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> The need to manually redirect the USB-keyboard to each qube Why did you have to do this? In order to type in a qube? My usb keyboard just stays connected to
by dmm 5y ago
> The need to manually redirect the USB-keyboard to each qube
Why did you have to do this? In order to type in a qube? My usb keyboard just stays connected to the usb qube(sys-usb) and everything seems to work. I have never changed the qube my usb keyboard is connected to.
- orblivion 5y agoIf the signals are going into sys-usb you must be piping them somewhere. For me and probably the GP, there's a "systray" (do they still call it that?) menu for connecting devices to things, and I have to direct my keyboard to a chosen VM that way (I have the added annoyance of having to re-set Dvorak each time; there's a bug somewhere). Maybe for you it's piping straight to dom0? I recall at the beginning there was some security question you're asked related to this. Maybe you answered differently than us.
- samuell 5y agoExactly, the "systray" thing that is needed to switch the keyboard betweeen qubes. Dom0 would not even be accessible from USB-keyboards, for USB-related security reasons.
- orblivion 5y agoWasn't this optional though? At least at some point? Maybe they made it mandatory.
- fsflover 5y agoIt's still optional. You don't have to create a sys-usb VM. It's not even created by default if you have a USB keyboard: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#how-to-create-a-usb-qube-for-use-with-a-usb-keyboard https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#how-to-create-a-usb-.... See also: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/device-handling-security/#usb-security https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/device-handling-security/#usb-s....
- dmm 5y agoI use the latest version of qubes and sys-usb and I don't ever reassign my usb keyboard(I do for other usb devices.) It sounds like the person from the top comment just configured their system in an annoying way.
- ThePowerOfFuet 5y agoSomething is amiss; did you disable qubes-input-proxy? If you follow this simple step, USB keyboard and mouse input should Just Work in all your Qubes: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#how-to-create-a-usb-qube-for-use-with-a-usb-keyboard https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#how-to-create-a-usb-...
- isodude 5y agoFirst off, the USB-thingy is indeed a configuration option. https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/ https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/ Regarding the Dvorak: It's a PITA. I'm running Svorak A5 currently so the current procedure is: * Make sure it's the default setting in each template * Make sure it's the default in XFCE * Run a cronjob in dom0, this make sure that newly connected USB keyboards are changed to the correct layout aswell. * * * * * DISPLAY=:0 ~/fix-scripts-xkb #!/bin/sh [ "$(setxkbmap -query | grep -oP '(?<=variant: )[a-z]+')" == "svorak" ] || ( setxkbmap se svorak; echo fixed xkbmap ) * XFCE login is STILL qwerty. This is a _long_ standing bug.
- orblivion 5y agoWoah, I guess I've been logging into XFCE with the wrong password this whole time! heh.
- ThePowerOfFuet 5y agoSomething is amiss; did you disable qubes-input-proxy? If you follow this simple step, USB keyboard and mouse input should Just Work in all your Qubes: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#how-to-create-a-usb-qube-for-use-with-a-usb-keyboard https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#how-to-create-a-usb-...