xterm terminal.

I tried it via the qubes menu, qvm-run fedora-29-minimal xterm, and also with the --user root option ... the AppVM starts, but no xterm is coming up.

Is this something which came from a recent update (of dom0 or the template)?

I knew that I didn't had this problems before.

- O

[awokd]

799 wrote on 1/13/19 7:11 PM:

Possibly related to this Debian issue?
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/LPUEsF1zQps/btfvDr4gFAAJ

[Tonyt]

This sounds like this:
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4671

Which I solved with this:
The problem: missing e2fsprogs, so /rw cannot be prepared.
quick workaround: qvm-run -u root --no-gui -p fedora-29-minimal 'dnf install -y e2fsprogs'

[unman]

There's an updated minimal template in templates-itl-testing

[799]

Hello TonyT,

Am Mo., 14. Jan. 2019, 01:36 hat Tonyt <rumsey....@gmail.com> geschrieben:

[...]

This sounds like this:
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4671

Which I solved with this:
The problem: missing e2fsprogs, so /rw cannot be prepared.
quick workaround: qvm-run -u root --no-gui -p fedora-29-minimal 'dnf install -y e2fsprogs'

Amazing, this did the trick, I was able to get the fedora-29-minimal based sys-vms running.

Thanks.

- O