Hi,
I use Qubes for some time and I found a strange issue which I am struggling with.
Qubes 4.1, full updated dom0, kali template from repo installed:
sudo qubes-dom0-update --action=install --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community-testing kali
… it takes some time to install…
Than I start the kali template and run standard update procedure (I know I should use Qubes Manager but I will explain this later on):
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
… at the end I get 96 packages which were not updated/upgraded, because they are on hold (I can paste the list later on). Ok, so I let it update and finish. I stopped the template, run it again, everything runs well. Then I used the Qubes Manager and Update function … now the issue… the xterm window where the update runs suddenly disapears, leaving template running. Any option to start anything including Console fails… cannot connect to qrexec agent…
I suspect that the update procedure using Qubes Manager is using “sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade” which causes helded packages to be upgraded. At the end, even I restart the template, I cannot anyhow connect to the template. Yes, appvms’ which are using template are affected as well.
Do you have any clues how to update/upgrade correctly kali template? Thx for any clues or useful hints.
Note: I used Kali rolling template which I created from Debian-11 template, but I stuck at the end with the same issue… update window disapear and I cannot connect to template anymore.