Though I haven't tried this with the SDK my experience with VirtualBox is that you can change the network settings/type while the machine is already running, so you could deploy etc. and only after the emulator is running change the settings to be on a different network....
HTH, Eli 2014-12-28 3:46 GMT+02:00 Niels Christian Ørgaard <ncoth...@gmail.com>: > Hi Sailfish Devs :) > > I'm wondering if any of you have any experience changing network-settings > on the Emulator image for Sailfish. > > My headache is that my application needs to receive UDP Broadcast messages > from the local (real) network, and with the 2 network interfaces being set > to NAT and Internal Network, this seems to be, uhm, not quite possible. > > I have tried changing either of them to Bridged (first tried with the > NAT'ed one, then later with the Internal Network one), but in both cases, > QtCreator refuses to work with the Emulator: > ---- > > Error while building/deploying project Lightfish_qt (kit: > MerSDK-SailfishOS-i486) > > When executing step 'Start Emulator' > ---- > Even after changing them back, and comparing them to a clone of the > original, I get the above error - seems to me that there is something more > to the network settings, than exposed by Virtual Box. > > Testing the connection from QtCreator's preferences (manage devices -> > Test Emulator), I am told that it is quite able to connect; it is merely > during the deployment steps, that it fails miserably. > The above is also the only thing I can see, relating to this failure. > > > Any insights into getting this to work, where I can have the emulator on a > bridged network, receiving packages from other devices, and actually reach > it from QtCreator, would be most welcome. > Steps on how to get from the point where QtCreator SAYS it can communicate > with the Emulator, to the point where it actually can, also very welcome. > > > Note: Due to my phone managing to take out QtCreator earlier tonight, I'm > on a completely clean install of the SDK (incl deleting the files in > .config) - but if I need to, I'll re-install a few more times. > (the ca 20-second crash-restart loop QtCreator got itself into were > interesting, but quickly tiresome) > > Also: Since my Jolla Phone is effectively dead following the recent > "update", I am having to rely on the Emulator to get any work done - thus, > no need to suggest that I test using a real device: a functional one is > currently not available :( > > > In advance, thank you for any and all help, > Niels Chr. Ørgaard > Belgium > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > To unsubscribe, please send a mail to > devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org >
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