Known Issues
All Platforms[edit]
"apt-get source package" will show "dpkg-source: warning: failed to verify signature"[edit]
This is not a security issue, but only a warning. Read the entire thread here for more information.
This warning message can be removed with the following workaround below.
1. Modify /etc/dpkg/origins/default
sudo unlink /etc/dpkg/origins/default
sudo ln -s /etc/dpkg/origins/debian /etc/dpkg/origins/default
2. Download the source package.
apt-get source package
3. Undo afterwards to prevent unexpected issues.
sudo unlink /etc/dpkg/origins/default
sudo ln -s /etc/dpkg/origins/whonix /etc/dpkg/origins/default
Proxychains Tor Browser Issue[edit]
Using Tor Browser in conjunction with proxychains for the connection scheme: User -> Tor -> Proxy -> Internet
does not currently work. For more information, see here.
VirtualBox[edit]
Screen Resolution Bug[edit]
If your window looks like the image on the right side, you are affected by the Screen Resolution Bug. This is only happening with Whonix for VirtualBox with XFCE. To fix this, please apply the following workaround.
1. Maximize Window
2. VirtualBox VM Windows -> View -> Virtual Screen 1 -> choose any, resize to some other resolution
3. VirtualBox VM Windows -> View -> Auto-resize Guest Display
ATA Freeze[edit]
If you see the following error and freezing.
433.348893] mptscsih: ioc0: attempting target reset! (sc=ffff81021b950940) 433.348896] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: ATA command pass through(16): 85 08 0e 00 d5 00 01 00 09 00 4f 00 c2 00 b0 00 433.605026] mptscsih: ioc0: target reset: SUCCESS (sc=ffff81021b950940
It is a known issue.
VirtualBox upstream bug report: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10031
Cannot be fixed by the Whonix team. Patches required.
Hardware specific.
It has been reported that running form internal hdd works better than running from external devices.
A workaround might be "avoid high load on your host operating system". If this bug causes a lot issues to you, your only option is to switch to another platform.
Non-Qubes-Whonix[edit]
Non-Qubes-Whonix means all Whonix platforms except Qubes-Whonix. This includes KVM, VirtualBox and Physical Isolation.
Suspend / Hibernate Issues[edit]
Short: Avoid suspending or hilbernating the computer or Whonix VMs while Whonix is running.
Long: Network Time Syncing, Troubleshooting#Clock Fix. [1]
Mounting (CD / DVD) Devices[edit]
If the device auto mounter is broken, see if Start menu -> System Settings -> Removable Media helps.
The following workaround can be used.
sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
sudo mount -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/
Using the ro flag will mount the CD / DVD in read-only mode. If a CD / DVD is not being mounted, then drop the "-o ro" parameter.
Forum discussion:
https://forums.whonix.org/t/workstation11-doesnt-mount-hdds/1313
Help fixing this bug is welcome! (ticket)
VLC / Video Player Crash[edit]
The following workaround can be used.
(This is the default in recent builds, in Whonix 14. [2])
VLC -> Tools -> Preferences -> Video -> Output -> X11 -> Save
Network Manager Systray Unmanaged Devices[edit]
Short answer: Unmanaged devices are unrelated to Whonix functioning and should not concern the user.
Long answer: [3]
Qubes-Whonix[edit]
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In Qubes R3.2, anon-whonix in Whonix 14 does not have Qubes appmenus (start menu) entries by default. These must be manually added:
Qubes appmenu -> anon-whonix -> Add more shortcuts
This issue has been fixed in Qubes R4. [4]
Template Installation qubesctl Error[edit]
The following qubesctl error message can be safely ignored: [5]
[user@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubesctl state.sls qvm.anon-whonix [ERROR ] Command ['dnf', '--quiet', 'clean', 'expire-cache', '--disablerepo=*', '--enablerepo=qubes-templates-community-testing'] failed with return code: 1 [ERROR ] output: Error: Unknown repo: 'qubes-templates-community-testing'
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1764
- ↑
- ↑
Whonix does not use network manager to manage either eth0 or eth1.
- In Non-Qubes-Whonix, networking is managed by ifupdown.
- Qubes-Whonix uses a custom /lib/systemd/system/qubes-whonix-network.service and is unaffected by this issue.
To reduce confusion, the ideal Whonix default would either: prevent the systray item starting, hide the systray item, or suppress the information being presented. Network manager is installed so users can easily setup VPNs with its intuitive graphical user interface.
All attempts to fix this long-standing issue have failed. Help is welcome to fix it.
Fix Unmanaged Devices Network Manager
- ↑ To fix this in Qubes R3.2, developers would need to backport Qubes-Whonix salt:
- ↑ https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4154
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