disabling AppArmor in Ubuntu helped solve this issue.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Radhika Niranjan <radhika(a)cs.ucsd.edu>wrote:
Hi,
>
> I am using libvirt version 0.9.13 with Ubuntu 12.10
>
> When I try to start a VM with an openvswitch bridge interface I get the
> error:
>
> error: Failed to start domain kvm113-2
> error: Unable to add port vnet1 to OVS bridge ovsbr: Operation not
> permitted
>
>
> Here is my bridge configuration:
> <interface type='bridge'>
> <mac address='52:54:00:c7:db:d2'/>
> <source bridge='ovsbr'/>
> <virtualport type='openvswitch'>
> <parameters
interfaceid='40e21558-217c-d8ef-c9a9-5275fa4b4a46'/>
> </virtualport>
> <model type='virtio'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x05'
> function='0x0'/>
> </interface>
>
>
> This configuration previously worked fine.
>
> Request your help and insights.
>
> WIth best regards
> Radhika
>