If booted Xen, don't try connecting to local qemu Likewise if booted native, don't try connecting to local xen Index: virt-manager-2.2.0/virtManager/connmanager.py =================================================================== --- virt-manager-2.2.0.orig/virtManager/connmanager.py +++ virt-manager-2.2.0/virtManager/connmanager.py @@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ class vmmConnectionManager(vmmGObject): def __init__(self): vmmGObject.__init__(self) + from .createconn import vmmCreateConn + default_uri = vmmCreateConn.default_uri() self._conns = {} # Load URIs from gsettings for uri in self.config.get_conn_uris(): + if uri == 'xen:///' or uri == 'qemu:///system': + if default_uri and default_uri != uri: + log.debug("Skipping local connection %s because it is incompatible with the host", uri) + continue self.add_conn(uri) def _cleanup(self):