Hello,
I did a fresh install and the Hotspot mode is not working as per following:
root@DietPi:~# dietpi-config
[ OK ] DietPi-Config | Root access verified.
[ OK ] DietPi-Config | RootFS R/W access verified.
[. ] DietPi-Config | systemctl start hostapd
[FAILED] DietPi-Config | systemctl start hostapd
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- DietPi has encounted an error, and, is unable to continue -
- Please create a ticket: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues -
- Copy and paste the BLUE lines below, into the ticket -
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#### Details:
- Date | Sun 15 Sep 13:38:06 BST 2019
- Bug report | N/A
- DietPi version | v6.25.3 (MichaIng/master)
- Img creator | DietPi Core Team
- Pre-image | Raspbian Lite
- SBC device | RPi 3 Model B+ (armv7l) (index=3)
- Kernel version | #1253 SMP Thu Aug 15 11:49:46 BST 2019
- Distro | buster (index=5)
- Command | systemctl start hostapd
- Exit code | 1
- Software title | DietPi-Config
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#### Expected behaviour:
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#### Actual behaviour:
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#### Additional logs:
Log file contents:
Failed to start hostapd.service: Unit hostapd.service is masked.
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[FAILED] DietPi-Config | Unable to continue, DietPi-Config will now terminate.
I tried to solve the issue with the following command but got another error.
systemctl unmask hostapd
sudo systemctl enable hostapd
sudo systemctl start hostapd
Any idea ?
Best regards,
Jean