fix startup of the GUI

fixes:
java.lang.NullPointerException
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javax.swing.BoxLayout.checkRequests(Unknown Source)
javax.swing.BoxLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
javax.swing.plaf.basic.DefaultMenuLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown
Source)
java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source)
java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
javax.swing.JRootPane$RootLayout.layoutContainer(Unknown Source)
VM: show bridges without ips in the network configuration
Merge branch 'master' into tests