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A collection of configuration plugins used in cinnamon-settings
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Cannot Enable Hotspot #248

Open TechnologyMan101 opened 4 years ago

TechnologyMan101 commented 4 years ago 
 * Cinnamon version - 4.6.7
 * Distribution - Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon
 * Graphics Card - Intel UHD Graphics 620 (built in kernel driver)
 * amd64 Intel Core i7-8550U

Issue Cannot enable hotspot from the settings panel. I've noticed that this happens on Fedora 32 Cinnamon and Manjaro Cinnamon too. This does not happen on Mint 19.x. This might have something to do with the kernel.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Network Settings.
  2. Try to use the hotspot feature.
  3. It is greyed out therefore it cannot be used.

Expected behaviour Hotspot should not be greyed out and should be usable.

Other information image Here is a screenshot of the problem. (System policy prohibits use as a hotspot)

image There is a workaround, where I manually create a hotspot connection in nm-connection-editor then connect to it as if it were a hidden network. This setup has to be deleted after use though because it will automatically turn hotspot on if the computer does not have a Wifi connection on startup.

Fantu commented 3 years ago

probably this issue is solved in 4.8.2 (with https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-control-center/commit/b225e86fed2bc565e83c98386eba7bf645051849 )