Not able to turn on hotspot in KDE Plasma - Connection 'hotspot-name' is not available on device wlp0s20f3 because device is not available

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Hello, I installed Manjaro KDE Plasma two days ago and have been using the Hotspot on it easily for the past few days. When I tried turning it on today, it didn’t turn on and showed the following error every time I tried :

Connection 'yo' is not available on device wlp0s20f3 because device is not available

I have tried searching for a solution but couldn’t find one. If anyone could help me with this, please let me know.

Thanks

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even though it used to work could mean a lose connection of the wifi card or that you accidentally turned it off. Some computers have a hardware switch to do that.

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Hello, thanks for the reply! But I don’t have a WiFi card to turn on the hotspot. I am using a Wired Connection, which is working just fine, but I’m unable to turn on the hotspot, to get internet on my phone.

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To this day, the term “Hotspot” always meant some kind of wireless connection to me.
Apparently that is not so and I misunderstood you.

I then have no idea what the problem might be.

is a wireless device

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Assuming you are creating the hotspot on a wifi adaptor on a USB connector, try plugging it into a different USB port.

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Th NM Hotspot never really worked consistently for me.

I use linux-wifi-hotspot from AUR, it just works.