Default menu shortcuts not pre-populated in Qubes VM Manager (Whonix 14 AppVMs/TemplateVMs)

[torjunkie]

Qubes OS version:

R3.2

Affected component(s):

Qubes VM Manager

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Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install latest Whonix 14 templates from unstable repos
2. Recreate the Whonix 14 AppVMs with sudo qubesctl state.sls qvm.anon-whonix

Expected behavior:

AppVM and TemplateVM menu shortcuts are already populated with normal selection e.g. Arm, Dolphin, Konsole, etc.

Actual behavior:

AppVM/TemplateVM menu shortcuts must be manually added one by one with the "Add more shortcuts" option from Qubes VM Manager

General notes:

I know this is a relatively trivial issue, but it is counter to user expectations i.e. AppVMs/TemplateVMs should be pre-populated with set VM defaults for applications.

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Related issues:

[andrewdavidwong]

It sounds like you're referring to the shortcuts in the application launcher menu, which is different from Qubes Manager. Are you using the default desktop environment, Xfce4?

[andrewdavidwong]

It sounds like you're referring to the shortcuts in the application launcher menu, which is different from Qubes Manager. Are you using the default desktop environment, Xfce4?

[torjunkie]

Hi Andrew,

Apologies. You are correct re: application launcher menu. Using the standard default environment Xfce4.

If my expectation is incorrect re: pre-population, feel free to close this issue (it's been a while since I installed new templates and AppVMs related to them).

[torjunkie]

Hi Andrew,

Apologies. You are correct re: application launcher menu. Using the standard default environment Xfce4.

If my expectation is incorrect re: pre-population, feel free to close this issue (it's been a while since I installed new templates and AppVMs related to them).

[adrelanos]

pre-population is expected.

(Defaults are configured here:

• https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-template-whonix/tree/master/appmenus_wheezy_whonix-gateway
• https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-template-whonix/tree/master/appmenus_wheezy_whonix-workstation)

There should be *.list files inside /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/whonix-gw-14/. Example:

ls -la /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/whonix-gw-14/*.list

[adrelanos]

pre-population is expected.

(Defaults are configured here:

• https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-template-whonix/tree/master/appmenus_wheezy_whonix-gateway
• https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-template-whonix/tree/master/appmenus_wheezy_whonix-workstation)

There should be *.list files inside /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/whonix-gw-14/. Example:

ls -la /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/whonix-gw-14/*.list