Starting libvirtd and having a look into the associated log file I discovered that libvirtd did not find the ip command. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. tail -f /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log 2. /etc/init.d/libvirtd start Actual Results: ==> /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log <== 2013-05-08 07:34:45.219+0000: 2890: info : libvirt version: 1.0.2 2013-05-08 07:34:45.219+0000: 2890: error : virCommandWait:2287 : internal error Child process (/sbin/ip addr add 192.168.122.1/24 broadcast 192.168.122.255 dev virbr0) unexpected exit status 1: libvir: error : cannot execute binary /sbin/ip: No such file or directory Expected Results: ==> /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log <== 2013-05-08 07:34:45.219+0000: 2890: info : libvirt version: 1.0.2 The software should use: /bin/ip Portage 2.1.11.62 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.7.10-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.7.10-gentoo-r1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-3520M_CPU_@_2.90GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 12074200 total, 8379052 free KiB Swap: 23430796 total, 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You need to re-emerge the package. The path to the binary is determined at configure time. Unfortunately iproute2 was bumped and the path changed without a slot change or anything that packages could depend on to know that an incompatible change happened so users are left with the pieces.
