/usr/bin/kvm doesn't exist on suse distros so check instead for
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
Index: virt-manager-1.5.0/virtManager/connect.py
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--- virt-manager-1.5.0.orig/virtManager/connect.py
+++ virt-manager-1.5.0/virtManager/connect.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class vmmConnect(vmmGObjectUI):
 
         if (os.path.exists("/usr/bin/qemu") or
             os.path.exists("/usr/bin/qemu-kvm") or
-            os.path.exists("/usr/bin/kvm") or
+            os.path.exists("/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64") or
             os.path.exists("/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm") or
             glob.glob("/usr/bin/qemu-system-*")):
             return "qemu:///system"