Hi I have bridge working fine with SL7.1 RC1 I notice you have BRIDGE="etho" I would have thought you should have that in the ifcfg-eth0 as BRIDGE="kvmbr0" Hope that helps Cheers Bill -----Original message----- > From:Otto-Michael BRAUN <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday 4th April 2015 18:53 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: bug report: SL7.1 - Virtual Machine Manager > > > > Bug related to bridge definitions existing in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, > > Virtual Machine Manager stops starting w. error message. > > How to reproduce: > > - installation or upgrade SL7.1 > > - copy a bridge definition into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, e.g. > > DEVICE=kvmbr0 > > TYPE=Bridge > > BOOTPROTO=none > > ONBOOT=yes > > BRIDGE="eth0" > > IPADDR=192.168.55.31 > > NETWORK=192.168.55.0 > > PREFIX=25 > > BROADCAST=192.168.55.127 > > IPV6INIT=no > > NM_CONTROLLED=no > > NOZEROCONF=yes > > USERCTL=no > > PEERDNS=yes > > - start Virtual Machine Manager. > > Virtual Machine Manager does not start, but shows an error message, > e.g. > > "Error polling connection 'qemu///system': > > (interface_definition):7: Extra content at the > > end of the document > > </interface><interface type="bridge" > > name="vdslbr0"> > > ----------------" > > You don't need to start or use this bridge, existence of a file > starting with ifcfg- containing the line "TYPE=Bridge" will do. > > As a workaround comment out all TYPE=Bridge lines before starting > Virtual Machine Manager, after start of VMM the comment marks can be > removed again. There must be a broken ifcfg- file check before in > VMManager before it starts. > > Probably nobody uses these bridge definitions as there is an age-old > bug in initscripts, which successfully prevents adding and deleting > of bridges. (See also bug report id 0007594, > https://bugs.centos.org/view_all_bug_page.php <https://bugs.centos.org/view_all_bug_page.php>, set filter to > Reporter: omb) > > As I can test SL7.1 only and not R..7.1 I cannot decide if this bug > should be reportet to R..H directly. > > omb > >