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Expand Up @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ You can now disable the `sys-gui` formula:
sudo qubesctl top.disable qvm.sys-gui
```

At this point, you need to shutdown all your running qubes as the `default_guivm` qubes global property has been set to `sys-gui`. In order to use `sys-gui` as GUI domain, you need to logout and, in the top right corner, select `lightdm` session type to **GUI domain (sys-gui)**. Once logged, you are running `sys-gui` as fullscreen window and you can perform any operation as if you would be in `dom0` desktop.
At this point, you need to shutdown all your running qubes. In order to use `sys-gui` as GUI domain, you need to logout and, in the top right corner, select `lightdm` session type to **GUI domain (sys-gui)**. Once logged, you are running `sys-gui` as fullscreen window and you can perform any operation as if you would be in `dom0` desktop.

> Note: In order to go back to `dom0` desktop, you need to logout and then, select `lightdm` session to *Session Xfce*.

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### Known issues

#### Application menu lacks qubes entries in a fresh GUI domain

See [QubesOS/qubes-issues#5804](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5804)

#### Cannot update dom0 from sys-gui

See [QubesOS/qubes-issues#8934](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/8934)

#### GUI of HVM qubes not visible
#### Windows qubes do not display in sys-gui

See [QubesOS/qubes-issues#9385](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/9385)
See [QubesOS/qubes-issues#10043](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/10043#issuecomment-3070449240)

### Power saving/screensaver issues

See [QubesOS/qubes-issues#9033](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/9033), [QubesOS/qubes-issues#9384](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/9384), [QubesOS/qubes-issues#7989](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7989)

#### Qube startup order (sys-usb and sys-gui)

See [QubesOS/qubes-issues#7954](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7954)
See [QubesOS/qubes-issues#9033](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/9033), [QubesOS/qubes-issues#9384](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/9384)

#### Other GUI domain issues

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