[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#752138: virt-manager: Hangs desktop when network connection goes down

[Daniel Dickinson]

Package: virt-manager
Version: 0.9.1-4
Severity: important

When one's primary network connection goes down (even if only connected to libvirt on localhost), virt-manager 'hangs' the desktop environment.

Specifically one can move the mouse and see the pointer move but no keyboard or mouse input is possible.  Clicking, even on other windows or GNOME taskbar has not effect.  Effectively the computer cannot be used until virt-manager times out and disconnected or network connection is restored.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.5
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                   3.2.5-1+build1
ii  librsvg2-common          2.36.1-2
ii  python                   2.7.3-4+deb7u1
ii  python-dbus              1.1.1-1
ii  python-glade2            2.24.0-3+b1
ii  python-gnome2            2.28.1+dfsg-1
ii  python-gtk-vnc           0.5.0-3.1
ii  python-gtk2              2.24.0-3+b1
ii  python-ipy               1:0.75-1
ii  python-libvirt           1.2.1-2~bpo70+1
ii  python-spice-client-gtk  0.12-5
ii  python-support           1.0.15
ii  python-urlgrabber        3.9.1-4
ii  python-vte               1:0.28.2-5
ii  virtinst                 0.600.1-3+deb7u1

Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
ii  gnome-icon-theme  3.4.0-2
ii  libvirt-bin       1.2.4-1~bpo70+1

Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
ii  gnome-keyring                    3.4.1-5
ii  hal                              0.5.14-8
pn  python-gnomekeyring              <none>
pn  python-guestfs                   <none>
ii  ssh-askpass                      1:1.2.4.1-9
ii  ssh-askpass-gnome [ssh-askpass]  1:6.0p1-4+deb7u1
ii  virt-viewer                      0.5.3-1

-- no debconf information