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#!/bin/bash | |
# Utility script for Qubes OS 4.1, to prepare vidchat VMs. | |
# Handles attaching web & mic, also raises scheduling priority | |
# to ensure that the vidchat VM stays snappy (reduces jitter). | |
set -eu -o pipefail | |
# Default to vidchat, but support overriding | |
default_vm="${VIDCHAT_VM=vidchat}" | |
target_vm="${1:-$default_vm}" | |
# Weight, between 1 and 65535, for CPU scheduling. | |
# The higher the value, the less "nice" the vidchat VM | |
# is when competing with other VMs for compute. | |
cpu_weight="50000" | |
echo "Configuring attachments for '$target_vm'..." | |
# Look up USB device info for camera and microphone | |
camera_id="$(qvm-usb ls | grep -i camera | perl -lanE 'say $F[0]' | tail -n1)" | |
mic_id="$(qvm-device mic ls | grep -i microphone | perl -lanE 'say $F[0]' | tail -n1)" | |
if [ $(qvm-usb ls | grep -i -c pcm) -gt 0 ]; then | |
usb_mic_id="$(qvm-usb ls | grep -i pcm | perl -lanE 'say $F[0]' | tail -n1)" | |
fi | |
# Detach all USB devices from vidchat VMs, prior to correcting settings. | |
# List out any additional VMs that may have camera & microphone attachments, | |
# so they're disconnected from those VMs prior to being reconnected to the target. | |
for vm in "$default_vm" "$target_vm" ; do | |
echo "Detaching vidchat devices from $vm ..." | |
qvm-usb detach "$vm" & | |
qvm-device mic detach "$vm" & | |
done | |
wait | |
if ! qvm-check --quiet --running "$target_vm" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then | |
printf 'Starting %s...' "$target_vm" | |
qvm-start --skip-if-running "$target_vm" | |
# Wait for pulseaudio to start | |
sleep 15 | |
printf ' OK\n' | |
fi | |
printf "Attaching vidchat devices..." | |
qvm-usb attach "$target_vm" "$camera_id" & | |
qvm-device mic attach "$target_vm" "$mic_id" & | |
[ ! -z "${usb_mic_id:-}" ] && qvm-usb attach "$target_vm" "$usb_mic_id" & | |
wait | |
printf ' OK\n' | |
echo "Setting CPU weight to $cpu_weight" | |
# via https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6190 | |
# Xen changed default scheduler to credit2 | |
xl sched-credit2 -d "$target_vm" -w "$cpu_weight" |
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Based on https://gist.github.com/conorsch/a3cbf0545551709c27b3ecfd55f90d58