On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 09:26:57AM +0100, Viktor Ransmayr wrote: > Am Fr., 20. M??rz 2020 um 21:30 Uhr schrieb <[email protected]>: > > > Hello Qubes community, > > > > I'm only a short-term user of Qubes-OS - and - I'm very satisfied so far. > > - Thanks a lot for all your work on this important project! > > > > I'd like to use disposable VMs as a means to efficiently 'simulate' E2E > > installation program experience for in-experienced users. > > > > So far my approach has been to create persistent VMs for it - but - I'd > > like to optimize/ simplify that now by using disposable VMs ... > > > > Now finally my question: > > > > *I am not able to/ I do not know how to copy content from a shell/ > > terminal in a disposable VM to a file in a regular VM :-(* > > > > Is this a deliberate design decision - or - what am I missing? > > > > Additional info & update on question: > > I'm running Qubes OS 4.0.3 - and - was starting a disposable > 'fedora-29-dvm' yesterday & by default the terminal offered is an Xterm. > > This morning it became clear to me, that I should use the same setup, that > I had used previously with the persistant VMs, i.e. where by default a > standard (Gnome?) terminal is offered ... > > I updated the Qube settings for 'fedora-29-dvm', increased the memory size > & enabled network access. > > However the terminal only shows up temporarily - and - the disposable VM is > halted again ... > > Can somebody explain what is going on? > > With kind regards, > > VR
This has come up many times on the list. When you start gnome-terminal it spawns a process, that then opens the terminal and closes. Because the called process has ended, Qubes closes the disposableVM, as it would when you close an xterm window. There's an open issue on the subject. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20200324031024.GA16445%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
