Creating AppVM

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Hi
I’m very new to Qube OS.
I did an OEM factory reset, setup my login credentials.
But I’m unable to create a personal:Firefox VM.

I get an error message that PCI device dom0:01_00.0 does not exist.

I checked out the QubeOS documentation and didn’t find anything.

It seems like the personal template may need its settings changed.

Thank you.

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Hi, welcome to Qubes.
You haven’t said how you tried to create the qube.
The simplest way is : qvm-create personal <-t TEMPLATE_TO_USE> -l COLOR

If you want to recreate the default personal qube, then run:
sudo qubesctl state.apply qvm.personal

Neither of these will allocate a PCI device.

I never presume to speak for the Qubes team. When I comment in the Forum or in the mailing lists I speak for myself.
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I used the UI (xfce?). I clicked on App Menu → Qube: personal → personal: Firefox.

I get the PCI device0:01_00.0 does not exist message.

If i go to App Menu-> Qube: personal → personal: Qube Settings → Devices tab, I don’t see any devices selected.

I will try the cmd line you suggested.

Thanks.

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You’re probably seeing this error not for your personal VM but for sys-net VM. So check the Devices tab in Qubes Settings for sys-net.
If your personal VM has sys-net as networking VM (or sys-firewall as networking VM and sys-firewall has sys-net as networking VM) and sys-net is not running when you’re starting personal VM then QubesOS will first start its networking VM sys-net.

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OK - the problem is not with creating the personal qube, but in
starting it.
If you set the netvm to none (Settings->Basic->“Net qube”), are you able
to start firefox then?
If so, then the issue lies with the netvm , probably sys-firewall, or
sys-net.

See if you can start either of them, and check the Devices allocated
to them.

I never presume to speak for the Qubes team. When I comment in the Forum or in the mailing lists I speak for myself.
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Thank you for the prompt responses.

I set the NetVM to none, in the Qubes:personal settings and i could start the VM with Firefox.

The sys-firewall settings has netVM set to sys-net.
And sys- net has netVM set to none.

The sys-net Settings-> Devices tab has the 01:00_0 Unknown device in the Selected box on the right. I believe this unknown device is causing the errors.

When I unselected the unknown device, I was able to get my personal:Firefox qubes to start !

My next step is to connect this VM to the sys-usb so i can get access to my local home network.

Regards.

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You are right. The sys-net had the offending unknown device under its Settings->Devices tab. The unknown device was selected.

Once i deselected this device I got the Qubes:personal Firefox to run.

Thank you!

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