btw on SLE-12 following occurs: # virt-manager --debug [Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:28:18 virt-manager 2669] DEBUG (cli:187) Launched with command line: /usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager --debug [Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:28:18 virt-manager 2669] DEBUG (virt-manager:150) virt-manager version: 1.0.1 [Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:28:18 virt-manager 2669] DEBUG (virt-manager:151) virtManager import: <module 'virtManager' from '/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/__init__.pyc'> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused [Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:28:18 virt-manager 2669] DEBUG (virt-manager:193) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager", line 181, in main Gtk.Window() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 437, in __init__ raise RuntimeError("Gtk couldn't be initialized") RuntimeError: Gtk couldn't be initialized Gtk couldn't be initialized So it looks like regression.