[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#499867: virt-manager: virDomainCreateLinux() failed internal error Network 'default' not active

[Mike Hommey]

Package: virt-manager
Version: 0.5.4-4
Severity: important

When trying to create a new virtual machine on a fresh install, I get this
backtrace and error message:

Unable to complete install '<class 'libvirt.libvirtError'> virDomainCreateLinux() failed internal error Network 'default' not active
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 651, in do_install
    dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/virtinst/Guest.py", line 895, in start_install
    return self._do_install(consolecb, meter)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/virtinst/Guest.py", line 916, in _do_install
    self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 841, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed internal error Network 'default' not active
'

Mike

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                  1.22.0-1    The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                        2.7-13      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                    1.6.4-6     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.16.5-1    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                  2.12.11-3   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0                1.20.5-2    Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-common              2.22.2-2    SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  python-dbus                  0.83.0-1    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-glade2                2.12.1-6    GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2                2.22.0-1    Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-gtk-vnc               0.3.6-2     A VNC viewer widget for GTK+ (Pyth
ii  python-gtk2                  2.12.1-6    Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-libvirt               0.4.4-3     libvirt Python bindings
ii  python-urlgrabber            3.1.0-4     A high-level cross-protocol url-gr
ii  python-vte                   1:0.16.14-3 Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  python2.5                    2.5.2-11    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  virtinst                     0.300.3-5   Programs to create and clone virtu

Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
ii  hal                           0.5.11-3   Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  libvirt-bin                   0.4.4-3    the programs for the libvirt libra

Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
ii  virt-viewer                   0.0.3-2    Displaying the graphical console o

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