Public bug reported: I'm using a built-in RTL8822BE WiFi adapter on a Ryzen 7 system. When I create a hotspot by opening the GNOME settings app, opening the WiFi settings page and selecting "Turn on hotspot..." from the drop-down menu, everything works fine. If I then open nm-connection-editor and edit the connection to select band A (5GHz), the hotspot fails to start. If I then open the connection editor again and switch back to automatic band selection, the hotspot works again.
When it fails, this appears in syslog: May 25 10:21:30 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470490.8638] device (wlo1): Activation: starting connection 'Hotspot' (514f603b-25e2-4c1e-9220-7b77ed966ff5) May 25 10:21:30 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470490.8643] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected May 25 10:21:30 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470490.8653] device (wlo1): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') May 25 10:21:30 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470490.8676] device (wlo1): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') May 25 10:21:30 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470490.8783] device (wlo1): Activation: (wifi) access point 'Hotspot' has security, but secrets are required. May 25 10:21:30 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470490.8783] device (wlo1): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') May 25 10:21:30 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470490.8800] device (wlo1): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') May 25 10:21:30 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470490.8810] device (wlo1): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') May 25 10:21:30 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470490.8883] device (wlo1): Activation: (wifi) connection 'Hotspot' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed. May 25 10:21:30 frog wpa_supplicant[866]: wlo1: Failed to start AP functionality May 25 10:21:56 frog NetworkManager[815]: <warn> [1653470516.1521] device (wlo1): Activation: (wifi) Hotspot network creation took too long, failing activation May 25 10:21:56 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470516.1522] device (wlo1): state change: config -> failed (reason 'supplicant-timeout', sys-iface-state: 'managed') May 25 10:21:56 frog NetworkManager[815]: <warn> [1653470516.1526] device (wlo1): Activation: failed for connection 'Hotspot' May 25 10:21:56 frog wpa_supplicant[866]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all May 25 10:21:56 frog NetworkManager[815]: <info> [1653470516.1530] device (wlo1): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') May 25 10:21:56 frog wpa_supplicant[866]: wlo1: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending May 25 10:21:59 frog wpa_supplicant[866]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN I'm guessing that NetworkManager is getting the way it drives wpa_supplicant wrong when the 5GHz band is selected, but it's only a guess. Ubuntu version is: tkcook@frog:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Release: 22.04 NetworkManager version is: tkcook@frog:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager-gnome network-manager-gnome: Installed: 1.24.0-1ubuntu3 Candidate: 1.24.0-1ubuntu3 Version table: *** 1.24.0-1ubuntu3 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: network-manager-gnome 1.24.0-1ubuntu3 Uname: Linux 5.18.0 x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed May 25 10:29:37 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-08-27 (270 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420) SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-05-05 (19 days ago) nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN running 1.36.4 connected started full enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled ** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1975685 Title: Wifi hotspot does not work when band A is selected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1975685/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs