On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 06:25:00AM -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Sat, Jun 18 2011, David Abbott wrote: > > > If you open up wicd => Preferences => General Settings => Wired > > interface the defaultis eth0. > > That is what I have. Are you suggesting I should change it to usb0? > > > I did not have to manually create any symlink as I think wicd does any > > majic that is needed on its own. > > > One think to consider is that your phone does not have tethering > > enabled, that your carrier has blocked it. > > Ah. Does this mean that I will not even see the usb0 interface on linux > if I have not had my phone and service enabled for tethering? > > I had thought that I could deal with any phone/verizon issues > only after I had the linux setup correct and the usb > interface was there. >
Unless they've made some changes in the last two months, Verizon just presents you with a EULA for tethering rates before allowing you to access the web. Tethering with a blackberry via USB (using the BB as a USB modem) is extremely easy, not sure why your HTC is so stubborn... -- caveat utilitor ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫
