I followed the wiki[1] to create a KVM virtual machine using bridged network on CentOS 6.5. It seemed to work fine on initial setup. However, after a boot, it doesn't auto-start the VMs, or at least, something has to timeout (a *very* long time, on the order of 15--30 minutes) before they can be started. Shortly after boot, if I go into "virsh", then do a "list", it just hangs. Likewise, if I go into "virt-manager", it just hangs "connecting". Kernel version is: 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 Relevant package versions: libvirt.x86_64 0.10.2-29.el6_5.12 libvirt-client.x86_64 0.10.2-29.el6_5.12 libvirt-python.x86_64 0.10.2-29.el6_5.12 python-virtinst.noarch 0.600.0-18.el6 virt-manager.x86_64 0.9.0-19.el6 virt-top.x86_64 1.0.4-3.15.el6 virt-viewer.x86_64 0.5.6-8.el6_5.3 qemu-img.x86_64 2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14 qemu-kvm.x86_64 2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14 CPU is a Xeon E3-1230v3. I have the virtualization setting enabled in the BIOS. I googled on this, and saw a bunch of talk about two years ago regarding issues with the libvirt packages having a deadlock bug. But I think the versions of the relevant packages that I have installed are new enough to have fixes for that. Anyone ever fought this before? Thanks! [1] http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM