cannot create /tmp/qrexec-rpc-stderr.957: Interrupted system call

[Sven Semmler]

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Since a few days I have an issue with launching torbrowser or updates
on my whonix qubes.

Attempting to start torbrowser on anon-dvm fails 1 out of 5-6 times
without any message and the disp vm instance keeps running until I
shut it down.

I also have a bash script in dom0 I run once a day. Essentially what
it does is:

qvm-run --pass-io qube "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y"

... for all my templates.

At about the same rate as the above mentioned issue with the
torbrowser and anon-dvm I see this:

/usr/lib/qubes/qubes-rpc-multiplexer: 15:
/usr/lib/qubes/qubes-rpc-multiplexer: cannot create
/tmp/qrexec-rpc-stderr.957: Interrupted system call

Searching the web hasn't got me anywhere. It's not a terribly big
issue but it's kind of annoying over time. What can I do to debug it?

/Sven

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[Sven Semmler]

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On 6/21/20 3:51 PM, Sven Semmler wrote:
> Attempting to start torbrowser on anon-dvm fails 1 out of 5-6 times
> without any message and the disp vm instance keeps running until I
> shut it down.

This remains an issue and I am looking for ways to debug it. It wasn't
always this way so it's quite possible that I did something to cause thi
s.

> I also have a bash script in dom0 I run once a day. Essentially what
> it does is:
>
> qvm-run --pass-io qube "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y"
>
> ... for all my templates.
>
> At about the same rate as the above mentioned issue with the
> torbrowser and anon-dvm I see this:
>
> /usr/lib/qubes/qubes-rpc-multiplexer: 15:
> /usr/lib/qubes/qubes-rpc-multiplexer: cannot create
> /tmp/qrexec-rpc-stderr.957: Interrupted system call
>

This was a timing issue. Adding the -a parameter to qvm-run made it go a
way.

/Sven


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