Subject: Re: bug#24156: QEMU '-net bridge' --> "qemu-system-x86_64: -net bridge: bridge helper failed"

From: zimoun <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:36:59 +0100

Hi,

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 20:47, zimoun <[email-masked]> wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Aug 2016 at 22:40, myglc2 <[email-masked]> wrote:

>> Motivation: bridging or routing is required to enable a connection to be
>> made inward to a QEMU VM. TAP seems like the best of the available
>> solutions. But connecting to a TAP device produces an error when the
>> QEMU bridge helper fails.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> g1@g1 ~/src/vmb$ qemu-system-x86_64 -net user -net bridge -net nic,model=virtio -enable-kvm -m 4096 -k en-us -display curses /home/g1/src/vmb/tmp/img6/vm.img
>> failed to parse default acl file `/gnu/store/1072khbm9124a8a1pyyyw4mr1p12jsfq-qemu-2.6.0/etc/qemu/bridge.conf'
>> qemu-system-x86_64: -net bridge: bridge helper failed
>
> Since a lot of things changed, is this bug report still relevant?  If
> yes, what could be the next actionable step?  Otherwise, let close it or
> mark it as wishlist.

If no moreinfo is provided to detail what could the next actionable
step, then I will close this more-than-3-years bug report in the coming
days.

All the best,
simon

http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/24156