[SOLVED] Qiana Cinnamon Hotspot Doesn't work

[bade]

Hi, I used to easily set up Hotspot in Networking by pressing "Use as Hotspot...". After I reinstalled Mint, I think I succeeded once to turn it on, but now it doesn't work. I press button, it says I need to turn off wireless and I click "Ok". Wireless gets turned off but it doesn't go in "hotspot state" (and of course it isn't visible to other notebooks). Is this bug or is it my fault and how can I manually turn it on?
Thanks!

[JeremyB]

It is possible that your wireless card doesn't support the mode

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 sudo iwconfig wlan1 mode master

[bade]

But it worked once and I succeeded to connect with my other notebook.
Something is wrong with this command:

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Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan1 ; No such device.

[JeremyB]

Try wlan0 instead

[bade]

Same thing...

[JeremyB]

What is the device called

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iwconfig

[bade]

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eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

[JeremyB]

What card is it

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lspci

and what modules are loaded

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lsmod

The one thing that really sticks out is tx power off

[JeremyB]

I have tried the hotspot feature on 2 of my laptops and the iwconfig looks like this

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iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"jeremy-Lenovo-G710"  
          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Cell: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=16 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          

[bade]

Hmm...why I don't have ESSID? Maybe it has something to do with fact that I've changed pc name? (although I think I did everything right back then).
lspci:

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07:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
07:00.1 Bluetooth: Ralink corp. RT3290 Bluetooth
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E P

lsmod (sorry for pasting everything, don't know what to look for):

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Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 69160  0 
bnep                   19624  2 
bluetooth             395423  10 bnep,rfcomm
binfmt_misc            17468  1 
uvcvideo               80885  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc      13216  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops       13362  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         40664  1 uvcvideo
videodev              134688  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
hp_wmi                 14062  0 
sparse_keymap          13948  1 hp_wmi
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    14205  0 
intel_powerclamp       14705  0 
coretemp               13435  0 
kvm                   451511  0 
crct10dif_pclmul       14289  0 
crc32_pclmul           13113  0 
arc4                   12608  2 
ghash_clmulni_intel    13259  0 
dm_multipath           22873  0 
scsi_dh                14882  1 dm_multipath
aesni_intel            55624  0 
aes_x86_64             17131  1 aesni_intel
lrw                    13286  1 aesni_intel
gf128mul               14951  1 lrw
glue_helper            13990  1 aesni_intel
rt2800pci              13606  0 
ablk_helper            13597  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 20359  3 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper
rt2800mmio             20986  1 rt2800pci
rt2800lib              89076  2 rt2800pci,rt2800mmio
rt2x00pci              13287  1 rt2800pci
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     46207  1 
rt2x00mmio             13603  2 rt2800pci,rt2800mmio
rt2x00lib              55307  5 rt2x00pci,rt2800lib,rt2800pci,rt2800mmio,rt2x00mmio
snd_hda_codec_realtek    61438  1 
joydev                 17381  0 
mac80211              626489  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,rt2800lib
serio_raw              13462  0 
lpc_ich                21080  0 
rtsx_pci_ms            18151  0 
memstick               16966  1 rtsx_pci_ms
cfg80211              484040  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
snd_hda_intel          52355  5 
snd_hda_codec         192906  3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hwdep              13602  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_rawmidi            30144  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_pcm               102099  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
eeprom_93cx6           13344  1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt              12707  1 rt2800lib
snd_seq                61560  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_page_alloc         18710  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_device         14497  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              29482  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mei_me                 18627  0 
mei                    82274  1 mei_me
snd                    69238  21 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
hp_accel               26012  0 
lis3lv02d              20156  1 hp_accel
input_polldev          13896  1 lis3lv02d
fglrx                8085343  96 
soundcore              12680  1 snd
amd_iommu_v2           19054  1 fglrx
mac_hid                13205  0 
parport_pc             32701  0 
ppdev                  17671  0 
lp                     17759  0 
parport                42348  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
dm_mirror              22135  0 
dm_region_hash         20862  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                 18411  2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
rtsx_pci_sdmmc         23274  0 
i915                  783485  4 
i2c_algo_bit           13413  1 i915
drm_kms_helper         52758  1 i915
psmouse               102222  0 
ahci                   25819  3 
r8169                  67581  0 
drm                   302817  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
rtsx_pci               45956  2 rtsx_pci_ms,rtsx_pci_sdmmc
libahci                32168  1 ahci
mii                    13934  1 r8169
wmi                    19177  1 hp_wmi
video                  19476  1 i915

[JeremyB]

Does

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cat /etc/hosts

show the correct computer name?

[bade]

Well, yes. I've changed computer name from "HP-Pavilion Notebook 17-e158sm" to "bade".

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127.0.0.1	localhost
127.0.1.1	bade

[JeremyB]

Well, yes. I've changed computer name from "HP-Pavilion Notebook 17-e158sm" to "bade".

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127.0.0.1	localhost
127.0.1.1	bade

I did some playing around and found something that might work

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sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc txpower auto

and if you want the essid to be bade you should be able to set it to that in network connections or include essid bade to the end of the

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sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc txpower auto
 essid bade

I do have on laptop that won't allow me to switch to hotspot mode through the gui

[bade]

I got the same stupid message that wlan0 doesn' exist...
EDIT: I searched a little bit and tried

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ifconfig -a

and noticed that wlan0 isn't listed (only eth0 and lo).

[JeremyB]

I got the same stupid message that wlan0 doesn' exist...
EDIT: I searched a little bit and tried

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ifconfig -a

and noticed that wlan0 isn't listed (only eth0 and lo).

That doesn't make sense if

iwconfig

shows wlan0

[bade]

Ok, now iwconfig doesn't show wlan0 too. Maybe I uninstaled wlan0 driver when trying to install new driver (which failed but...).

[JeremyB]

Ok, now iwconfig doesn't show wlan0 too. Maybe I uninstaled wlan0 driver when trying to install new driver (which failed but...).

As long as you didn't blacklist the driver or sudo apt-get purge something, it should come back on reboot

[bade]

I was messing with blacklist. Ok, now I fixed it. iwconfig and ipconfig -a show wlan0. Then, I tried

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sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc txpower auto

and it didn't give me error. But nothing has changed. Hotspot is not visible (if it's turned on) and I still can't turn it on trough the GUI panel.

[JeremyB]

I was messing with blacklist. Ok, now I fixed it. iwconfig and ipconfig -a show wlan0. Then, I tried

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sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc txpower auto

and it didn't give me error. But nothing has changed. Hotspot is not visible (if it's turned on) and I still can't turn it on trough the GUI panel.

I am running out of ideas, have you powered wireless off through GUI and then tried use as hotspot? If you had it working once before with Qiana, there is a chance that an update broke it and google isn't helping

[bade]

Omg it works. Wireless was disabled all the time. Now I ENABLED wireless and then pressed "Use as Hotspot" and then pressed "Turn on" and it worked. So it has to be enabled so that "hotspot program" disables it. I think this is bug. Also, I don't know how I missed trying this case...
Thanks for help, man!