Some more info. When debug wicked logging is !debug, and at least the eno1 interface shows up, apparently wicked.service is up. For some reason, adding the debug logging causes it to fail. Anyway with the the logging off I can see the bridge in brctl brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces br0 8000.0cc47a489a7e no eno1 But in dmesg dmesg | grep -i br0 [ 98.484646] systemd[1]: sys-subsystem-net-devices-br0.device changed dead -> plugged [ 98.484654] systemd[1]: sys-devices-virtual-net-br0.device changed dead -> plugged and systemctl systemctl status wicked.service -l wicked.service - wicked managed network interfaces Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/wicked.service; enabled) Active: active (exited) since Fri 2016-01-22 09:32:10 PST; 2h 10min ago Process: 1364 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/wicked --systemd ifup all (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1364 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/wicked.service Jan 22 09:39:43 aleph.homelan wicked[1364]: lo up Jan 22 09:39:43 aleph.homelan wicked[1364]: eno1 enslaved Jan 22 09:39:43 aleph.homelan wicked[1364]: br0 device-not-running journalctl -xb | grep -i br0 Jan 22 09:35:58 aleph.homelan systemd[1]: sys-subsystem-net-devices-br0.device changed dead -> plugged Jan 22 09:35:58 aleph.homelan systemd[1]: sys-devices-virtual-net-br0.device changed dead -> plugged Jan 22 09:32:08 aleph.homelan wickedd[1358]: Unable to set br0 attribute bridge/ageing_time=0: Operation not permitted Jan 22 09:32:08 aleph.homelan wickedd[1358]: ni_system_bridge_setup: failed to update sysfs attributes for br0 Jan 22 09:32:08 aleph.homelan wickedd-nanny[1361]: device br0: call to org.opensuse.Network.Bridge.changeDevice() failed: General failure Jan 22 09:39:43 aleph.homelan wicked[1364]: br0 device-not-running That Unable to set br0 attribute bridge/ageing_time=0: Operation not permitted looks like a problem. Never heard of that attribute though.