I can enable the hotspot by clicking the hotspot icon in Plasmas Networks Applet.
The hotspot allows my android/iphone to connect, but does not provide any internet connection.
But hotspot works flawlessly on my colleague’s GNOME with the same hardware and OS.
I don’t remember the exact date when this problem appeared. Probably after [Stable Update] 2022-11-14 - Kernels, GNOME 43.1, Plasma 5.26.3, Systemd 251.8, Firefox 106.0.5, Thunderbird, LXQt,
because I see @rolandd reported the same problem.
inxi -v7azy output:
System:
Kernel: 5.15.81-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=51335112-b2bd-441f-90fa-4d42349c1b07 rw acpi_backlight=vendor
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac12,1 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 13 v: Mac-942B5BF58194151B
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-942B5BF58194151B serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Apple v: 87.0.0.0.0 date: 06/14/2019
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 23.46 GiB used: 9.54 GiB (40.7%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-2400S bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
gen: core 2 level: v2 built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2130 high: 2196 min/max: 1600/3300 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2138 2: 2132 3: 2054
4: 2196 bogomips: 20009
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept est
flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce
md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdtscp rep_good
sep smx ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow
tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave xsaveopt xtopology
xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports:
active: none empty: VGA-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0102 class-ID: 0380
Device-2: AMD Whistler [Radeon HD 6630M/6650M/6750M/7670M/7690M]
vendor: Apple driver: radeon v: kernel arch: TeraScale-2 code: Evergreen
process: TSMC 32-40nm built: 2009-15 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s ports: active: DP-1,eDP-1
empty: DP-2,DP-3,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6741 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 05ac:850b class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: r600,crocus gpu: radeon
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2970x1680 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 783x443mm (30.83x17.44")
s-diag: 900mm (35.42")
Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: top-left model: Dell E2210
serial: <filter> built: 2009 res: 1050x1680 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
size: 296x473mm (11.65x18.62") diag: 558mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP pos: primary,bottom-r model: Apple iMac
built: 2010 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 103 gamma: 1.2
size: 475x267mm (18.7x10.51") diag: 545mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.2.4 renderer: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 /
5.15.81-1-MANJARO LLVM 14.0.6) compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500/6600 / 6700M Series]
vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa90
class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.81-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.61 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:16b4 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0030 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: br-1a8510ac685e state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-2: br-5233f8588a94 state: down mac: <filter>
Message: Output throttled. IPs: 1; Limit: 10; Override: --limit [1-x;-1
all]
IF-ID-3: br-ce7c6cb8d150 state: down mac: <filter>
Message: Output throttled. IPs: 1; Limit: 10; Override: --limit [1-x;-1
all]
IF-ID-4: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Message: Output throttled. IPs: 1; Limit: 10; Override: --limit [1-x;-1
all]
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-1.1.1:6 chip-ID: 05ac:8215 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 307.66 GiB (66.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500418AS
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: AP2A scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRW GA32N rev: KE06
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 464.96 GiB size: 456.59 GiB (98.20%)
used: 307.64 GiB (67.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 51335112-b2bd-441f-90fa-4d42349c1b07
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 200 MiB size: 196.9 MiB (98.44%)
used: 24.5 MiB (12.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: EFI
uuid: 2860-11F4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 256 MiB used: 524 KiB (0.2%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 619.9 MiB fs: hfsplus label: Recovery HD
uuid: b6fa5cf5-0229-35c2-9dc4-27338fe2136e
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 0424:2514 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 1-1.1:4 info: Broadcom BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046
Bluetooth) ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0a5c:4500
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.1.1:6 info: Apple Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI
type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 05ac:8215 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-1.3:5 info: Areson Corp 2.4G Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 25a7:fa23 class-ID: 0301
Device-3: 1-2:3 info: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 05ac:850b class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 2-1:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 0424:2514 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1.1:3 info: Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 05ac:8403 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 2-1.2:4 info: Apple Built-in IR Receiver type: HID
driver: appleir,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05ac:8242 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 2-1.4:5 info: Elecom TrackBall Mouse M-DPT1MR Wireless
type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 056e:0132 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-6: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1200
Info:
Processes: 307 Uptime: 1d 23h 38m wakeups: 30 Init: systemd v: 251
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1843 libs: 467 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.23
journalctl -u NetworkManager when enabling hotspot:
Dez 09 11:05:24 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555124.1033] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp2s0" ifindex=2 args="2000" pid=60598 uid=1000 result="success"
Dez 09 11:05:24 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555124.1131] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp2s0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=60742 uid=1000 result="success"
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5536] device (wlp3s0): Activation: starting connection 'Dif-tor heh smusma' (9e492993-583c-4971-958a-2ec35eded18f)
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5540] audit: op="connection-add-activate" uuid="9e492993-583c-4971-958a-2ec35eded18f" name="Dif-tor heh smusma" pid=60598 uid=1000 result="success"
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5542] device (wlp3s0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5744] device (wlp3s0): set-hw-addr: reset MAC address to E4:CE:8F:55:2A:F5 (preserve)
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5873] device (wlp3s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5875] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'Dif-tor heh smusma' has security, but secrets are required.
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5875] device (wlp3s0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5998] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> interface_disabled
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5998] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> interface_disabled
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5999] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> disconnected
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.5999] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: interface_disabled -> disconnected
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6310] device (wlp3s0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6316] device (wlp3s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6319] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'Dif-tor heh smusma' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed.
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6320] Config: added 'ssid' value 'Dif-tor heh smusma'
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6320] Config: added 'mode' value '2'
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6320] Config: added 'frequency' value '2412'
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6320] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256'
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6320] Config: added 'psk' value '<hidden>'
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6757] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> completed
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6758] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Started Wi-Fi Hotspot "Dif-tor heh smusma"
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6758] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> completed
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.6759] device (wlp3s0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.7160] dnsmasq-manager: starting dnsmasq...
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.7178] device (wlp3s0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.7532] device (wlp3s0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.7534] device (wlp3s0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.7541] device (wlp3s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.9176] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlp3s0" ifindex=3 args="2000" pid=60598 uid=1000 result="success"
Dez 09 11:05:25 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555125.9277] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlp3s0" ifindex=3 args="500" pid=60742 uid=1000 result="success"
Dez 09 11:05:27 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555127.2053] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp2s0" ifindex=2 args="0" pid=60598 uid=1000 result="success"
Dez 09 11:05:27 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555127.2175] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlp3s0" ifindex=3 args="0" pid=60598 uid=1000 result="success"
Dez 09 11:05:27 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555127.2278] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp2s0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=60742 uid=1000 result="success"
Dez 09 11:05:27 imac NetworkManager[983]: <info> [1670555127.2363] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp2s0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=60742 uid=1000 result="success"
journalctl -u NetworkManager when connecting android
Dez 09 11:08:16 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPDISCOVER(wlp3s0) 92:d9:e0:72:b8:bd
Dez 09 11:08:16 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPOFFER(wlp3s0) 10.42.0.94 92:d9:e0:72:b8:bd
Dez 09 11:08:16 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPDISCOVER(wlp3s0) 92:d9:e0:72:b8:bd
Dez 09 11:08:16 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPOFFER(wlp3s0) 10.42.0.94 92:d9:e0:72:b8:bd
Dez 09 11:08:16 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPDISCOVER(wlp3s0) 92:d9:e0:72:b8:bd
Dez 09 11:08:16 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPOFFER(wlp3s0) 10.42.0.94 92:d9:e0:72:b8:bd
Dez 09 11:08:16 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPREQUEST(wlp3s0) 10.42.0.94 92:d9:e0:72:b8:bd
Dez 09 11:08:16 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPACK(wlp3s0) 10.42.0.94 92:d9:e0:72:b8:bd HUAWEI_Mate_30_Pro_5G-1f9
journalctl -u NetworkManager when connecting iphone
Dez 09 11:09:36 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPDISCOVER(wlp3s0) 82:c1:19:ea:3d:66
Dez 09 11:09:36 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPOFFER(wlp3s0) 10.42.0.101 82:c1:19:ea:3d:66
Dez 09 11:09:36 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPDISCOVER(wlp3s0) 82:c1:19:ea:3d:66
Dez 09 11:09:36 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPOFFER(wlp3s0) 10.42.0.101 82:c1:19:ea:3d:66
Dez 09 11:09:37 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPREQUEST(wlp3s0) 10.42.0.101 82:c1:19:ea:3d:66
Dez 09 11:09:37 imac dnsmasq-dhcp[116454]: DHCPACK(wlp3s0) 10.42.0.101 82:c1:19:ea:3d:66