Hmm, nothing notable in dmesg or journalctl -b either. What’s strange is the adhoc network behaves normally from boot for a time period (ping, ssh, etc works) then just shuts off silently.
I do see this error from pifi during boot, but during that time period the adhoc network is functional:
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: Initializing AP Mode
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: File "/usr/bin/pifi_startup", line 9, in <module>
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: load_entry_point('pifi==0.6.0', 'console_scripts', 'pifi_startup')()
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pifi/startup.py", line 123, in main
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: start_ap_mode(pifi_conf_settings, ApModeDevice, ClientModeDevice)
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pifi/startup.py", line 70, in start_ap_mode
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: NetworkManager.NetworkManager.AddAndActivateConnection(settings, ApModeDevice, "/")
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: File "<string>", line 6, in AddAndActivateConnection
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: **keywords)
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: message, timeout)
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot pifi_startup[650]: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.UnknownConnection: Connection 'Pifi AP Mode' is not available on the device wlan0 at this time.
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot systemd[1]: pifi.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot systemd[1]: pifi.service: Unit entered failed state.
Mar 2 17:08:13 ubiquityrobot systemd[1]: pifi.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.