I am sorry, The problem had nothing to do with the server or virt- manager. The DNS server on the network was misbehaving. Once fixed, everything began working again. The fact it occured after a UBUNTU update was an unfortunate coincidence
** Changed in: virt-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => 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/1435964 Title: virt-manager 14.04 server, worked fine until this morning. Now when I try to start a VM on this server I get Error: viewer connection to hypervisor host got refuse or disconnected! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virt-manager/+bug/1435964/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs