qusal/salt/sys-gui

sys-gui

Hybrid GUI domain in Qubes OS.

Table of Contents

• Description
• Installation
• Uninstallation
• Usage

Description

Setup a Hybrid GUI domain named "sys-gui". Dom0 remains with the X Server and graphics drivers but runs only a single GUI application, a full-screen proxy for the GUI domain's graphical server.

Installation

WARNING: unfinished formula.

• Top:

sudo qubesctl top.enable qvm.sys-gui pillar=True
sudo qubesctl top.enable mgmt sys-gui
sudo qubesctl --targets=tpl-mgmt state.apply
sudo qubesctl state.apply sys-gui.prefs-mgmt
sudo qubesctl --targets=tpl-sys-gui,sys-gui state.apply
sudo qubesctl top.disable mgmt sys-gui
sudo qubesctl state.apply sys-gui.prefs

• State:

sudo qubesctl top.enable qvm.sys-gui pillar=True
sudo qubesctl state.apply sys-gui.create
sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --targets=tpl-mgmt state.apply mgmt.install
sudo qubesctl state.apply sys-gui.prefs-mgmt
sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --targets=tpl-sys-gui state.apply sys-gui.install
sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --targets=sys-gui state.apply sys-gui.configure
sudo qubesctl state.apply sys-gui.prefs

Shutdown all your running qubes as the global property default_guivm has changed to sys-gui.

Usage

Qubes that have their guivm preference set to sys-gui, will use it as the GUI domain.

Logout and in the login manager (lightdm, sddm), select session type GUI domain (sys-gui).

The login credentials are the same used in dom0, the first user in the qubes group and the corresponding password.

Uninstallation

Set Global preference default_guivm to dom0 and disable autostart of sys-gui:

sudo qubesctl state.apply sys-gui.cancel

Logout and in the login manager (lightdm, sddm), select session type Plasma (X11) or Xfce.