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

[Alex]

Hi Cole,

On 03/01/2010 03:12 AM, Cole Robinson wrote:
>> 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.
>>      
> 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.
>    
Hmmm, it's weird, indeed:
> case:~# virsh iface-list
> error: Failed to list active interfaces
> error: this function is not supported by the hypervisor: 
> virConnectNumOfInterfaces
Yes, it does not work, but virt-manager running on the host lists the 
bridged network interface- and choosing it works. But virt-manager 
connecting to the hypervisor through ssh, does not.

Cheers,

Alex