"Turn On Wi-Fi Hotspot" greyed out in 20.04

Question

When I wish to create a Wi-Fi Hotspot in 20.04, the option is greyed out.

heynnema · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-10T15:30:40.187

18

It's a long-standing bug.

If you selected Wi-Fi Settings from the NetworkManager applet, Turn on Wi-Fi Hotspot will be greyed out in the 3-dot menu. In the Settings window that opens, just click on Network in the left pane, then click on Wi-Fi in the left pane, and the Turn On Wi-Fi Hotspot will then be available.

edited Aug 10 '20 at 15:30

answered Aug 10 '20 at 15:23

heynnema

70,711

1

The specific bug has this ticket:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/965
– Stephen Gornick Mar 24 '21 at 06:02
Fixed in Gnome 3.38 ("Orbis"). I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.2 and it still has Gnome 3.36.8. But this workaround is fine for now (now that I know about it). – Stephen Gornick Mar 24 '21 at 06:10
@StephenGornick thanks I was figuring that has to be a bug – CrandellWS Mar 29 '22 at 22:48

"Turn On Wi-Fi Hotspot" greyed out in 20.04

1 Answers1

Linked