[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#567606: virt-manager: Still seeing something like this on 0.8.3-2

[Cole Robinson]

On 02/27/2010 08:44 AM, Alex wrote:
> Package: virt-manager
> Version: 0.8.3-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> I cannot choose bridged networking when creating a VM with virt-manager
> connecting to a remote box. If I use X forwarding to run virt-manager on the
> vm machine, I can choose the bridged network devices.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
> ii  librsvg2-common            2.26.0-1      SAX-based renderer library for SVG
> ii  python                     2.5.4-9       An interactive high-level object-o
> ii  python-dbus                0.83.0-1+b1   simple interprocess messaging syst
> ii  python-glade2              2.16.0-1      GTK+ bindings: Glade support
> ii  python-gnome2              2.28.0-1      Python bindings for the GNOME desk
> ii  python-gtk-vnc             0.3.10-2+b1   A VNC viewer widget for GTK+ (Pyth
> ii  python-gtk2                2.16.0-1      Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
> ii  python-libvirt             0.7.6-2       libvirt Python bindings
> ii  python-support             1.0.6         automated rebuilding support for P
> ii  python-urlgrabber          3.1.0-5       A high-level cross-protocol url-gr
> ii  python-vte                 1:0.22.5-1+b1 Python bindings for the VTE widget
> ii  virtinst                   0.500.2-1     Programs to create and clone virtu
> 
> Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
> pn  libvirt-bin                   <none>     (no description available)
> 
> Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
> ii  virt-viewer                   0.0.3-2    Displaying the graphical console o
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
> 
> 

Remote bridge enumeration depends on libvirt interface support, which depends
on netcf, which I don't think knows how to speak debian network configuration.

Running 'virsh iface-list' should show your bridge on the remote host: if it
doesn't, virt-manager won't offer it as an install option.