On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 12:05:28 PM UTC-4, Niels Kobschätzki wrote: > > On May 25, 2016 at 2:20 PM Andrew David Wong <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 2016-05-25 03:40, Niels Kobschätzki wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I hope for the last time today ;) > > > > > > For online P&P-role playing sessions and for podcasting I need to > > > use a usb-webcam and usb-microphone. If I understand it correctly > > > the only way to get those working is to use a usbvm. So I > > > activated it and Cheese and Audacity are showing the expected > > > results. > > > > > > But I would need to use both in Chrome as well for Hangouts and > > > WebRTC-sessions. But the usbvm doesn't seem to have access to the > > > internet. In the VM settings I cannot choose a NetVM (probably > > > because it is a NetVM itself if I understand it correctly). There > > > is the NetworkManager to check though in Services. When I do an > > > "ip addr list" in the usbvm there is only a loopback-interface. > > > > > > What would be the best way to approach my problem? > > > > > > > Any AppVM can be a USBVM (by adding the USB controllers in the > > "Devices" tab in "VM settings"), so if a USBVM-as-NetVM doesn't work > > (can't test this myself at the moment), then a USBVM-as-AppVM should > > be able to get network access by assigning sys-firewall as its NetVM. > > Ok, I got that to work. When I tried it the first time I could add only one > controller but ran into the problem that the AppVM wouldn't start with an > error that the device driver is already in use by xendlight. I didn't get > that in the end the pci_strictreset False would be the solution to that > problem. The reason was that sys-usb worked with both controllers but the > appvm didn't work with just one (after fiddling around, it worked with both). > I ran into one wall after another. Now it seems to work. > > P.s.: Is there some sort of documentation wiki? I can only find the > > > "Docs" which are ok-ish for the beginning and the archive of this > > > mailing list. > > > > All of our documentation is here: > > > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/ > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by "for the beginning." As you can see, > > some pages go quite in depth, and there's also a section for > > developers, most of which is here: > > > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/system-doc/ > > Yes, I know that documentation and I mean exactly that. It is not very > beginner friendly imho but maybe I am just spoiled by the Arch- and > FreeBSD-documentation. > The problem I have that when I google for errors, you might find the mailing > list. In the documentation problems are described but typical concrete error > messages are not mentioned that occur in those cases, thus throwing error > messages into google do not lead to the documentation. > > > > I.e. is there a place where I could add the stuff I found out so > > > far by myself or asking in this mailing list, so it is easier to > > > find for others? > > > > Yes, there's an "Edit This Page" button on every page of the > > documentation. It's all written in Markdown, managed under Git, and > > hosted on GitHub. We happily accept pull requests containing quality > > contributions. :) > > I will see what I can do. I find the "create a pull request on github"-method > just harder than a wiki (that's why I asked about a wiki), where I can easily > add pages. I am not really a developer and I rarely create pull requests. I > will look into it :) > > > If you'd prefer just to send out some informal notes, then this > > mailing list is the right place to do it (and would also be > > appreciated!). > > Yeah, that's the thing. I am not sure where I put something like: "For > getting the teamviewer-client to work, don't use the offered packages but use > the tar.gz and start the binary" (in a a bit more detailled way for people > who do not know tar-options by heart). The documentation kind of looks that > such a thing doesn't fit there and a mailing list is also nothing where short > how-tos should be posted because of discoverability. > > I will learn the ways of this community :) So far you all are very helpful > and this is a real delight after my experiences in the Arch-community :) > > Niels
I've been wondering about that specific xenlight error when trying to do the same thing too. Glad to know the pci_strictset false is how you fixed it. Curious though why you couldn't add a netvm to the usbvm. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/71c8d3b5-5369-4de6-914a-9e441ab602d0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
