Problem with ap-hotspot

Question

This is the message displayed in my terminal screen when I typed

sudo ap-hotspot start

Another process is already running

Which process is running and how do I stop it?

@Sudheer algosig@algosig:~$ sudo ap-hotspot stop [sudo] password for algosig: Wireless Hotspot is not active algosig@algosig:~$ sudo ap-hotspot start Another process is already running HERE IS THE TROUBLE — sigdelsanjog, Aug 03 '14 at 02:19
possible duplicate of ap-hotspot error "Another process is already runnung" — sourav c., Sep 18 '14 at 19:08

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 18 '14 at 18:58

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I found this solution

sudo rm /tmp/hotspot.pid

this will delete the process id created temporarily and no more the error is displayed. This worked in my case.

edited Sep 18 '14 at 18:58

sourav c.

answered Sep 18 '14 at 17:59

sigdelsanjog

Sudheer · Answer 2 · 2014-08-03T02:32:20.233

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The problem may be with the recent version hostapd package that installs with ap-hotspot.

First uninstall ap-hotspot. Download old hostapd package(bug free) you can get it from

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb

To install hostpad.deb you can use gdebi package manager or simply

sudo dpkg -i hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb

After installation hold the package so no latest versions gets updated

   sudo apt-mark hold hostapd

Now install ap-hotspot normally.

edited Aug 03 '14 at 02:32

answered Aug 03 '14 at 02:23

Sudheer

Do we install ap-hotspot again? I did so sudo apt-get install and again configured and started ap-hotspot but again error was displayed " Another process already running... ps -ef | grep ap-hotspot this displayed algosig 19117 17645 0 23:14 pts/8 00:00:00 grep --color=auto ap-hotspot – sigdelsanjog Sep 18 '14 at 17:27

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