Hello Ricardo, Thanks a lot for the fix you provided! For anyone else finding this, I used:
hostnamectl --pretty set-hostname $(hostname) However the question remains: does this need to be applied on all new installations (Stretch), or is it a problem with the upgrade path Jessie->Stretch? Best, Fran On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:45 PM, Fran Glais <franglais...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: gnome-control-center > Version: 1:3.22.2-1 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > I can no longer use the built-in wireless Hotspot feature. When I click > "Use as > Hotspot" in the Settings->Network->Wi-Fi section, and then "Turn on", > nothing > happens. > > * What led up to the situation? > I updated gnome-control-center to 3.22.2-1. > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? > To fix the issue, I downgraded gnome-control-center to 3.22.1-2. > > * What was the outcome of this action? > The Hostpot works as expected. > > * Other info: > sudo journalctl -f /usr/bin/gnome-control-center > -- Logs begin at Mon 2017-03-27 21:34:52 EDT. -- > Mar 27 21:35:54 v131 gnome-control-c[1794]: Failed to save hotspot's > settings > to disk: 802-11-wireless.ssid: property is missing > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 9.0 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (75, 'stable'), > (50, 'unstable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on: > ii accountsservice 0.6.43-1 > ii apg 2.2.3.dfsg.1-4+b1 > ii colord 1.3.3-2 > ii desktop-file-utils 0.23-1 > ii gnome-control-center-data 1:3.22.2-1 > ii gnome-desktop3-data 3.22.2-1 > ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.22.2-1 > ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.22.0-1 > ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.43-1 > ii libatk1.0-0 2.22.0-1 > ii libc6 2.24-9 > ii libcairo-gobject2 1.14.8-1 > ii libcairo2 1.14.8-1 > ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-3 > ii libcanberra0 0.30-3 > ii libcheese-gtk25 3.22.1-1+b1 > ii libcheese8 3.22.1-1+b1 > ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.26.0+dfsg-3 > ii libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 1.8.2-1 > ii libcolord-gtk1 0.1.26-1.1 > ii libcolord2 1.3.3-2 > ii libcups2 2.2.1-8 > ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.7+b1 > ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.5-2 > ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.3-1 > ii libgnome-bluetooth13 3.20.1-1 > ii libgnome-desktop-3-12 3.22.2-1 > ii libgoa-1.0-0b 3.22.5-1 > ii libgoa-backend-1.0-1 3.22.5-1 > ii libgrilo-0.3-0 0.3.2-2 > ii libgtk-3-0 3.22.9-4 > ii libgtop-2.0-10 2.34.2-1 > ii libgudev-1.0-0 230-3 > ii libibus-1.0-5 1.5.14-2 > ii libkrb5-3 1.15-1 > ii libmm-glib0 1.6.4-1 > ii libnm0 1.6.2-2 > ii libnma0 1.4.4-1 > ii libpango-1.0-0 1.40.4-1 > ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.40.4-1 > ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-17 > ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 10.0-1 > ii libpulse0 10.0-1 > ii libpwquality1 1.3.0-1+b1 > ii libsmbclient 2:4.5.6+dfsg-1 > ii libsoup2.4-1 2.56.0-2 > ii libupower-glib3 0.99.4-4+b1 > ii libwacom2 0.22-1+b1 > ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3 > ii libxi6 2:1.7.9-1 > ii libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2 > > Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends: > ii cracklib-runtime 2.9.2-3+b1 > ii cups-pk-helper 0.2.6-1+b1 > ii gkbd-capplet 3.22.0.1-1+b1 > ii gnome-online-accounts 3.22.5-1 > ii gnome-user-guide 3.22.0-1 > ii gnome-user-share 3.18.3-1+b1 > ii iso-codes 3.74-1 > ii libcanberra-pulse 0.30-3 > ii libnss-myhostname 232-19 > ii mousetweaks 3.12.0-1+b1 > ii network-manager-gnome 1.4.4-1 > ii policykit-1 0.105-17 > pn pulseaudio-module-bluetooth <none> > ii realmd 0.16.3-1 > ii rygel 0.32.1-3 > ii rygel-tracker 0.32.1-3 > ii system-config-printer-common 1.5.7-3 > > Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests: > ii gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio 1.10.4-1 > pn libcanberra-gtk-module <none> > ii libcanberra-gtk3-module 0.30-3 > ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+7+b1 > > -- no debconf information >