create new sys-net

[Bernhard]

Hello,

I still have my system bricked due to a dead sys-net.

Could somebody help me to generate a new one, please?

thank you, Bernhard

[01v3g4n10]

Create a new VM : Name it, click the NetVM button then choose a color and template.

Change sys-firewall to your new sys-net vm and use networkmanager or other means to establish connection.

[Tai...@gmx.com]

Don't forget to check the "start on boot" option if you desire that.

[haaber]

Thank you that worked! Now my bricked system is only half-bricked :)

1) fedora-24 is still in koma: it shows the mysterious "ERROR: Cannot
execute qrexec-daemon" and stays yellow. I consider (a) renaming it
old-fedora, (b) moving it to the harddrive (to make space on SSD), (c)
symlink it (d) install a fresh fedora-24 template.

Does this sound right / the most easy solution to you?

2) my new debian based SYS-net can only acces ethernet. I installed the
iwl-firmware in the template, and made sure the hardware is accessible
in it. But that does not yet help. Do I have to verify the firmware
in dom0 ?
(wireless = intel 7620)
Thank you, Bernhard

[raah...@gmail.com]

also I think deleting the sys-net and running the commands qubes top.enabled sys-net
qubes state.highstate

will work?

[raah...@gmail.com]

sorry didn't realize you were same person lol.

you just have to install it in the template used by the sys-net I believe.

maybe this thread will help. http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56694

[Michael Carbone]

haaber:

Bernhard,

Specifying your wireless card (Intel 7620) is necessary for others to
help you with hardware troubleshooting, so in the future please lead
with such information.

This card has issues with older versions of iwlwifi (in other distros
like debian, ubuntu, fedora, etc), so you will want to run the newest
version of iwlwifi possible, which is most easily done using debian
templates.

What you are going to want to do is: (1) create a debian-9 template, (2)
install firmware-iwlwifi in that template, (3) make sure it is
up-to-date, and then (4) base your sys-net on that template.

In more detail:

1. follow all steps of:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template/debian/upgrade-8-to-9/

2. [you@debian-9 $] sudo apt install firmware-iwlwifi

3. [you@debian-9 $] sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

shutdown your debian-9 template.

4. turn off your existing sys-net. change its template to debian-9 in VM
Manager > VM Settings. ensure that there is your wireless network
controller assigned to it in VM Settings > Devices. (If no network
controller exists, go into your BIOS and see if there are any settings
associated with your wireless card that you need to enable.) once there
is a wireless network controller that exists and is assigned to sys-net,
restart your sys-net.

Michael

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[Michael Carbone]

haaber:

>> up-to-Hidate, and then (4) base your sys-net on that template.

>>
>> In more detail:
>>
>> 1. follow all steps of:
>> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template/debian/upgrade-8-to-9/
>>
>> 2. [you@debian-9 $] sudo apt install firmware-iwlwifi
>>
>> 3. [you@debian-9 $] sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
>>
>> shutdown your debian-9 template.
>>
>> 4. turn off your existing sys-net. change its template to debian-9 in VM
>> Manager > VM Settings. ensure that there is your wireless network
>> controller assigned to it in VM Settings > Devices. (If no network
>> controller exists, go into your BIOS and see if there are any settings
>> associated with your wireless card that you need to enable.) once there
>> is a wireless network controller that exists and is assigned to sys-net,
>> restart your sys-net.
>>
>> Michael
>>

> Hi Michael, I was for a long while in no-internet-land. Once back I gave
> it a try and it worked! Thanks a lot. I have been using debian-8 on the
> same machine since it was early-testing, and the wifi always worked. I
> do not understand that under qubes-debian I need a strech, but OK,
> "whatever works!" as Woody Allen says :) Bernhard

glad it worked for you! in the future reply to list so that others who
encounter the same issue will know it worked.