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. thanks again, allan
