3g connections are normally handled by network-manager. I do not believe wicd supports this but the gnome and kde frontends to network-manager do. I have a wind and bell 3g usb stick that both have worked since Ubuntu 11.04 On Jun 3, 2012 11:42 AM, "Anand Singh" <[email protected]> wrote:
> When you plug in the phone, you should see a USB symbol in the > notification bar on the top of the screen. If you pull down the > notification bar and tap on the USB icon, you should get an option to > select mass USB storage mode. You'll also need to make sure you have > the 3G USB device driver installed. Many minimalist distros don't > include uncommonly used drivers by default. As I learned on Arch > Linux, make sure you use a USB 2 port. The 3G driver doesn't play > nicely with USB 3. > > Anand. > > On 2012-06-03, at 10:41 AM, Ralph Pichie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Last night (or this morning) I tried a Vector Linux live CD on my > > desktop computer. All was good, except that it did not seem to detect > > my Samsung Galaxy Q phone running Android, though it was connected by > > USB. I normally use a tethered phone for internet access here and at > > work in lieu of a proper cable or DSL connection. Wicd had no problem > > seeing wifi from the neighbours, but did nothing for tethering through > > the Wind. > > > > Aside from the desktop, I would like to try it on a netbook that > > currently runs Lubuntu11.10 and a new ThinkPad T420. > > > > Is the problem related to using a live CD instead of an installed system? > > Is there a setting that I could change in Vector Linux to effect > tethering? > > Should I install a network manager that is more likely to work with > > tethering of phones? > > > > Should I just enable an access point from the phone and use that with > the VL OS? > > > > Ralph > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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