virt-manager, virsh fail to connect to local libvirt daemon

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When virt-manager is launched, it fails to connect to libvirtd and shows localhost(QEMU) connecting forever
  • virsh hangs while connecting to local libvirt daemon

Environment

  • RHEL 6.2
  • KVM

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