On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 4:21 AM, Mateusz Marzantowicz <mmarzantowicz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 19.11.2013 04:52, Richard Michael wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz >> <mmarzantowicz@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mmarzantowicz@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> On 19.11.2013 01:13, Richard Michael wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I've just installed F20 beta x64 and applied all updates. >> > >> > I'm attempting to create a bridge network interface in virt-manager >> > (0.10.0). I complete the "Configure network interface" dialog, and >> > when I click "Finish" I receive an "Input Error" with message: >> > >> > 'str' object has no attribute 'XMLDesc' >> > >> > >> > A very similar error (when creating a bonded interface) is mentioned >> > in comments #1 and #2 in a bug related to "system-config-services" >> > here ... >> > >> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1028833#c2 >> > >> > ... with the suggestion to file a bug against virt-manager. I can't >> > find a virt-manager bug related to this however. >> > >> > >> > 1/ I'll open one unless anyone has other suggestions or comments? >> > >> > >> > 2/ I'm new to virt-manager and wondering about a work-around; should I >> > investigate using virsh to create the interface hoping virt-manager >> > will detect it? >> > >> >> My work-around: Create bridge in NetworkManager (or directly edit config >> files) and then add it to virt-manager. I always wondered what is this >> whole bridge management in virt-manager for. >> >> >> Thank you for the suggestion. I looked at this, and interface creation >> using NetworkManager is quite different than in virt-manager. Also, I'm >> unsure what you mean by "add it to virt-manager". In virt-manager, I am >> only able to create a new interface, I can't find anything to allow >> adding an existing bridge. >> > > I've found that creating new bridge and specifying existing bridge name > (like br0) has the same effect as "adding existing" one. I think that > virt-manager lacks auto-detect mechanism for configured system > connections. As a result, when you create new bridge but give the name > of existing one virt-manager starts to recognize it. Yes, once I followed Adam's suggestion and created the bridge, it appeared automatically (via detection) - both as a shareable device during the steps of guest VM creation and also in the "Connection details" / "Network interfaces" tab. Thanks Mateusz! Regards, Richard > > I agree that GUI support for bridging in NM is a bit rough but I'm > compensating this with text editor. > > > > Mateusz Marzantowicz > -- > test mailing list > test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
