OK, after updating the mac-address in Antti's connection file, I was able to get this to work. I now see the following when I run the nmcli command:
root@ubuntu-phablet:~# nmcli c up uuid aab22b5d-7342-48dc-8920-1b7da31d6829 Error: Timeout 90 sec expired. ...and I get the same NetworkManager log messages in syslog about Ad-Hoc taking too long to associate: Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Activation (wlan0) starting connection 'hotspot' Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0] Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0] Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'hotspot' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed. Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'hotspot' Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Config: added 'mode' value '1' Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Config: added 'frequency' value '2412' Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK' Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>' Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Config: added 'proto' value 'RSN' Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Config: added 'pairwise' value 'CCMP' Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Config: added 'group' value 'CCMP' Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 2 Jul 10 21:31:51 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> associating Jul 10 21:32:17 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <warn> Activation (wlan0/wireless): Ad-Hoc network creation took too long, failing activation. Jul 10 21:32:17 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: config -> failed (reason 'supplicant-timeout') [50 120 11] Jul 10 21:32:17 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <warn> Activation (wlan0) failed for connection 'hotspot' Jul 10 21:32:17 ubuntu-phablet NetworkManager[3465]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1337753 Title: [mako] can not create an ad-hoc network To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-mako/+bug/1337753/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
