Re: Cannot start network interfaces

On 1/27/25 05:50, Iain M Conochie wrote: > Good day all, > >   I have having an issue starting virtual networks defined within > libvirt: > > > virsh # net-start cmdb > error: Failed to start network cmdb > error: internal error: Child process (VIR_BRIDGE_NAME=virbr3 > /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/cmdb.conf -- > leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_leaseshelper) > unexpected exit status 2: > dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket for 172.26.80.1: Address > already in use I saw similar reports recently and from the system journal noticed that named started listening on the address as soon as it appeared, before dnsmasq could begin listening. Is the named service running on your system? If so, you could try disabling it and then check if the cmdb network successfully starts.

Regards, Jim