minikube: Requested operation is not valid: network 'default' is not active. Retrying.

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (choose one): BUG REPORT

Minikube version (use minikube version): v0.12.2

Environment:

• OS (e.g. from /etc/os-release): Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid
• VM Driver (e.g. cat ~/.minikube/machines/minikube/config.json | grep DriverName): kvm
• Docker version (e.g. docker -v): 1.12.3
• Install tools: ???
• Others:

What happened:

# minikube start \
                 --vm-driver=kvm \
                 --container-runtime=rkt
[... failed ...]
# sudo apt install libvirt-clients
[...]
# minikube start \
                 --vm-driver=kvm \
                 --container-runtime=rkt
[... failed ...]
# sudo apt install libvirt-daemon libvirt-daemon-system
[...]
[libvirtd could not access KVM, due to permission issues, thus:]
# reboot
[...]
# minikube start \
                 --vm-driver=kvm \
                 --network-plugin=cni \
                 --container-runtime=rkt \
                 --iso-url=http://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/iso/buildroot/minikube-v0.0.6.iso
Starting local Kubernetes cluster...
Downloading Minikube ISO
 68.79 MB / 68.79 MB [==============================================] 100.00% 0s
E1118 13:37:13.086967    7590 start.go:92] Error starting host: Error creating host: Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: [Code-55] [Domain-19] Requested operation is not valid: network 'default' is not active. Retrying.
E1118 13:37:13.087235    7590 start.go:98] Error starting host:  Error creating host: Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: [Code-55] [Domain-19] Requested operation is not valid: network 'default' is not active
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Please note that I never get a chance to actually respond to the “report error” question. The console prompt was already flashing on the next line, which leads me to believe that the report was sent without my consent.

What you expected to happen:

Minikube should have started Kubernetes using KVM and created any missing networks.

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):

Hopefully the information given above is enough to reproduce it on a Debian 9.0 “Stretch” installation.

Anything else do we need to know:

There appear to be no networks configured in libvirt right now:

# virsh net-list
 Name                 State      Autostart     Persistent
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