Miracast/anycast : could not set interface p2p-wlp4s0-13 flags (UP): Invalid argument

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Trying to use gnome-network-display with miracast on intel wifi 8265 / 8275, but getting this error from wpa_supplicant.

Aug 19 21:52:38 chisato.kagesenshi.org wpa_supplicant[1281]: P2P-FIND-STOPPED
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org NetworkManager[1207]: <info>  [1724075559.0130] device (p2p-dev-wlp4s0): Activation: starting connection 'Wi-Fi P2P Peer 56:E4:BD:95:DF:56' (41780276-6c7f-44ba-a832-68caf52bd156)
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org NetworkManager[1207]: <info>  [1724075559.0133] audit: op="connection-add-activate" uuid="41780276-6c7f-44ba-a832-68caf52bd156" name="Wi-Fi P2P Peer 56:E4:BD:95:DF:56" pid=14711 uid=1000 result="success"
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org NetworkManager[1207]: <info>  [1724075559.0256] device (p2p-dev-wlp4s0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org NetworkManager[1207]: <info>  [1724075559.0267] device (p2p-dev-wlp4s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org wpa_supplicant[1281]: P2P-GO-NEG-SUCCESS role=GO freq=2442 ht40=0 peer_dev=56:e4:bd:95:df:56 peer_iface=56:e4:bd:95:df:56 wps_method=PBC
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org wpa_supplicant[1281]: Could not set interface p2p-wlp4s0-13 flags (UP): Invalid argument
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org wpa_supplicant[1281]: nl80211: Could not set interface 'p2p-wlp4s0-13' UP
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org wpa_supplicant[1281]: nl80211: deinit ifname=p2p-wlp4s0-13 disabled_11b_rates=0
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org wpa_supplicant[1281]: p2p-wlp4s0-13: Failed to initialize driver interface
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org wpa_supplicant[1281]: p2p-wlp4s0-13: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org wpa_supplicant[1281]: P2P: Failed to create new wpa_supplicant interface
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org ModemManager[1179]: <msg> [base-manager] port p2p-wlp4s0-13 released by device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:04:00.0'
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org ModemManager[1179]: <msg> [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:04:00.0': Operation was cancelled
Aug 19 21:52:39 chisato.kagesenshi.org wpa_supplicant[1281]: P2P-GROUP-FORMATION-FAILURE

anybody can interpret that might be cause of the issue here?

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hmm … interesting … restarting wpa_supplicant seems to reset the state , and sometimes the p2p connection is successful, but in most of time, the
connection can’t be established, seeing only this in nmcli output before failing

p2p-dev-wlp4s0: connecting (configuring) to Wi-Fi P2P Peer 56:E4:BD:95:DF:56
        "p2p-dev-wlp4s0"
        wifi-p2p, hw