Dom0 Update breaks sys-usb widget

[ron...@riseup.net]

Qubes 4.0.1.
Following a recent dom0 update my sys-usb widget is partially broken; 1/
devices show in the widget when plugged into usb port but are not
removed when unplugged from the port. 2/ Plugged in devices can be
attached to VM's via widget but there's now no indication (other the
qvm-block in dom0) that they are attached. 3/ Unable to detach usb
device from VM's via the widget (although I can do this from dom0).

To check that I hadn't done something stupid and thereby broken the
widget I did the following procedure.

1. Reinstalled laptop with 4.0.1 from qubes website.
2. Tested sys-usb widget - It worked perfectly.
3. Updated Dom0 and tested widget - It worked perfectly.
4. Rebooted laptop - tested widget, but its now broken - same diagnosis
as described above

It seems that a dom0 update has broken the widget?
Does anyone else have this problem?

[Jon deps]

And you don't want to use the terminal eg qvm-usb attach <appvm>
sys-usb:2-10

etc?

afaik the widget has never been reliable, and faster for me just to do
it in a terminal than expect the widget to work :)

[prei...@gmail.com]

Yes, I have the same problem, and find the applet useful.  Used to work
well.

Peter

[Eric]

Yes it was broken in -current 3-4 weeks ago. There have been many reports
and half a dozen duplicate issues on github... major snaffu.
A new version is in testing now and appears to work well - thanks Marta!
If you can't wait, I fixed my -current using:

qubes-dom0-update --action='-v update' --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing qubes-desktop-linux-manager

I put the verbose flag on on my second try as the first was skipped due to
missing dependencies, but there appeared to be none, and it worked the second time.

Eric

[Lorenzo Lamas]

I had to use --best --allowerasing to update qubes-desktop-linux-manager. USB widget now works better than before, but VM widget seems broken.