On 2014-12-04 11:30,
inf...@gmail.com wrote:
> Qubes R2 up to date
> Hardware is X1 Carbon Gen2
>
> I started with a fully updated Windows 7 Ultimate *template* HVM,
> followed the REAME to allow driver installation
> installed Windows tools (2.4.0.1) with "Typical" option (with qvmstart
> wIn7Q --install-windows-tools),
> installation appeared to go OK, allowing for reboots and moving of profiles
> and now Windows 7 template won't start
>
> When I start it up, it tries throws up the Windows desktop screen
> (showing log-in in progress), but then bombs out with
>
> Error starting VM 'win7Q': Domain 'win7Q': qrexec not
> connected
>
> After that it always hangs in a "yellow" state, and sometimes more
> worryingly I cannot kill the machine (need to log out)
>
> I looked at
https://qubes-os.org/wiki/WindowsTools and this
> <
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/OxpRQLYQoVg/1esCXiuaIwgJ>
> similar thread but might need a little help debugging
>
> FWIW I had the same Windows template working OK with a previous version
> (~6 months) of the tools
>
> HOWEVER: I have now discovered that if I manually toggle the Seamless
> Mode checkbox in the VM config ON, then still get behaviour above, but
> if I then toggle OFF, then the window for Windows opens OK (but the
> machine state still stays obstinately yellow)
>
> thanks
>
> Caspar
> --
> Qubes Policy Adviser
Can you access the VM in safe mode? If so, please send the qrexec and
wga logs (procedure is described in the wiki article mentioned above).
Also, did you see a message box saying that user profiles will me moved
on the next VM boot and did you restart the VM afterwards? Sometimes the
moving procedure can take a long time (needs investigating) and because
it takes place early in the boot process, qrexec and other services are
not active yet, and the VM *will* show as "yellow" during the process.
That could use some improvement as well...
--
Rafał Wojdyła
Qubes Tools for Windows developer