cannot find character device

[petertyyseng]

Qubes OS version
R3.2-rc3

Affected TemplateVMs
win7 standaloneVM

Expected behavior:

1. connect qrexec 2. GUI connect when I start window VM

Actual behavior:
There is error: internal error : cannot find character device

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. start the window VM from command line:
2. It shows ERROR: Cannot execute qrexec-daemon!
3. Access VM console: [user@dom0 ~]$ virsh -c xen:/// console my-vm

[marmarek]

Have you installed Qubes Windows Tools? Using qrexec require it. If you
don't want, do enable qrexec (qrexec_installed setting using qvm-prefs
tool).

As for console - HVM domains do not have text console, so virsh console
do not work by design.

Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

[marmarek]

Have you installed Qubes Windows Tools? Using qrexec require it. If you
don't want, do enable qrexec (qrexec_installed setting using qvm-prefs
tool).

As for console - HVM domains do not have text console, so virsh console
do not work by design.

Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

[petertyyseng]

I did installed Qubes Windows Tools, both sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-windows-tools and
sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing qubes-windows-tools reply
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:15 ago on Fri Sep 9 14:14:06 2016
No package --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing available
No package Qubes Windows Tools available
Error: Unable to find a match

After I enable qrexec with qvm-prefs -s my-vm qrexec_installed True
I restart my-vm and got message popup:
Cannot execute qrexec-daemon!

[petertyyseng]

I did installed Qubes Windows Tools, both sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-windows-tools and
sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing qubes-windows-tools reply
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:15 ago on Fri Sep 9 14:14:06 2016
No package --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing available
No package Qubes Windows Tools available
Error: Unable to find a match

After I enable qrexec with qvm-prefs -s my-vm qrexec_installed True
I restart my-vm and got message popup:
Cannot execute qrexec-daemon!

[andrewdavidwong]

No package --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing available

This looks like a mistake. That option should not be interpreted as a package. Are you sure you typed in the command correctly? For reference, it should be done as documented here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-appvms/#tocAnchor-1-1-2

[andrewdavidwong]

No package --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing available

This looks like a mistake. That option should not be interpreted as a package. Are you sure you typed in the command correctly? For reference, it should be done as documented here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-appvms/#tocAnchor-1-1-2