Technical question about Qubes

Teljkon · June 18, 2024, 4:10am

So, I am setting up a persistent USB relationship for a Qube that will mostly be used to print docs from. As I understand it this is basically the same thing as using the Devices section of the cube settings.

This being the case why doesn’t the device info appear directly I simply get USB buses and sata controllers etc. I mean clearly the persistent command from the console is tracking the route for me. Why wouldn’t this be possible on the devices list so I just new what to move over.

Is this a honey pot issue it makes it to convenient for HaXpr to find their way around your system?

I am just trying to understand this design choice. No shade of-course. I have been using this OS for about 6 months now and I really like it.

apparatus · June 18, 2024, 7:57am

BDF info was present before:

But it was changed recently:

github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues

qui-devices: Missing bus and device information and option for attaching specific partitions

opened 07:33AM - 03 May 24 UTC

emanruse

T: bug C: manager/widget P: default needs diagnosis regression affects-4.2

### Qubes OS release 4.2.1 ### Brief summary The old qui-devices sh…owed BDF info about devices (which was good) and there was the option for attaching an individual partition through the UI ("slightly more secure" as per doc). In the new version, these are both removed. ### Steps to reproduce Run qui-devices. ### Expected behavior - Display bus and device info. - Have the option to attach only a specific partition. ### Actual behavior None of the above exist any more.

github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues

UX regression with new Devices widget (lacking info about block devices)

opened 10:06AM - 27 Apr 24 UTC

closed 04:23AM - 14 May 24 UTC

UndeadDevel

T: bug C: manager/widget P: major ux diagnosed pr submitted r4.2-vm-fc37-stable r4.2-vm-bookworm-stable r4.2-host-stable r4.2-vm-fc38-stable affects-4.2 r4.2-vm-fc39-stable r4.2-vm-trixie-stable r4.2-vm-fc40-stable r4.3-vm-bookworm-cur-test r4.3-host-cur-test r4.3-vm-trixie-cur-test r4.3-vm-fc39-cur-test r4.3-vm-fc40-cur-test

### Qubes OS release 4.2.1 ### Brief summary The "old" Devices widget… used to display important info about block devices, such as the identifier (e.g. `sda1`) and the total size; this is not the case for the new widget, even though it uses much more space on screen, leading to situations as in below screenshot, where the user is the going to have to guess which of a list of identical entries is the correct one. I've only tested this with my external SSD so far. ### Steps to reproduce (Physically) attach block device with multiple partitions and trigger Devices widget. ### Expected behavior Behaves at least not worse than the previous widget, i.e. displays partition number and size. ### Actual behavior ![devices_menu](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/assets/30495439/fa0c1fe4-69ed-4862-b7ef-3540e749d382)

alimirjamali · June 18, 2024, 9:19am

As appartus mentioned, it was available before. But it is going through a lot of changes. Most of them very recent. The new devices API has changed a lot. The GUI tools and widgets will also change a lot subsequently. If you want detailed technical details, I covered them here: