diff --git a/appvm/copy_file.c b/appvm/copy_file.c
index 5f7fc793..9e65c652 100644
--- a/appvm/copy_file.c
+++ b/appvm/copy_file.c
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <ioall.h>
+#include "filecopy.h"
+
 extern void notify_progress(int, int);
 
-char * copy_file(int outfd, int infd, long long size)
+int copy_file(int outfd, int infd, long long size)
 {
 	char buf[4096];
 	long long written = 0;
@@ -15,14 +17,24 @@ char * copy_file(int outfd, int infd, long long size)
 			count = size - written;
 		ret = read(infd, buf, count);
 		if (!ret)
-			return("EOF while reading file");
+			return COPY_FILE_READ_EOF;
 		if (ret < 0)
-			return("error reading file");
+			return COPY_FILE_READ_ERROR;
 		if (!write_all(outfd, buf, ret))
-			return("error writing file content");
+			return COPY_FILE_WRITE_ERROR;
 		notify_progress(ret, 0);
 		written += ret;
 	}
-	return NULL;
+	return COPY_FILE_OK;
 }
 
+char * copy_file_status_to_str(int status)
+{
+	switch (status) {
+		case COPY_FILE_OK: return "OK";
+		case COPY_FILE_READ_EOF: return "Unexpected end of data while reading";
+		case COPY_FILE_READ_ERROR: return "Error reading";
+		case COPY_FILE_WRITE_ERROR: return "Error writing";
+		default: return "????????";
+	}
+} 
diff --git a/appvm/filecopy.h b/appvm/filecopy.h
index b4f6638c..1fcd2d04 100644
--- a/appvm/filecopy.h
+++ b/appvm/filecopy.h
@@ -6,13 +6,21 @@
 #define LEGAL_EOF 31415926
 
 struct file_header {
-unsigned int namelen;
-unsigned int mode;
-unsigned long long filelen;
-unsigned int atime;
-unsigned int atime_nsec;
-unsigned int mtime;
-unsigned int mtime_nsec;
+	unsigned int namelen;
+	unsigned int mode;
+	unsigned long long filelen;
+	unsigned int atime;
+	unsigned int atime_nsec;
+	unsigned int mtime;
+	unsigned int mtime_nsec;
 };
 
-char * copy_file(int outfd, int infd, long long size);
+enum {
+	COPY_FILE_OK,
+	COPY_FILE_READ_EOF,
+	COPY_FILE_READ_ERROR,
+	COPY_FILE_WRITE_ERROR
+};
+
+int copy_file(int outfd, int infd, long long size);
+char *copy_file_status_to_str(int status);
diff --git a/appvm/qfile-agent.c b/appvm/qfile-agent.c
index f7e27a98..e33b61c6 100644
--- a/appvm/qfile-agent.c
+++ b/appvm/qfile-agent.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void write_headers(struct file_header *hdr, char *filename)
 {
 	if (!write_all(1, hdr, sizeof(*hdr))
 	    || !write_all(1, filename, hdr->namelen))
-		gui_fatal("writing file headers to remove AppVM");
+		exit(1);
 }
 
 int single_file_processor(char *filename, struct stat *st)
@@ -67,15 +67,21 @@ int single_file_processor(char *filename, struct stat *st)
 	hdr.mtime_nsec = st->st_mtim.tv_nsec;
 
 	if (S_ISREG(mode)) {
-		char *ret;
+		int ret;
 		fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 		if (!fd)
 			gui_fatal("open %s", filename);
 		hdr.filelen = st->st_size;
 		write_headers(&hdr, filename);
 		ret = copy_file(1, fd, hdr.filelen);
-		if (ret)
-			gui_fatal("Copying file %s: %s", filename, ret);
+		// if COPY_FILE_WRITE_ERROR, hopefully remote will produce a message
+		if (ret != COPY_FILE_OK) {
+			if (ret != COPY_FILE_WRITE_ERROR)
+				gui_fatal("Copying file %s: %s", filename,
+					  copy_file_status_to_str(ret));
+			else
+				exit(1);
+		}
 		close(fd);
 	}
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ int single_file_processor(char *filename, struct stat *st)
 		hdr.filelen = st->st_size + 1;
 		write_headers(&hdr, filename);
 		if (!write_all(1, name, st->st_size + 1))
-			gui_fatal("write to remote VM");
+			exit(1);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -130,7 +136,7 @@ void send_vmname(char *vmname)
 	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
 	strncat(buf, vmname, sizeof(buf) - 1);
 	if (!write_all(1, buf, sizeof buf))
-		gui_fatal("writing vmname to remote VM");
+		exit(1);
 }
 
 char *get_item(char *data, char **current, int size)
diff --git a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4817b43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# The Qubes OS Project, http://www.qubes-os.org
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010  Rafal Wojtczuk  <rafal@invisiblethingslab.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#
+
+if [ x"$1" = "x--with-progress" ] ; then
+	DO_PROGRESS=1
+	shift
+else
+	DO_PROGRESS=0
+fi
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ] ; then
+	echo usage: $0 '[--with-progress] dest_vmname file [file]+'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+VM="$1"
+shift
+
+if [ $DO_PROGRESS = 1 ] ; then
+	SIZE=$(du --apparent-size -c "$@" | tail -1 | cut -f 1)
+fi
+
+export PROGRESS_FILE=$(mktemp)
+/usr/lib/qubes/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm $VM "$@"
+while ! [ -s $PROGRESS_FILE ] ; do
+	sleep 0.1
+done
+
+while true ; do
+	read agentpid sentsize agentstatus < $PROGRESS_FILE
+	if [ "x"$agentstatus = x ] ; then continue ; fi
+	if ! [ -e /proc/$agentpid ] ; then break ; fi
+	if [ "x"$agentstatus = xdone ] ; then break ; fi
+	CURRSIZE=$(($sentsize/1024))
+	if [ $DO_PROGRESS = 1 ] ; then 
+		echo -ne "\r sent $CURRSIZE/$SIZE KB                   " 
+	fi
+	sleep 0.4
+done
+
+rm -f $PROGRESS_FILE
+if [ $DO_PROGRESS = 1 ] ; then
+	echo
+fi
+
+if ! [ "x"$agentstatus = xDONE ] ; then 
+	exit 1
+else
+	exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde
index 879279be..7600bb56 100755
--- a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde
+++ b/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde
@@ -23,17 +23,18 @@
 VM=$(kdialog -inputbox "Enter the VM name to send files to:")
 if [ X$VM = X ] ; then exit 0 ; fi
 
-SIZE=$(du -c "$@" | tail -1 | cut -f 1)
+SIZE=$(du --apparent-size -c "$@" | tail -1 | cut -f 1)
 REF=$(kdialog --progressbar "Copy progress")
 qdbus $REF org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set "" maximum $SIZE
 
 export PROGRESS_FILE=$(mktemp)
-qvm-copy-to-vm2 $VM "$@"
+/usr/lib/qubes/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm $VM "$@"
 while ! [ -s $PROGRESS_FILE ] ; do
 	sleep 0.1
 done
 while true ; do
 	read agentpid sentsize agentstatus < $PROGRESS_FILE
+	if [ "x"$agentstatus = x ] ; then continue ; fi
 	if ! [ -e /proc/$agentpid ] ; then break ; fi
 	if [ "x"$agentstatus = xdone ] ; then break ; fi
 	CURRSIZE=$(($sentsize/1024))
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ done
 
 qdbus $REF close
 rm -f $PROGRESS_FILE
-if ! [ "x"$agentstatus = xDONE ] ; then 
-	kdialog --sorry 'Abnormal file copy termination; see /var/log/qubes/qrexec.xid.log in dom0 for more details'
-fi
+# we do not want a dozen error messages, do we
+# if ! [ "x"$agentstatus = xDONE ] ; then 
+# 	kdialog --sorry 'Abnormal file copy termination; see /var/log/qubes/qrexec.xid.log in dom0 for more details'
+# fi
diff --git a/appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2 b/appvm/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm
similarity index 100%
rename from appvm/qvm-copy-to-vm2
rename to appvm/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm
diff --git a/appvm/unpack.c b/appvm/unpack.c
index ad53ebf5..eaa1744c 100644
--- a/appvm/unpack.c
+++ b/appvm/unpack.c
@@ -38,14 +38,19 @@ void fix_times_and_perms(struct file_header *hdr, char *name)
 
 void process_one_file_reg(struct file_header *hdr, char *name)
 {
-	char *ret;
+	int ret;
 	int fdout =
 	    open(name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_NOFOLLOW, 0700);
 	if (fdout < 0)
 		do_exit(errno);
 	ret = copy_file(fdout, 0, hdr->filelen);
-	if (ret)
-		do_exit(errno);
+	if (ret != COPY_FILE_OK) {
+		if (ret == COPY_FILE_READ_EOF
+		    || ret == COPY_FILE_READ_ERROR)
+			do_exit(LEGAL_EOF);	// hopefully remote will produce error message
+		else
+			do_exit(errno);
+	}
 	close(fdout);
 	fix_times_and_perms(hdr, name);
 }
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ void process_one_file_link(struct file_header *hdr, char *name)
 	if (hdr->filelen > MAX_PATH_LENGTH - 1)
 		do_exit(ENAMETOOLONG);
 	if (!read_all(0, content, hdr->filelen))
-		do_exit(errno);
+		do_exit(LEGAL_EOF);	// hopefully remote has produced error message
 	content[hdr->filelen] = 0;
 	if (symlink(content, name))
 		do_exit(errno);
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ void process_one_file(struct file_header *hdr)
 	if (hdr->namelen > MAX_PATH_LENGTH - 1)
 		do_exit(ENAMETOOLONG);
 	if (!read_all(0, namebuf, hdr->namelen))
-		do_exit(errno);
+		do_exit(LEGAL_EOF);	// hopefully remote has produced error message
 	namebuf[hdr->namelen] = 0;
 	if (S_ISREG(hdr->mode))
 		process_one_file_reg(hdr, namebuf);
diff --git a/common/qubes_fix_nm_conf.sh b/common/qubes_fix_nm_conf.sh
index 5a6bb305..613fa159 100755
--- a/common/qubes_fix_nm_conf.sh
+++ b/common/qubes_fix_nm_conf.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ FILE=/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
 VIFMAC=mac:fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
 if ! grep -q ^plugins.*keyfile $FILE ; then
 	sed -i 's/^plugins.*$/&,keyfile/' $FILE
+fi
+if ! grep -q '^\[keyfile\]$' $FILE ; then
 	echo '[keyfile]' >> $FILE
 fi
 if ! grep -q ^unmanaged-devices $FILE ; then
diff --git a/dom0/init.d/qubes_setupdvm b/dom0/init.d/qubes_setupdvm
index 25a12903..4bc13349 100755
--- a/dom0/init.d/qubes_setupdvm
+++ b/dom0/init.d/qubes_setupdvm
@@ -30,20 +30,33 @@ start()
     if ! [ -f $ROOT ] ; then create_neeed=1 ; fi
     if [ $ROOT -nt $DEFAULT ] ; then create_neeed=1 ; fi
     if [ $create_neeed = 1 ] ; then
-        echo Creating the default DVM. This may take up to 2 minutes...
-        qvm-create-default-dvm --default-template --default-script 
+        MSG="Creating default DVM. This may take up to 2 minutes..."
+        echo " $MSG"
+        if [ -x /usr/bin/plymouth ]; then
+            /usr/bin/plymouth message --text="$MSG"
+            /usr/bin/plymouth pause-progress
+        fi
+        qvm-create-default-dvm --default-template --default-script
+        DVMDIR="/var/lib/qubes/appvms/`qvm-get-default-template`-dvm"
+        /bin/chown -R root.qubes "$DVMDIR"
+        /bin/chmod -R ug=rwX,o=rX "$DVMDIR"
+        if [ -x /usr/bin/plymouth ]; then
+            /usr/bin/plymouth message --text=""
+            /usr/bin/plymouth unpause-progress
+        fi
+        success
         return
-    fi   	
+    fi
     if [ -f /var/lib/qubes/dvmdata/dont_use_shm ] ; then
         ln -s $DEFAULT /var/run/qubes/current_savefile
     else
-    	mkdir -m 770 /dev/shm/qubes
-    	chown root.qubes /dev/shm/qubes
-    	cp $DEFAULT /dev/shm/qubes/current_savefile
-    	chown root.qubes /dev/shm/qubes/current_savefile
-    	chmod 660 /dev/shm/qubes/current_savefile
-    	ln -s /dev/shm/qubes/current_savefile /var/run/qubes/current_savefile
-    fi 
+        mkdir -m 770 /dev/shm/qubes
+        chown root.qubes /dev/shm/qubes
+        cp $DEFAULT /dev/shm/qubes/current_savefile
+        chown root.qubes /dev/shm/qubes/current_savefile
+        chmod 660 /dev/shm/qubes/current_savefile
+        ln -s /dev/shm/qubes/current_savefile /var/run/qubes/current_savefile
+    fi
 
     touch /var/lock/subsys/qubes_setupdvm
     success
@@ -60,15 +73,15 @@ stop()
 
 case "$1" in
   start)
-	start
-	;;
+    start
+    ;;
   stop)
-	stop
-	;;
+    stop
+    ;;
   *)
-	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
-	exit 3
-	;;
+    echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
+    exit 3
+    ;;
 esac
 
 exit $RETVAL
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
index 8ce6897b..59f3a416 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
+++ b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ class QubesProxyVm(QubesNetVm):
             iptables += "-A FORWARD -i vif{0}.0 -j {1}\n".format(xid, default_action)
 
         iptables += "#End of VM rules\n"
-        iptables += "-A FORWARD -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT\n"
+        iptables += "-A FORWARD -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT\n"
         iptables += "-A FORWARD -j DROP\n"
 
         iptables += "COMMIT"
diff --git a/dom0/restore/qfile-daemon-dvm b/dom0/restore/qfile-daemon-dvm
index 886d858b..9cfa629e 100755
--- a/dom0/restore/qfile-daemon-dvm
+++ b/dom0/restore/qfile-daemon-dvm
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import os
 import dbus
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import fcntl
 
 from qubes.qubes import QubesVmCollection
 from qubes.qubes import QubesException
@@ -123,7 +124,10 @@ def main():
     global notify_object
     notify_object = dbus.SessionBus().get_object("org.freedesktop.Notifications", "/org/freedesktop/Notifications")
     qfile = QfileDaemonDvm(os.getenv("QREXEC_REMOTE_DOMAIN"))
+    lockf = open("/var/run/qubes/qfile-daemon-dvm.lock", 'a')
+    fcntl.flock(lockf, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
     dispname = qfile.get_dvm()
+    lockf.close()
     if dispname is not None:
         subprocess.call(['/usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client', '-d', dispname, 'directly:user:/usr/lib/qubes/dvm_file_editor'])
         subprocess.call(['/usr/sbin/xm', 'destroy', dispname])
diff --git a/proxyvm/bin/qubes_netwatcher b/proxyvm/bin/qubes_netwatcher
index 8f9d2e9c..a2568079 100755
--- a/proxyvm/bin/qubes_netwatcher
+++ b/proxyvm/bin/qubes_netwatcher
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ while true; do
 			/sbin/service qubes_firewall stop
 			/sbin/service qubes_firewall start
 			CURR_NETCFG="$NETCFG"
+			/usr/bin/xenstore-write qubes_netvm_external_ip "$CURR_NETCFG"
 		fi
 
 		/usr/bin/xenstore-watch /local/domain/$NET_DOMID/qubes_netvm_external_ip
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-appvm.spec b/rpm_spec/core-appvm.spec
index f5b8fa0f..5b4005b0 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-appvm.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-appvm.spec
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ exit 0
 fi
 
 adduser --create-home user
+su user -c 'mkdir -p /home/user/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts'
+su user -c 'ln -s /usr/lib/qubes/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde /home/user/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/"Copy to other AppVM"'
+su user -c 'ln -s /usr/bin/qvm-open-in-dvm2 /home/user/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/"Open in DisposableVM"'
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/qubes
 
@@ -71,9 +74,10 @@ cp qubes_core_appvm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/qubes
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin
 cp qubes_timestamp qvm-open-in-dvm2 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin
-cp qvm-copy-to-vm2 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin
+cp qvm-copy-to-vm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
+cp qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp ../qrexec/qrexec_agent $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp dvm_file_editor qfile-agent qfile-agent-dvm qfile-unpacker $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp ../common/meminfo-writer $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
@@ -123,13 +127,14 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 /etc/init.d/qubes_core_appvm
-/usr/bin/qvm-copy-to-vm2
+/usr/bin/qvm-copy-to-vm
 /usr/lib/qubes/qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde
 /usr/bin/qvm-open-in-dvm2
 /usr/lib/qubes/meminfo-writer
 /usr/lib/qubes/dvm_file_editor
 %{kde_service_dir}/qvm-copy.desktop
 %{kde_service_dir}/qvm-dvm.desktop
+/usr/lib/qubes/qvm-trigger-copy-to-vm
 /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_agent
 /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent
 /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent-dvm
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-commonvm.spec b/rpm_spec/core-commonvm.spec
index ee4c49ba..ea4bacca 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-commonvm.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-commonvm.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ License:	GPL
 URL:		http://www.qubes-os.org
 Requires:	/usr/bin/xenstore-read
 Requires:   fedora-release
+BuildRequires: xen-devel
 
 %define _builddir %(pwd)/common
 
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-netvm.spec b/rpm_spec/core-netvm.spec
index d09139b0..a4c966b9 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-netvm.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-netvm.spec
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ cp ../common/vif-route-qubes $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/xen/scripts
 
 %post
 
+# Create NetworkManager configuration if we do not have it
+if ! [ -e /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf ]; then
+echo '[main]' > /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
+echo 'plugins = keyfile' >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
+echo '[keyfile]' >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
+fi
 /usr/lib/qubes/qubes_fix_nm_conf.sh
 
 chkconfig --add qubes_core_netvm || echo "WARNING: Cannot add service qubes_core!"
diff --git a/version_dom0 b/version_dom0
index 4cda8f19..94fe62c2 100644
--- a/version_dom0
+++ b/version_dom0
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.2
+1.5.4
diff --git a/version_vm b/version_vm
index 4cda8f19..94fe62c2 100644
--- a/version_vm
+++ b/version_vm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.2
+1.5.4