Description of problem: Nothing happens when clicking "Use as Hotspot..." in NetworkManager's Wi-Fi Settings. The hotspot functionality worked in Fedora 24. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ rpm -q NetworkManager NetworkManager-1.4.2-1.fc25.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Network settings 2. Click "Use as Hotspot..." in Wi-Fi Settings 3. Click "Turn On" in new window asking to turn on hotspot functionality Actual results: No indication of hotspot being enabled, confirmed by other devices searching for an access point. Expected results: Hotspot is enabled; device becomes a WPA2 access point. Additional info: Kernel release: $ uname -r 4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64 Relevant hardware information: $ lspci | grep -E 'Network|Ethernet' 0d:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
I believe that's a control center bug. Reassigning. Workaround: hostnamectl --pretty set-hostname $(hostname) To control center maintainers: This is a fix: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773845 (and a minor style suggestion: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773846) You also rely on broken glib functionality: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773842 Please consider applying these. Thanks!
The workaround you posted seems to work. Thank you very much, Lubomir! This regression was honestly more subtle than I thought, expecting there was a bug in the driver or NetworkManager.
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