https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181333 Bug ID: 1181333 Summary: libvirtd reports that initializing libnetcontrol failed Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: 64bit OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Virtualization:Other Assignee: virt-bugs@suse.de Reporter: bart.vanassche+novell@gmail.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de CC: jfehlig@suse.com, lma@suse.com, mecftu@yahoo.com Depends on: 1178516 Found By: --- Blocker: --- A few days ago I ran "zypper dup". Since then starting libvirtd fails: # rpm -qf /etc/issue.net openSUSE-release-20210121-846.1.x86_64 # rpm -qi libvirt | grep ^Version # PAGER= systemctl status libvirtd * libvirtd.service - Virtualization daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2021-01-24 09:36:52 PST; 13min ago TriggeredBy: * libvirtd-ro.socket * libvirtd.socket * libvirtd-admin.socket Docs: man:libvirtd(8) https://libvirt.org Process: 7521 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/libvirtd $LIBVIRTD_ARGS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 7521 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Jan 24 09:34:52 asus systemd[1]: Starting Virtualization daemon... Jan 24 09:34:52 asus libvirtd[7521]: libvirt version: 6.10.0 Jan 24 09:34:52 asus libvirtd[7521]: hostname: asus Jan 24 09:34:52 asus libvirtd[7521]: Failed to initialize libnetcontrol. Management of interface devices is disabled Jan 24 09:34:52 asus systemd[1]: Started Virtualization daemon. Jan 24 09:36:52 asus systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Succeeded. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.