Actually I have been using "-net tap". I don't run qemu-kvm as root per se, although the "tapper" script runs as root to bring configure the tap interface and assign it the user running qemu-kvm.
Sufficient to say, VDE is more convenient to set up than bridging/tapping. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/776650 Title: Build qemu-kvm with native VDE support To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/776650/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs