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kyoshiro38

Member

Registered: 2015-10-04

Posts: 2

Re: [workaround] spice-client-error-quark: Could not redirect

I used to do :

cat <<EOF >/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-spice.rules
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.spice-space.lowlevelusbaccess" &&
        subject.isInGroup("spice")) {
            return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});
EOF

usermod -a -G spice $USER

It worked until today :-(

Don't know why but spice-gtk do not use polkit anymore in this version (whereas the support seems to be enable in the configuration).

Waiting for a patch, this workaround works for me :

cat <<EOF >/etc/udev/rules.d/50-spice.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", GROUP="spice", MODE="0660"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GROUP="spice", MODE="0660"
EOF

usermod -a -G spice $USER

Shaderoit

Member

Registered: 2015-03-03

Posts: 1

Re: [workaround] spice-client-error-quark: Could not redirect

I used to do :

cat <<EOF >/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-spice.rules
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.spice-space.lowlevelusbaccess" &&
        subject.isInGroup("spice")) {
            return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
});
EOF

usermod -a -G spice $USER

It worked until today :-(

Don't know why but spice-gtk do not use polkit anymore in this version (whereas the support seems to be enable in the configuration).

Waiting for a patch, this workaround works for me :

cat <<EOF >/etc/udev/rules.d/50-spice.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", GROUP="spice", MODE="0660"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GROUP="spice", MODE="0660"
EOF

usermod -a -G spice $USER

Thank you so much for posting this workaround.  I can confirm that I was able to get USB redirection to work.    Hopefully the issue will be patched soon.

Last edited by Shaderoit (2016-05-27 03:32:23)

olivarch

Member

Registered: 2013-01-26

Posts: 47

Re: [workaround] spice-client-error-quark: Could not redirect

Thanks  kyoshiro38 !!!

fluffy-bunny

Member

Registered: 2016-04-17

Posts: 12

Re: [workaround] spice-client-error-quark: Could not redirect

I've the problem anymore when I update my system.... Is there a solution for it?

kinleyd

Member

From: Bhutan

Registered: 2012-09-21

Posts: 142

Re: [workaround] spice-client-error-quark: Could not redirect

Thanks @kyoshiro38. As of this writing, this still seems to be the only workaround.

vorpalblade

Member

Registered: 2013-11-07

Posts: 13

Re: [workaround] spice-client-error-quark: Could not redirect

kyoshiro38 didn't work for me.

However, running virt-manager as root worked.