Thanks Rich! > > Do you get an error message? > Yes ... it's "Failed to autostart network 'default': cannot create bridge 'virbr0' : Package not installed" With "libvirt_qemud --help" I do see that the sockets should be in "/var/lib/run/libvirt/". They appear to be in place (and the permissions are what I would expect for system-daemon mode): smoyernew images # ls -al /var/lib/run/libvirt/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 May 16 08:54 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 May 14 16:39 .. srw------- 1 root root 0 May 16 08:54 qemud-sock srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 May 16 08:54 qemud-sock-ro smoyernew images # > > Rich. > -- Steven W. Moyer Principle Architect, Assurance Applications C-COR Solutions, LLC 60 Decibel Road State College, PA 16801 Office Phone: 814-231-4408 Front Desk: 814-238-2461 Cell Phone: 814-883-0391 Fax: 814-278-6540 E-mail: smoyer@xxxxxxxxx AIM: StevenWMoyer ICQ: 349680381 Jabber: smoyer1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: smoyer64 Yahoo: smoyer64