On 19.11.2013 04:52, Richard Michael wrote:
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz <mmarzantowicz@osdf.com.pl mailto:mmarzantowicz@osdf.com.pl> 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.
I agree that GUI support for bridging in NM is a bit rough but I'm compensating this with text editor.
Mateusz Marzantowicz