I just hit this bug fixed in version 2.67 https://github.com/chitranshi/dnsmasq/blob/master/CHANGELOG#L34 # virsh net-start local error: Failed to start network local error: internal error: Child process (/usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/local.conf --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelper) unexpected exit status 2: dnsmasq: failed to set SO_BINDTODEVICE on DHCP socket: Socket operation on non-socket # virsh net-dumpxml local <network connections='1'> <name>local</name> <uuid>40a424eb-752f-4a13-83ed-21fbf60ed5ff</uuid> <forward mode='nat'> <nat> <port start='1024' end='65535'/> </nat> </forward> <bridge name='virbr0' stp='on' delay='0'/> <mac address='52:54:00:90:a5:af'/> <ip address='172.16.16.254' prefix='24'> </ip> <ip family='ipv6' address='2a01:4f8:150:6ff4::1' prefix='64'> </ip> </network>
Version 2.72 works
I am ok with stabilizing 2.72 a little early.
Stable for HPPA.
amd64 stable
sparc stable
arm stable
ppc stable
ia64 stable
x86 stable
alpha stable
ppc64 stable. Closing.