USB becomes disabled on boot with 4.x kernel (r3.1)

[nrgaway]

When booting the PC, USB ports are active until a kernel version is selected in menu, or automatically selected kernel proceeds at which point USB ports become disabled. I am experiencing this with Qubes r3.1, but also was unable to run 4.x kernels on r3.0 for the same reason. The rd.qubes.hide_all_usb option is also not set on the kernel command line in grub.

It seems like the existing dracut application that shipped with the older fc20 dom0 is too old and does not have the required configuration scripts to properly build initramfs.

Since I only have a USB keyboard and no other option, I have come up with a work-around that works for me:

Make backup copy of current dracut configurations

cp -rp /usr/lib/dracut /usr/lib/dracut.orig

Install dracut from Fedora 23

yum install dracut-043-61.git20151120.fc23.x86_64.rpm

Restore Qubes specific modules and extra-modules

sudo cp -rp /usr/lib/dracut.orig/modules.d/90qubes-pciback /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d
sudo cp -rp /usr/lib/dracut.orig/modules.d/90extra-modules /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d

Rebuild initramfs

dracut -H -f --kver 4.1.13-6.pvops.qubes.x86_64

Reboot and select 4.1 kernel

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-core-dom0-linux-3.1.5-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.1 testing repository for dom0.
To test this update, please install it with the following command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing

Changes included in this update

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-core-dom0-linux-3.1.5-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.1 testing repository for dom0.
To test this update, please install it with the following command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing

Changes included in this update

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-core-dom0-linux-3.1.6-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.1 stable repository for dom0.
To install this update, please use the standard update command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update

Or update dom0 via Qubes Manager.

Changes included in this update

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-core-dom0-linux-3.1.6-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.1 stable repository for dom0.
To install this update, please use the standard update command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update

Or update dom0 via Qubes Manager.

Changes included in this update

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-core-dom0-linux-3.0.18-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.0 testing repository for dom0.
To test this update, please install it with the following command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing

Changes included in this update

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-core-dom0-linux-3.0.18-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.0 testing repository for dom0.
To test this update, please install it with the following command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing

Changes included in this update

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-core-dom0-linux-3.0.19-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.0 stable repository for dom0.
To install this update, please use the standard update command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update

Or update dom0 via Qubes Manager.

Changes included in this update

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-core-dom0-linux-3.0.19-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.0 stable repository for dom0.
To install this update, please use the standard update command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update

Or update dom0 via Qubes Manager.

Changes included in this update