From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jamin W. Collins" Subject: Windows Vista/7 repeatedly prompt to Set Network Location Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:22:29 -0700 Message-ID: <4B5FBF85.9060907@asgardsrealm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from asgardsrealm.net ([173.10.17.185]:43030 "EHLO forseti.asgardsrealm.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752112Ab0A0Eoi (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:44:38 -0500 Received: from odin.asgardsrealm.net ([192.168.10.100]) by forseti.asgardsrealm.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NZzQE-0005Ch-36 for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:22:30 -0700 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Every time I start a Windows Vista or Windows 7 virtual machine it request a that a location be set for the network, regardless of the fact that the network location has already been set the same way every time the system is started. Near as I can tell the VM's NIC MAC, IP address, DNS servers, default gateway, and all other network related items are the same every single time. While this does not stop the VM from working it is annoying. I'm starting the VM the same way through libvirt every single time. The resultant kvm command line is: /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.11 -cpu qemu32 -enable-kvm -m 1536 -smp 1 -name win7 -uuid 6671f42a-b974-6bb9-bd7e-fd1da95cabe5 -monitor unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/win7.monitor,server,nowait -localtime -boot c -drive file=/media/devel/testing/win7/testing.img,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -drive file=/media/devel/testing/isos/en_windows_7_professional_x86_dvd_x15-65804.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2 -net nic,macaddr=54:52:00:37:4a:ce,vlan=0,model=rtl8139,name=rtl8139.0 -net tap,fd=38,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -serial pty -parallel none -usb -usbdevice tablet -vga cirrus While the uuid isn't the same from one execution to the next, to my knowledge it's not something the VM ever sees and is only an identifier within KVM. Has anyone else seen anything like this? Please CC me, as I'm not subscribed to the list.