"Error starting domain: internal error Network 'default' is not active."

how to permanently fix it:

su - root; # become root
virsh net-start default
virsh net-autostart default

Details:

Error starting domain: Requested operation is not valid: network ‘default’ is not active

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 91, in cb_wrapper
callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 127, in tmpcb
callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 1355, in startup
self._backend.create()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 1029, in create
if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self)
libvirtError: Requested operation is not valid: network 'default' is not active

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