Re: Cannot start network interfaces

On Mon, 2025-01-27 at 15:00 -0700, Jim Fehlig wrote: > 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. Hi Jim I have locked named to only listen on the primary IP address, and my networks are now starting! Thanks very much for your help.