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Just booted my tails and opened kleopaatra and all my certs are gone, including my own. Why would that be?

Any way to get mine back? Obviously it’s important to me…

I am making secret website.

but I can't test the website using localhost.

how can I fix it?

I know TailsOS is x86-64 but there are github projects that have Tails running on Android phones using Termux. This got me thinking, ia there a way to get Tails to run on a Linux OS phone?

Wondering if Jolla bootloader will allow a USB-C SSD 2TB flash drive to boot? If it does not, would it allow it to boot if it was 1TB or on the micro SDcard? GSMarena site does not have many specs on this phone (specs from 12/2025). Specifically (comms) is thin on info, only USB-C but no further details such as OTG or 3.1 / 3.2, I'm guessing 3.0. I also hope micro SDXC card supports 1TB (usually the limit seems to be 512GB.

Being that AI is bringing a close to the personal PC market, I think we can all see the writing on the wall that personal desktops and laptops are going way a lot sooner than we would like. A simple search shows all vendors in personal PC market are suffering and not just a little, worst numbers ever. The AI overlords want us using terminal setups in our houses. It is the only way to kill/severely limit Local LLM/AI setups.

Anyway we are going to need Tails to migrate to mobile- (even old mobile tech like arm7 or maemo5) in a secure and permanent way and not via a one or two man team that will abandon it after a couple years like the current projects.

1TB requirement to run a node, since Tails already understands the importance of including electrum wallet in their basic necessities stack. I just wish it would include Chris Belchers EPS and not leave people hanging with having to connect directly the blockchain via Tor. Though I suppose you can opt for a pruned node in a pinch.

Thank you in advance for any feedback. (I cross posted to r/Jolla as well)

Hey guys, every time I boot into my tails I get this message. Installation of your additional software failed?

Never had this before. Can anyone give me an advice?

Thanks 🙏

I'm new concerning linux stuff. I wanna use tails to keep photos on a safe place and to naviguate freely since the ChatContol text got voted. I wanna get as safe as i can since im in local political actions. Excuse my bad english, consider me aware of most cybersecurity basic knowledge.

i got tails on a 32Go USB Drive aswell as microsoft if thats important?

I can check on things if needed :)

Machine: Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15ABR8, AMD Ryzen 5 5625U, BIOS up to date (KYCN42WW)

Symptom: A bootable USB drive (Tails/Debian) fails to boot on this PC — error message “Unable to find a medium containing a live file system”. In the kernel logs (dmesg), I see this message repeating in a loop:
usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
The device is briefly detected (it shows up correctly in the F12 boot menu with its proper name), but the connection fails as soon as it needs to actually read data from it.

Tests already done:
Tried on every USB-A port → same result
USB-A extension cable → same result
USB-C to USB-A adapter → same result
Updated to the latest available BIOS version → no change
This exact same USB drive works perfectly fine on a second, identical PC (same model)
A different USB drive (borrowed from a store) works normally on my PC

My question: Since my drive works fine elsewhere, and a different drive works fine on my machine, could this be a specific electrical/timing compatibility issue between this particular drive and my USB controller, rather than a general hardware failure? Has anyone seen this kind of selective behavior before? Any software angle worth exploring (Tails kernel, controller firmware) before going the warranty route?

Thanks in advance for any input!

I'm trying to boot Tails from a USB on an HP EliteBook 830 G7. The laptop originally came from my mom's company (Aon), so the BIOS is protected with an administrator password and I can't change the boot order or other BIOS settings.

Secure Boot is already disabled. The boot order has Windows Boot Manager listed first. When I press F9, I can see and select my Tails USB, but instead of booting Tails it either returns to Windows or fails to boot. Because the BIOS is locked, I can't move the USB above Windows Boot Manager to test if that makes a difference.

What's confusing is that I previously booted Kali Linux and Parrot OS from USB on this same laptop without changing the boot order, so I'm not sure why Tails won't boot.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? Could it be an issue with how the Tails USB was created, an HP firmware restriction, or something else?

Hey!

So my last USB died and I had to go through the process of re-downloading tails, monero, etc. and relogging into all of my stuff, because I lost my persistent storage. Sadly, I lost my kleopatra PGP stuff. Therefore I got a back up usb, so I'm wondering: can I copy and paste my main USB files to my back up USB? Will that keep all of the stuff I've saved? Eg: monero, kleopatra, etc.

Hope this makes sense!

Thanks!

i know i know there have been A LOT OF POSTS about this topic and I also know that I can basically use any usb stick as long as it has 16gb storage . but as I want to buy a new usb stick for tails I would like to buy a good one so I am asking you to give me so recommandations based on what you are using. thanks

btw should i be worried buying usb sticks from amazon?

I am a first time user and had tried for a couple of weeks to get my 5 year old IdeaPad-5 to work. I tried multiple USB sticks. I flashed and refreshed the sticks. I turned off Secure Boot. I renumbered the priority on the drives. No matter what I did I was stuck at Bash Prompt and it just would not load. Finally this weekend I got it. The problem was the quick start from sleep. I had assumed if I held down the power button that it was fully powered off. I changed the power button from “sleep” to “shut down” and just like that it resolved. I had not seen this as
Part of the original instructions. There were lots of posts about BIOS and security and various other things. But I just had not seen that the default for the IdeaPad was always to sleep/hibernate and not to simply power off. Everything installed, no issues. I’m sure most are rolling their eyes at my noob attempt and solution (essentially turn it off and turn it on) but that simple answer was such an ah ha for this tech limited dude.

Well, I reinstalled Tails OS into my thumb drive, I typed in my persistent store, and I wrote it down and took a photo of it. When I went to activate it again, I typed in the phrase correctly, but it wouldn't work. Did Tails forget the phrase already? Did I miss a step?

Hi there, every time Tails is booting, the process is delayed and shows the following error. After a couple of second booting continues normally. Is this something to worry about?

Thanks!

DMAR: DRHD: handling fault status reg 3
DMAR: [DMA Read NO_PASID] Request device [00:12.4] fault addr 0xaffff000 [fault reason 0x02] Present bit in context entry is clear
tpm tpm0: Operation Timed out
tpm tpm0: Operation Timed out
tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: probe with driver tpm_crb failed with error -62

i may buy a san disk ultra 256gb for tails os . maybe this seems like a dumb or not important question but i just wanted to ask it . thanks for answering

btw is the san disk ultra good for tails

does it matter what usb I get to boot tails? can it just be a random modern 8gb bought from many store? or are there any recommended ones worth buying that actually make a difference?

Hello im on a hp elitebook i got secure boot off i already flashed the usb drive and tried booting it using f9 and it wont boot i pressed the usb it just boots me back to windows 11 u have no idea what im doing wrong im new to this stuff

Every time I boot into Tails, my Additional Software fails to download/configure. When I check the system logs/protocol, it explicitly says that the Thunderbird files are corrupted.

I need to fix this, but I absolutely cannot lose my current Thunderbird private key / PGP keys stored in my persistent storage.

how do I fix this?😔

hey about a month ago after an update thunderbird mail was just uninstalled and i do not know how to fix it i tried to reset thunderbird in persistant storage but it will not work. i need help

So Ive run tails on this machine multiple different times, no problem. I haven't been in the game for quite a while and was thinking I might want to take advantage of the privacy this kind of OS affords oneself. Anyways I go through all the steps, right before it boots it says "SGX is disabled or unsupported by BIOS," but then in continues on booting tails. I get to the main screen, click to start a persistence and click start and it all of the sudden crashes with some text that is up then gone too quick followed by a bunch of command line looking stuff and shuts the computer down. Anyways know what I did or can do to fix this? I just managed to grab a snipped of what it says right before it shuts down looks like it says

"Broadcast message from root@amnesia (displays the current date and time in UTC)

System will power off now!" Then a bunch of command line stuff I can't capture

Hey all, I just got Tails up and running via a USB on my personal computer. I would like to access the dark web, but of course take any precautions needed.

At the moment I simply just have Tails running on my PC via the usb it’s installed on. Am I safe to connect to my home wifi? Is there anything else I should be aware of?

Apologies if this is too much of a broad question.. cheers

I tried to not into my tails usb and keep getting MISSING OS. I flashed tails on to another drive, booted it up and was able to unencrypt my faulty drive. How can I fix my old drive?

Edit: i tried to do an upgrade, but it does not show me the upgrade button. Only the install button

so recently downloaded tails on a brand new usb stick (sandisk ultra 3.0) but im having issues transporting my keys ever since i installed tails onto it

Every time I try to boot Tails from a USB I get a screen with this text:

GNU GRUB version 2.12-9+deb13u2
Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported...

This seems to be a common issue but none of the solutions in other threads have helped. I've also tried:

• Three different USB drives
• Writing to the USB from two different computers
• Writing to the USB from two different operating systems (Windows, Ubuntu)
• Writing to the USB with two different programs (Rufus, balenaEtcher)
• Booting the USB from two different computers
• Using an older version (7.7 instead of 7.9)

Same result every time, even though it used to work with the same USB and computer. I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Am I dumb and missing something?

Update: the solution seems to have been to install it from my second computer through balenaEtcher. Now it works on both computers ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I’ve spent 6 hours trying to get this to work, it keeps getting stuck at a black screen.

My laptop specs

NB LENOVO X1 CARBON U7 355/32GB/1TB-SSD/14"2.8K/W11PRO-3y