Qubes 4.0 Windows Tools are available for testing

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Andrew David Wong

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Jul 11, 2018, 11:44:18 PM7/11/18
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Dear Qubes Community,

Qubes Windows Tools are now available for testing for Qubes 4.0 users.
If you'd like to help us test them, please leave your feedback on the
corresponding updates-status page:

https://github.com/QubesOS/updates-status/issues/574

For background, here is the corresponding qubes-issue:

https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3585

For general information about testing new Qubes releases and updates,
please see:

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/testing/

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org

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Hello,


Andrew David Wong <a...@qubes-os.org> schrieb am Do., 12. Juli 2018, 05:44:

Qubes Windows Tools are now available for testing for Qubes 4.0 users.

Great news, thanks.
Are there instructions how to upgrade from existing Qubes Tools 3.2 which I have installed in my win 7 hvm under qubes 4.0

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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki

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Jul 13, 2018, 6:16:58 PM7/13/18
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This is one of things to test. Following the same procedure as for
initial tools installation should work:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-tools/#installing-qubes-guest-tools-in-windows-7-vms



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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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799

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Jul 16, 2018, 10:42:59 AM7/16/18
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Hello,

Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marm...@invisiblethingslab.com> schrieb am Sa., 14. Juli 2018, 00:16:

This is one of things to test. Following the same procedure as for
initial tools installation should work:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-tools/#installing-qubes-guest-tools-in-windows-7-vms

I upgraded the Qubes Windows Tools from v 3.2.2.3 to v 4.0.1.
I had to do several reboots and as I run into a qrexec timeout I increased timeout period from 300 to 600 seconds.

I have the problem that I can start the windows 7 VM but it seems to be stalled after the initial boot (black window with glowing Windows Logo).
I tried to debug mode an without debug.
Any ideas where to look for errors?

Anyone else run into problems?

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Sven Semmler

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Jul 16, 2018, 11:23:48 AM7/16/18
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On 07/13/2018 05:16 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> Qubes Windows Tools are now available for testing for Qubes 4.0
> users.

Hi Marek,

I've updated Dom0 to current-testing and installed QWT 4.0.0.1 in my
Windows 7 Template. Shared Clipboard and send/receive files work, but
the funny thing is it stops working (or more precisely is halted) for
all other domains. I say halted, because the moment I shutdown Windows
the halted/stalled operations continue for my other domains.

In your git-hub update I read that one of the fixes was actually a
Dom0 fix. Is there anything more I have to do other than go to
current-testing?

/Sven
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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki

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Jul 16, 2018, 11:40:22 AM7/16/18
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 04:42:46PM +0200, 799 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marm...@invisiblethingslab.com> schrieb am
> Sa., 14. Juli 2018, 00:16:
>
> >
> > This is one of things to test. Following the same procedure as for
> > initial tools installation should work:
> >
> > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-tools/#installing-qubes-guest-tools-in-windows-7-vms
>
>
> I upgraded the Qubes Windows Tools from v 3.2.2.3 to v 4.0.1.
> I had to do several reboots and as I run into a qrexec timeout I increased
> timeout period from 300 to 600 seconds.

Have it helped, or still qrexec timeout?

> I have the problem that I can start the windows 7 VM but it seems to be
> stalled after the initial boot (black window with glowing Windows Logo).
> I tried to debug mode an without debug.
> Any ideas where to look for errors?

See qvm-features on this VM - should be gui, qrexec, rpc-clipboard, all
set to '1' (not empty).
Did you have seamless mode enabled or not previously?

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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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Ivan Mitev

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Jul 17, 2018, 6:07:56 AM7/17/18
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Yes. I couldn't manage to have the new version running despite spending
more than 3 hours fighting with that !@#$ Windows).

I've updated/edited the issue some days ago with my findings - see the
top of the issue - maybe not the right place to debug that but I
initially thought the process would be painless.

https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3585



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