[Lxc-users] skype in a lxc

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 10/05/2011 03:43 PM, Lyssa Rabies wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i use different linux distributions and versions of distributions inside
> linux containers, so my desktop environment is also running inside a
> container. So i don't need to use full virtualisation - i have lxc and i'am
> very happy with it.
>
> Audio works over pulseaudio and for my desktop i'am using XDMCP. I have
> allowed video devices, so i can watch TV over xawtv and use webcams. With
> mknod i have created all necessary video devices in /dev. My only problem at
> the moment is skype. Does skype need udev to query for webcams? If yes, how
> can i get udev running inside a container?

I don't know if skype needs udev but I would recommend to not use udev
in a container as the daemon triggers events at startup which are
received within the host and all the other containers. It is not really
a problem if there a very few containers.

If you really want udev within a container and you should ensure the
mknod is allowed for the video in the container with the configuration
line:

lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 81:* rwm

Thanks
  -- Daniel