"Use as hotspot" does not work in Ubuntu 14.10
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Step to reproduce :
go to settings > Network
click on "Use as hotspot"
Expected result:
It displays the connexion information and the network can be seen by other devices.
Actual :
Connexion informations are displayed, but no wifi network seems to have been created.
I'm actually not sure network-manager is the right package, but in /var/log/syslog I have:
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:51 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:36:50 autra-dev-laptop avahi-daemon[586]: Received response from host 192.168.4.20 with invalid source port 56054 on interface 'eth1.0'
Nov 25 13:36:52 autra-dev-laptop avahi-daemon[586]: Invalid response packet from host fe80::8a51:
Nov 25 13:36:52 autra-dev-laptop avahi-daemon[586]: Invalid response packet from host 192.168.3.234.
Nov 25 13:36:52 autra-dev-laptop avahi-daemon[586]: Invalid response packet from host fe80::8a51:
Nov 25 13:36:52 autra-dev-laptop avahi-daemon[586]: Invalid response packet from host 192.168.3.227.
Nov 25 13:37:17 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:37:17 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:37:17 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:37:17 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:37:17 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:37:17 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Nov 25 13:37:17 autra-dev-laptop NetworkManager[
Note that ap mode seems to be supported by my wifi card :
10059 ◯ iw list
Wiphy phy0
max # scan SSIDs: 20
max scan IEs length: 195 bytes
Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
Device supports RSN-IBSS.
Supported Ciphers:
* WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
* WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
* TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
* CCMP (00-0f-ac:4)
Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* monitor
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu28
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Nov 25 13:54:16 2014
DistributionCha
# This is a distribution channel descriptor
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canonical-
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-11 (593 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120703-15:08
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth1 proto static
192.168.0.0/21 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.4.25 metric 1
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-11-14 (10 days ago)
mtime.conffile.
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
E8:E5:D6:97:28:E1 bluetooth disconnected /org/freedeskto
eth1 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedeskto
wlan0 802-11-wireless connecting (configuring) /org/freedeskto
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.8.8 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled