Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-21 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
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

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 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 tethering

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 app called

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 changes

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 the

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 broadband option

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 interface. I do

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

2011-06-19 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 not have to

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-19 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Indi thebeelzebubtrig...@gmail.com 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

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

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-18 Thread David Abbott
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu 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

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-17 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 directly

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...] I haven't seen

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 to act as a

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 configuration

[gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
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 believing others on this group have tethered their incredibles and I

Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

2011-06-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu 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:

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 gottl...@nyu.edu 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:

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

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 is only