I have just tested this with virt-manager 0.8.6 in natty, and it no longer crashes if kvm-pxe is not installed. I am marking this as Fix Released. Thanks!
** Changed in: virt-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478527 Title: Unable to create a new VM when selecting PXE boot and kvm-pxe is not installed -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs