I’ve a cosmetic issue after installing libvirt and configuring a network bridge for use by libvirt guests. Every howto said that the network manager icon would not detect the interface and I was wondering if there was a way to create a “fake” wired network so that network manager would still work correctly despite the bridge having a static ip?
System:
Kernel: 6.15.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=3df749af-f362-49d3-bc50-6de6cd6733ef rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.1 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.15.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Apple product: iMacPro1,1 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 v: Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 v: iMacPro1,1
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple
v: 2075.120.2.0.0 (iBridge: 22.16.15072.0.0,0) date: 04/25/2025
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Xeon W-2140B bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake
level: v4 note: check process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x55 (85)
stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2007006
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB
desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 11 MiB desc: 1x11 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1200 min/max: 1200/4200 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 1200 2: 1200 3: 1200 4: 1200 5: 1200 6: 1200
7: 1200 8: 1200 9: 1200 10: 1200 11: 1200 12: 1200 13: 1200 14: 1200
15: 1200 16: 1200 bogomips: 102399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Vega 10 XL [Radeon Pro 56]
vendor: Apple driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-2,DP-3,eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-4,DP-5 bus-ID: f3:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:6867 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 5760x2160
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: bottom-r model: HP E232 serial: <filter> built: 2016
res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2
size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") diag: 584mm (23") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: primary,top-left model: HP E232 serial: <filter>
built: 2016 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2
size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") diag: 584mm (23") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-3: eDP-1 pos: top-center model: Apple iMac serial: <filter>
built: 2016 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.1.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
vega10 ACO DRM 3.63 6.15.3-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:6867
memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV VEGA10) driver: mesa radv v: 25.1.4-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:6867 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 20.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.4-arch1.1 (LLVM
20.1.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Apple Audio driver: N/A pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
bus-ID: 02:00.3 chip-ID: 106b:1803 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Vega 10 HDMI Audio [Radeon
56/64] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: f3:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf8 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Shokz Loop110 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4.3.1:7
chip-ID: 3511:2b0a class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.15.3-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4364 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Apple
driver: N/A modules: brcmfmac pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4464 class-ID: 0280
Device-2: Aquantia AQtion AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3an Ethernet [Atlantic
10G] vendor: Apple driver: atlantic v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 1d6a:07b1 class-ID: 0200 temp: 56.0 C
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: vnet3 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 53 GiB (2.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Apple model: SSD AP1024M
size: 931.84 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1310
temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS541010A9E680
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: HDD rpm: 5400
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0508 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.54 GiB size: 931.54 GiB (100.00%) used: 53 GiB (5.7%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.3 MiB (99.76%)
used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.54 GiB size: 931.54 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.54 GiB size: 931.54 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.54 GiB size: 931.54 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.06 GiB used: 60.7 MiB (0.2%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 43.0 C
mem: 42.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.06 GiB
used: 14.03 GiB (45.2%)
Processes: 477 Power: uptime: 5h 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: shutdown
avail: reboot,suspend,test_resume image: 12.4 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd
v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2190 libs: 474 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 20.1.6 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-06-27
Last full system update: 2025-06-27 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
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