Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-20 Thread Al
I've got a Droid X with Verizon, here's what works for me: With phone connected to computer via USB cable... 1. Open the "3G Mobile Hotspot" app. 2. Click on "Mobile Wi-Fi hotspot.. should say "turning on mobile hotspot" for a bit, displaying a green checked box when done. 3. Hit the back

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-20 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Mon, Jun 20 2011, strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: > On 21 June 2011, at 02:23, Stroller wrote: >> ... >>> One preliminary question remains. When you mod the linux kernel and >>> don't even have the phone plugged in (or don't even have a phone), are >>> you supposed to get the usb0 interf

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-20 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Mon, Jun 20 2011, strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: > On 21 June 2011, at 01:16, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> ... >> It is my phone that has the problem and I bought it from verizon. >> None of the boxes are greyed out. >> >> However, I don't see a "tethering" option. I do see a mobile broadb

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-20 Thread Stroller
On 21 June 2011, at 02:23, Stroller wrote: > ... >> One preliminary question remains. When you mod the linux kernel and >> don't even have the phone plugged in (or don't even have a phone), are >> you supposed to get the usb0 interface. I do not get such an interface, >> which is why I suspect t

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-20 Thread Stroller
On 21 June 2011, at 01:16, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > ... > It is my phone that has the problem and I bought it from verizon. > None of the boxes are greyed out. > > However, I don't see a "tethering" option. I do see a mobile broadband > option that seems to be tethering and I can set it. This ch

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-20 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Mon, Jun 20 2011, strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: > On 20 June 2011, at 21:10, Sebastian Beßler wrote: >> Am 20.06.2011 22:00, schrieb Matthew Finkel: >>> ... >>> I took a look at some forums and articles, and it seems like in order >>> to get tethering working, some people downloaded an

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-20 Thread Stroller
On 20 June 2011, at 21:10, Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 20.06.2011 22:00, schrieb Matthew Finkel: >> ... >> I took a look at some forums and articles, and it seems like in order >> to get tethering working, some people downloaded an app called PDAnet[0] >> I know stock android 2.2 supported tether

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-20 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 20.06.2011 22:00, schrieb Matthew Finkel: > Hrm. I do not have an incredible, so I don't know this for certain, > but it seems as if the incredible may not support tethering by default... > > I took a look at some forums and articles, and it seems like in order > to get tethering working, some

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-20 Thread Allan Gottlieb
I should first add that I have verizon and that I have not contacted them. I am willing to contact them and pay a monthly fee if necessary for the times I am away from normal wifi access (basically two weeks on a NH island). I should also add that in all my attempts I have never had ifconfig rep

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-19 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Indi wrote: > > Tethering with a blackberry via USB (using the BB as a USB modem) > is extremely easy, not sure why your HTC is so stubborn... > > Yea, I have the Nexus S, and it's pretty much as close to plug-n-play as I've found on linux... These are the steps I

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-19 Thread Indi
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

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-19 Thread Allan Gottlieb
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

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-18 Thread David Abbott
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17 2011, David Abbott wrote: > >> I am currently connected with a Google Nexus One. I am going to attach >> two files, my current lsmod and /usr/src/linux/.config >> Also I use wicd to connect. I had to add the wired network usb

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-18 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Fri, Jun 17 2011, David Abbott wrote: > I am currently connected with a Google Nexus One. I am going to attach > two files, my current lsmod and /usr/src/linux/.config > Also I use wicd to connect. I had to add the wired network usb0 > HTH > David Thank you very much. I will work on this sta

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-17 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Fri, Jun 17 2011, Mick wrote: > On Friday 17 Jun 2011 11:52:03 Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> >> The forum post does not involve any ms windows code (in is a gentoo >> forum). Indeed it seems perfect ... >> ... except that for me it doesn't work. I has worked for others so >> I must have some confi

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-17 Thread Mick
On Friday 17 Jun 2011 11:52:03 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17 2011, Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 23:13:28 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 16 2011, Mick wrote: > >> > On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 15:38:30 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> >> I have an htc incredible and want to use it

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-17 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Fri, Jun 17 2011, Mick wrote: > On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 23:13:28 Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 16 2011, Mick wrote: >> > On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 15:38:30 Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> >> I have an htc incredible and want to use it to act as a modem for my >> >> gentoo laptop. > [snip...] > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-16 Thread Mick
On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 23:13:28 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16 2011, Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 15:38:30 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> I have an htc incredible and want to use it to act as a modem for my > >> gentoo laptop. [snip...] > >> I haven't seen any howtos for tethering

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 16 2011, Mick wrote: > On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 15:38:30 Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> I have an htc incredible and want to use it to act as a modem for my >> gentoo laptop. >> >> The htc manual says that I first must install htc sync. >> When I go to the htc web site, I find that htc sync

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-16 Thread Mick
On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 15:38:30 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I have an htc incredible and want to use it to act as a modem for my > gentoo laptop. > > The htc manual says that I first must install htc sync. > When I go to the htc web site, I find that htc sync is only available > for ms windows. I wo

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 16 2011, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> I have an htc incredible and want to use it to act as a modem for my >> gentoo laptop. > >> I haven't seen any howtos for tethering directly with gentoo. > > Check out this forum post: > https://f

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I have an htc incredible and want to use it to act as a modem for my > gentoo laptop. > I haven't seen any howtos for tethering directly with gentoo. Check out this forum post: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-843255-start-0.html