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 report a usb0 entry (or any usbN) and have never had a /dev/usb0 (or usbN). Thank you all for your help. On Sun, Jun 19 2011, Matthew Finkel wrote: > 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 take in order to get usb tethering to work: > 1) Plug the phone into the computer via usb cable > 2) From the Setting->Wireless & netwoks submenu I enable USB Tethering I do not see a "tethering" option. I do see "3G mobile hotspot" and "3G modbile hotspot settings". These seem to relate to having the phone act as a wireless access point. This requires contacting verizon, but does not seem to be the option in question since it is for wireless access not usb access. I do see mobile broadband connect. When I select it, it does show that the USB connection has been changed to mobile broadband connect. But nothing extra appears in dmesg. I have previously set this option permanently on the phone for testing (rather than changing to it after plugging in the usb cable) also with no success. This is the reason I feel that I must have some kernel option missing. I do have the ones suggested in a forum post (now they are built in, I also tried as modules). CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER=y CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM=y CONFIG_USB_ARMLINUX=y CONFIG_USB_ACM=y CONFIG_USB_WDM=y > 3) I wait until the device settles (just monitor dmesg) There are no changes to dmesg output after I enable mobile connect > 4) After it's ready, ifconfig will show an available but non-configured > device (usb0 in my case) > 5) I run "dhclient usb0" and once it pulls an IP, I'm up and running. > > > When you plug in your phone to tether it, do you see any error messages in > the logs? When I plug in the phone dmesg gives [ 1825.633094] usb usb1: usb auto-resume [ 1825.633100] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: resume root hub [ 1825.653000] hub 1-0:1.0: hub_resume [ 1825.653018] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1: status 0507 change 0000 [ 1825.653043] hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 3 chg 0000 evt 0000 [ 1825.653048] usb 1-1: usb auto-resume [ 1825.679038] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: GetStatus port:1 status 001005 0 ACK POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT [ 1825.689895] usb 1-1: finish resume [ 1825.690167] hub 1-1:1.0: hub_resume [ 1825.690920] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: reused qh ffff880225c15080 schedule [ 1825.690929] usb 1-1: link qh256-0001/ffff880225c15080 start 1 [1/0 us] [ 1825.691112] hub 1-1:1.0: state 7 ports 6 chg 0000 evt 0000 [ 1828.278413] hub 1-1:1.0: hub_suspend [ 1828.278428] usb 1-1: unlink qh256-0001/ffff880225c15080 start 1 [1/0 us] [ 1828.278674] usb 1-1: usb auto-suspend [ 1830.284525] hub 1-0:1.0: hub_suspend [ 1830.284535] usb usb1: bus auto-suspend [ 1830.284537] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: suspend root hub [ 1841.081945] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 [ 1841.148575] ISOFS: changing to secondary root [ 6992.873688] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj. [20763.850372] hub 2-1:1.0: state 7 ports 8 chg 0000 evt 0004 [20763.850599] hub 2-1:1.0: port 2, status 0101, change 0001, 12 Mb/s [20763.953937] hub 2-1:1.0: debounce: port 2: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x101 [20763.964882] hub 2-1:1.0: port 2 not reset yet, waiting 10ms [20764.026740] usb 2-1.2: new high speed USB device number 7 using ehci_hcd [20764.038696] hub 2-1:1.0: port 2 not reset yet, waiting 10ms [20764.119521] usb 2-1.2: default language 0x0409 [20764.125501] usb 2-1.2: udev 7, busnum 2, minor = 134 [20764.125507] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bb4, idProduct=0ff9 [20764.125512] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [20764.125516] usb 2-1.2: Product: Android Phone [20764.125520] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: HTC [20764.125523] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: HT05THJ06550 [20764.125645] usb 2-1.2: usb_probe_device [20764.125648] usb 2-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [20764.126855] usb 2-1.2: adding 2-1.2:1.0 (config #1, interface 0) [20764.126919] usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0: usb_probe_interface [20764.126923] usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id [20764.126974] scsi6 : usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0 [20764.127048] drivers/usb/core/inode.c: creating file '007' [20765.127160] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access HTC Android Phone 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [20765.127352] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [20765.133013] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
