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1. dmm+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-03-23 12:48:57
> The need to manually redirect the USB-keyboard to each qube

Why did you have to do this? In order to type in a qube? My usb keyboard just stays connected to the usb qube(sys-usb) and everything seems to work. I have never changed the qube my usb keyboard is connected to.

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2. orbliv+C[view] [source] 2022-03-23 12:54:15
>>dmm+(OP)
If the signals are going into sys-usb you must be piping them somewhere. For me and probably the GP, there's a "systray" (do they still call it that?) menu for connecting devices to things, and I have to direct my keyboard to a chosen VM that way (I have the added annoyance of having to re-set Dvorak each time; there's a bug somewhere). Maybe for you it's piping straight to dom0?

I recall at the beginning there was some security question you're asked related to this. Maybe you answered differently than us.

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3. samuel+Ub[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 14:11:13
>>orbliv+C
Exactly, the "systray" thing that is needed to switch the keyboard betweeen qubes. Dom0 would not even be accessible from USB-keyboards, for USB-related security reasons.
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4. orbliv+1d[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 14:19:26
>>samuel+Ub
Wasn't this optional though? At least at some point? Maybe they made it mandatory.
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5. fsflov+Zj[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 14:59:28
>>orbliv+1d
It's still optional. You don't have to create a sys-usb VM. It's not even created by default if you have a USB keyboard: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#how-to-create-a-usb-.... See also: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/device-handling-security/#usb-s....
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6. dmm+gk[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 15:00:53
>>orbliv+1d
I use the latest version of qubes and sys-usb and I don't ever reassign my usb keyboard(I do for other usb devices.) It sounds like the person from the top comment just configured their system in an annoying way.
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7. isodud+xk[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 15:02:33
>>orbliv+C
First off, the USB-thingy is indeed a configuration option. https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/

Regarding the Dvorak: It's a PITA. I'm running Svorak A5 currently so the current procedure is:

* Make sure it's the default setting in each template

* Make sure it's the default in XFCE

* Run a cronjob in dom0, this make sure that newly connected USB keyboards are changed to the correct layout aswell.

  * * * * * DISPLAY=:0 ~/fix-scripts-xkb

  #!/bin/sh
  [ "$(setxkbmap -query | grep -oP '(?<=variant:    )[a-z]+')" == "svorak" ] || (   setxkbmap se svorak; echo fixed xkbmap  )
* XFCE login is STILL qwerty. This is a _long_ standing bug.
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8. ThePow+Tk[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 15:04:18
>>orbliv+C
Something is amiss; did you disable qubes-input-proxy?

If you follow this simple step, USB keyboard and mouse input should Just Work in all your Qubes: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#how-to-create-a-usb-...

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9. ThePow+2l[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 15:04:52
>>samuel+Ub
Something is amiss; did you disable qubes-input-proxy?

If you follow this simple step, USB keyboard and mouse input should Just Work in all your Qubes: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/#how-to-create-a-usb-...

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10. orbliv+Av[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 16:00:54
>>isodud+xk
Woah, I guess I've been logging into XFCE with the wrong password this whole time! heh.
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