in a Xfce Terminal of Disposable: whonix-ws-16-dvm
cd ~/Downloads
touch ./test
starting Thunar file manager, the file test is not visible. Any ideas?
I checked and I see the file in Thunar…
So do more tests to find the reason. Some ideas:
- typing mistake (ex:
touch .test, or not really in the Downloads directory, …) - Thunar doesn’t show ~/Downloads but a localized Downloads name in your language
- choose another filename (ex:
myTextFile.txt) - human error (you open Thunar in a VM and you create the file in another VM, …)
Good ideas. Very curious, though…
user@host:~$ touch ./myTextFile.txt
user@host:~$ pwd -P
/home/user
user@host:~$ ls -al
total 100
drwx------ 17 user user 4096 Sep 8 07:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 6 18:19 ..
-rw------- 1 user user 48 Sep 6 18:26 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 220 Aug 4 2021 .bash_logout
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 14 Jun 27 11:23 .bashrc -> .bashrc.whonix
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 3891 Oct 21 2015 .bashrc.whonix
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 3526 Aug 4 2021 .bashrc.whonix-orig
drwxr-xr-x 4 user user 4096 Sep 8 06:58 .cache
drwxr-xr-x 7 user user 4096 Sep 6 18:16 .config
drwx------ 3 user user 4096 Sep 6 18:16 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Sep 6 18:16 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Sep 6 18:16 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Sep 5 06:55 Downloads
drwx------ 2 user user 4096 Sep 5 06:55 .gnupg
drwxr-xr-x 3 user user 4096 Jun 27 11:22 .local
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Sep 6 18:16 Music
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 Sep 8 07:00 myTextFile.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Sep 5 06:55 Pictures
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 807 Aug 4 2021 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Sep 6 18:16 Public
drwxrwxr-x 3 user user 4096 Sep 3 19:09 .tb
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Sep 6 18:16 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Sep 6 18:16 Videos
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Sep 5 06:55 .xchat2
-rw------- 1 user user 10740 Sep 8 07:01 .xsession-errors
I think, I found the problem: Thunar and Terminal are opened in two different qubes: dispnnnn.
Thunar is added in the template. How to avoid that behaviour for disposables?
Qubes Domains widget → Move cursor on dispXXXX → Click on “Open File Manager”
Foolproof. Thanks!
A follow up question: the ultimate goal is to run Tor instead of the File Manager on dispXXXX.
Instead of clicking on “Open File Manager”, “Settings” is available which has Tor listed unter “Selected” but how to start it?
You can open Tor Browser inside a disp directly, make sure it’s listed in the whonix-ws-16-dvm disposable template, then you’ll be able to start it in a new qube.
If you open a terminal instead, then you’ll need to start it manually with torbrowser.
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Easy. Thanks again!