I found it very difficult to get Qubes installed and useable. These are some notes I made at the time and may need some adjustment for other scenarios.
INSTALLATION 4.04rc2:
Use 8GB USB stick (left OR right side works). Bigger sizes failed for me.
disable Secure Boot
enable ACHI
edit sda2 EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.cfg
comment out under ‘qubes-verbose’ section
noexitboot=1
mapbs=1
text install with ‘inst.text’ placed before i915 in the following line:
kernel=vmlinuz inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=Qubes-R4.0-x86_64 i915.alpha_support=1
make sure networking is attached to bring up GUI
I had to combine sys-net and sys-usb in the install options because I was using a docking station for ethernet.
Disable power mgmt except blank screen in Screensaver
Touchpad settings: enable tap and adjust speed
sudo qubes-dom0-update kernel-latest-qubes-vm
sudo qubes-dom0-update kernel-latest
(remove old kernel in qubes EFI)
sudo qubes-dom0-update --action=[reinstall|remove|list] kernel-latest[-qubes-vm]
sudo dnf remove qubes-template-fedora-32
A lot of video issues causing crashes. Found the following fixed it enough so far to make it useable:
change: i915.alpha_support=1 → i915.force_probe=*
The following are some miscellaneous notes to get the DPI and GTK working right. I never tuned this properly, so you will have to play around. Please post configurations if you ever get this correct.
DPI 288 & Font size adjust to 6 in Appearance settings
Window Manager - xhdpi
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about:config in Firefox and search for layout.css.devPixelsPerPx set this value to 2 or 1.5 as you wish to adjust the size of the Firefox icons
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- Set a Custom DPI setting
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Open a terminal with CTRL+ALT+t and enter
- LANG=c xfce4-settings-manager
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In “Appearence”->Fonts-> “Custom DPI Setting:” set this to 288 (instead of the default 96).
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Log off and on again to accept the new settings in all windows.
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- Adapt Theme and settings
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Set your panel size to a height of 48
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In xfce4-settings-manager->“Settings Editor” (xfce4-settings-editor)
- in section xfce4-desktop (create an entry if it doesn't exist)
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desktop-icons/icon-size Type Integer and set it to 128
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in section xsettings set CursorThemeSize to 48
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in section xsettings set Gtk/IconSizes to
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gtk-large-toolbar=32,32:gtk-small-toolbar=24,24:gtk-menu=32,32:gtk-dialog=88,88:gtk-button=32,32:gtk-dnd=32,32
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Or use the commandline:
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xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/IconSizes -s “gtk-large-toolbar=32,32:gtk-small-toolbar=24,24:gtk-menu=32,32:gtk-dialog=88,88:gtk-button=32,32:gtk-dnd=32,32”
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gtk-large-toolbar are main toolbars
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gtk-small-toolbar are secondary toolbars
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gtk-menu are menus
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gtk-dialog are dialog icons
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gtk-button are buttons (eg the xfce panel uses buttons)
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gtk-dnd are the icons displayed if you drag and drop a file or a folder
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you can change them to any size as long your icon theme supports it
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In xfce4-settings-manager->“Window Manager”
- select the theme Default-xhdpi (since Xfce 4.12 - [upgrade instructions for 14.04](http://ubuntuportal.com/2015/03/how-to-upgrade-xfce-4-10-to-xfce-4-12-in-xubuntu-14-04-and-xubuntu-14-10.html)) - Set the Title Font to 12
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Download the Widepanel Appearance ** in xfce4-settings-manager->“Appearance” select Widepanel
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In the File Manager thunar adapt the preferences:
- Set Iconsize in the sidepanel to "small" or "normal"
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xfce4-display-settings command.
display resolution 3840x2400 in .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml
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