Setting up an audio VM

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Could it be that the pacat-simple-vchan instances are supposed to create the UNIX sockets but for some reason don’t and so the qvm-device mic attach [vmname] dom0:mic command is not able to enable the vm for audio input, and if so is there a possibility create the socket or QubesDB entrance manually?

Update pacat-simple-vchan.c

I guess this fixs the problem.

Also feel free to look at my experience for reference if anyone is still having problem about sys-audio:

R4.1 Audio does not go from appvm to dom0 in default installation

Fully solved, at least for a given scenario, I can use online meeting software in my appvms. It took me 3 full days. Summary is here. This does not cover too many details, and you are welcome to make it more complete. This mainly apply to using Intel Tiger Lake Audio Controller on Qubes R4.1. Bootstrap sys-audio according to Setting up an audio VM - #24 by hamenarin . Most detail is similar, while the template VM of sys-audio may need more work. The template VM of sys-audio start from fed…