Libvirt shuts down when networkmanager loses connection?

[acidtonic]

I have been trying to figure out an issue that is bothering me.

I am using VM's to run certain applications over X11 tunneling. I've defined a basic NAT network which is shared between my VM's and the host.

Yet when my workstation loses network connectivity, libvirt shuts down my guest VM's and refuses to let me restart them. Saying "Networkmanager is inactive". Once I plug in network manager gets an IP the VM's immediately start on their own again.

I looked around in the /etc/init.d/libvirt script but I see nothing tying this to networking. It's to the point where I cannot use WIFI because if the connection is lost my programs come crashing down as libvirt shuts off.

This is TOTALLY unacceptable and I'm amazed that it's a default behavior for a workstation! I'd rather my VM's lose a bit of network connectivity to the outside world instead of suspending everything.

Please help .

[eccerr0r]

Curious, are you using systemd here?
Agreed that's pretty crappy behavior here...
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What am I supposed watching?

[acidtonic]

This is with the default rc-init.

[DirectXMan12]

I've been having this problem, and I finally tracked it down.
Check your /etc/conf.d/libvirtd file -- there's a line that adds "net" as a custom dependency, like you would in /etc/rc.conf
You can just comment that out, and you should be all set.

Best Regards,
Solly (directxman12)