USB Keyboard support for whonix-ws-15 based disp vms?

[Johannes Graumann]

Hi,

I'm fond of using torbrowser in a whonix-ws-15 based sip VM for all
browsing that possibly works.

In parallel I manage all authentication using a Mooltipass device for
the storage of random long passwords - this little machine mimics a USB
keyboard.

Out of the box I am unable to use the Mooltipass device in dips VMs
based on whonix-ws-15 - why is that and how do I change it?

Thanks for any hint.

Sincerely, Joh

[Qubes]

After your disposable VM has started you need to pass the USB device to
the VM using the tray icon bottom right (or top right depending on the
panel's orientation).

[Johannes Graumann]

I know about that. Thank you. Passing the device to the dispvm works
just fine, but the device does not work as intended.

[Qubes]

You say that out of the box it will not work with whonix-ws-15, does it
work with other VMs?

[Johannes Graumann]

fedora-31-dvm disposable vms work just fine as do other fedora-31
template based ones as well as debian-10 vms.

[Qubes]

I may just be shooting into the wind here but my suspicion is that the
whonix-ws-15 template does not ship with all of the necessary Qubes
packages for Qubes functions to work as expected.

Like in the case of minimal templates,
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/minimal/, you have to install
packages according to your needs for specific functions and or
functionality. I don't think the whonix-ws-15 template necessarily has
what you need for USB device passthrough to work properly.

[Johannes Graumann]

I actually already hat a (quick) look at that page, but understood that
the only USB-centric package listed is needed only if the template is
to be used for sys-usb. Am I wrong?

[Johannes Graumann]

I just checked, and the whonix-ws-15 template out of the box has qubes-
usb-proxy installed - so missing that is not my problem.