I was hoping to hear that this didn’t work for anybody. Oh well, the command line for the logs is certainly useful.
This is the last hundred lines. Sorry for the length but I don’t know what the start of the hotspot setup process looks like exactly.
Dec 24 21:49:32 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936572.6198] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection ‘Hotspot’ (3195b551-4645-4175-9bda-0f57aa7093d1)
Dec 24 21:49:32 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936572.6261] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> interface_disabled
Dec 24 21:49:32 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936572.6262] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> interface_disabled
Dec 24 21:49:32 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936572.6264] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> disconnected
Dec 24 21:49:32 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936572.6265] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: interface_disabled -> disconnected
Dec 24 21:49:32 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936572.6296] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.1705] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: reset MAC address to 00:0E:8E:A3:30:14 (preserve)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.1745] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.1757] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) access point ‘Hotspot’ has security, but secrets are required.
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.1763] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2446] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2489] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2502] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) connection ‘Hotspot’ has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed.
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2507] Config: added ‘ssid’ value ‘pureos’
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2508] Config: added ‘mode’ value ‘2’
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2508] Config: added ‘frequency’ value ‘2412’
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2509] Config: added ‘key_mgmt’ value ‘WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256 FT-PSK’
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2509] Config: added ‘psk’ value ‘’
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2509] Config: added ‘proto’ value ‘RSN’
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2510] Config: added ‘pairwise’ value ‘CCMP’
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.2510] Config: added ‘group’ value ‘CCMP’
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.4836] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> completed
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.4838] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Started Wi-Fi Hotspot “pureos”
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.4839] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> completed
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.4843] device (wlan0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6100] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table filter --insert INPUT --in-interface wlan0 --protocol tcp --destination-port 53 --jump ACCEPT
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6189] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table filter --insert INPUT --in-interface wlan0 --protocol udp --destination-port 53 --jump ACCEPT
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6286] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table filter --insert INPUT --in-interface wlan0 --protocol tcp --destination-port 67 --jump ACCEPT
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6407] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table filter --insert INPUT --in-interface wlan0 --protocol udp --destination-port 67 --jump ACCEPT
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6502] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table filter --insert FORWARD --in-interface wlan0 --jump REJECT
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6614] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table filter --insert FORWARD --out-interface wlan0 --jump REJECT
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6695] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table filter --insert FORWARD --in-interface wlan0 --out-interface wlan0 --jump ACCEPT
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6777] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table filter --insert FORWARD --source 10.42.0.0/255.255.255.0 --in-interface wlan0 --jump ACCEPT
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6886] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table filter --insert FORWARD --destination 10.42.0.0/255.255.255.0 --out-interface wlan0 --match state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED --jump ACCEPT
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.6974] Executing: /usr/sbin/iptables --table nat --insert POSTROUTING --source 10.42.0.0/255.255.255.0 ! --destination 10.42.0.0/255.255.255.0 --jump MASQUERADE
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.7081] dnsmasq-manager: starting dnsmasq…
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.7159] device (wlan0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos dnsmasq[7979]: started, version 2.85 cachesize 150
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos dnsmasq[7979]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus no-UBus i18n IDN2 DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset auth cryptohash DNSSEC loop-detect inotify dumpfile
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos dnsmasq[7979]: chown of PID file /run/nm-dnsmasq-wlan0.pid failed: Operation not permitted
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos dnsmasq-dhcp[7979]: DHCP, IP range 10.42.0.10 – 10.42.0.254, lease time 1h
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos dnsmasq[7979]: no servers found in /etc/resolv.conf, will retry
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos dnsmasq[7979]: cleared cache
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.7442] device (wlan0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.7463] device (wlan0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:49:33 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936573.7555] device (wlan0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Dec 24 21:51:42 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936702.7509] modem-broadband[cdc-wdm0]: failed to connect modem: Network timeout
Dec 24 21:51:42 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936702.7511] device (cdc-wdm0): state change: prepare -> failed (reason ‘gsm-registration-timeout’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:51:42 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936702.7535] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Dec 24 21:51:42 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936702.7587] device (cdc-wdm0): Activation: failed for connection ‘TMO Data’
Dec 24 21:51:42 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936702.7602] device (cdc-wdm0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:51:42 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936702.7648] policy: auto-activating connection ‘TMO Data’ (fdde87c1-b0f8-4f63-ab27-e56f91ea09fa)
Dec 24 21:51:42 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936702.7680] device (cdc-wdm0): Activation: starting connection ‘TMO Data’ (fdde87c1-b0f8-4f63-ab27-e56f91ea09fa)
Dec 24 21:51:42 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936702.7685] device (cdc-wdm0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:51:42 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936702.7704] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Dec 24 21:52:32 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936752.3551] device (enx4ce1734f18c9): state change: unavailable -> unmanaged (reason ‘removed’, sys-iface-state: ‘removed’)
Dec 24 21:52:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936769.0756] manager: (eth0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/12)
Dec 24 21:52:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936769.1616] device (eth0): interface index 8 renamed iface from ‘eth0’ to ‘enx4ce1734f18c9’
Dec 24 21:52:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936769.2069] device (enx4ce1734f18c9): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason ‘managed’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
Dec 24 21:52:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936769.2411] settings: (enx4ce1734f18c9): created default wired connection ‘Wired connection 2’
Dec 24 21:54:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936889.7498] modem-broadband[cdc-wdm0]: failed to connect modem: Network timeout
Dec 24 21:54:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936889.7499] device (cdc-wdm0): state change: prepare -> failed (reason ‘gsm-registration-timeout’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:54:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936889.7527] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Dec 24 21:54:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936889.7571] device (cdc-wdm0): Activation: failed for connection ‘TMO Data’
Dec 24 21:54:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936889.7600] device (cdc-wdm0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:54:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936889.7631] policy: auto-activating connection ‘TMO Data’ (fdde87c1-b0f8-4f63-ab27-e56f91ea09fa)
Dec 24 21:54:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936889.7664] device (cdc-wdm0): Activation: starting connection ‘TMO Data’ (fdde87c1-b0f8-4f63-ab27-e56f91ea09fa)
Dec 24 21:54:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936889.7677] device (cdc-wdm0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:54:49 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671936889.7695] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Dec 24 21:57:56 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671937076.7466] modem-broadband[cdc-wdm0]: failed to connect modem: Network timeout
Dec 24 21:57:56 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671937076.7467] device (cdc-wdm0): state change: prepare -> failed (reason ‘gsm-registration-timeout’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
Dec 24 21:57:56 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671937076.7480] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Dec 24 21:57:56 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671937076.7510] device (cdc-wdm0): Activation: failed for connection ‘TMO Data’
Dec 24 21:57:56 pureos NetworkManager[583]: [1671937076.7521] device (cdc-wdm0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)