Dependencies

pamac install \
	edk2-ovmf \
	vde2 \
	ebtables \
	openbsd-netcat \
	dm \
	idecode \
	virt-viewer

If you see connection or network errors when running virt-manager, REBOOT.

Error

starting network ‘default’: internal error: Child process (VIR_BRIDGE_NAME=virb0 /usr/bin/dnsmasq —conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf —leasefile-ro —dhcp-script=/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_leaseeshelper) unexpected exit status 2: dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket for 192.168.122.1: Address already in use

I gave up and installed gnome-boxes instead.

pamac install gnome-boxes

(I’m on KDE, and surprisingly this did not trigger a download of a bunch of unwanted Gnome packages!)

With Boxes, I was up and running with a virtualized Talos linux ISO right away. No errors, no lengthy configuration, no frustrating network incompatibilities.