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I am new to linux, maybe someone can help me out with this new challenge.

A white screen randomly pops up with the following info

Hotspot Login

http://nmcheck.gnome.org

404 Not Found

nginx/118.0

Will sudo apt-get install nginx solve the issue?

I am an Ubuntu 20.04 user (no sure if this is even related)

Thanks

Zek
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sudo apt install nginx does not solve the Hotspot login 404 issue.

You may disable the connectivity checking in Settings > Privacy > Connectivity

  • if disabled your box will not be able to detect hotspots and some network connectivity errors enter image description here
ethanole
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I ran across this today so its happening again. When you see Nginx 404 error that's on the server side not yours.

You DO NOT want to turn off "Connectivity Checking" as mentioned because it will impact ubuntu's ability to detect HotSpot logins at hotels, etc. A proper workaround would be to add nmcheck.gnome.org to your host file and point it to some other public IP like gnome.org itself or google.com until the nmcheck site is restored.

# host google.com
google.com has address 142.250.72.238

sudo echo "142.250.72.238  nmcheck.gnome.org"  >> /etc/hosts

This is a temporary workaround but now when you disconnect and reconnect your internet connection it will act normally when hotspots are detected.

Michael Zietlow
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