On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 12:35:27 PM UTC+1, awokd wrote: > tfm853 via qubes-users wrote on 10/30/18 8:30 PM: > > I'm trying to use a C920 USB camera on a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6gen, latest > > Qubes4. The VM is running debian-9, but i also tried fedora-26. I tried > > both connecting the camera directly to a USB port of the Thinkpad and via a > > powered USB hub. > > > > > Qubes shows the device as still being attached to the VM. I can detach and > > reattach without problems. > > > > Forwarding the Thinkpad's internal camera works fine. > > > > Are failures with particular USB devices to be expected? Does anyone know a > > good external webcam that works? > > > > Yes, some devices don't work well through redirect. If you have a spare > USB controller (not in use for your mouse & keyboard) you can assign it > directly to the VM and then connect the webcam, but you lose isolation > between that controller and the VM.
dom0:00_14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller sys-usb (no-strict-reset=True) dom0:3b_00.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 USB Controller (C step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] Would it be possible to use the thunderbolt controller for that purpose? It doesn't seem to be used right now. -- 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/eeb15cc0-a07b-4400-88b4-d33719128acc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
