Re: debian xfce network tethering an SGS2

2013-11-30 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 12/1/13, Ron Leach wrote: > On 29/11/2013 20:10, Reco wrote: >> You need to configure /etc/network/interfaces. Something along the >> lines of (assuming you've already setup DHCP server on your phone): >> >> allow-hotplug usb0 >> iface usb0 inet dhcp > > Tried this, and Debian responded well ea

Re: debian xfce network tethering an SGS2

2013-11-30 Thread Ron Leach
On 29/11/2013 20:10, Reco wrote: You need to configure /etc/network/interfaces. Something along the lines of (assuming you've already setup DHCP server on your phone): allow-hotplug usb0 iface usb0 inet dhcp Tried this, and Debian responded well each time I plugged and unplugged the phone.

Re: debian xfce network tethering an SGS2

2013-11-30 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 11/30/13, Ron Leach wrote: > Apologies for responding to my own post, but here some more evidence > of USB tethering failure, On 28/11/2013 15:56, Ron Leach wrote: > >> Expected behaviour: >> - Plug in SGS2 to laptop USB port, set USB tethering >> - See a new interface listed in wicd > > After

Re: debian xfce network tethering an SGS2

2013-11-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:45:50 + Ron Leach wrote: > After further testing, this would never be possible in wicd. Why bother yourself with an inferior network configurator (wicd), then you have superior one (ifupdown) already? > # ifup usb0 > replies with > "Ignoring unknown interface u

Re: debian xfce network tethering an SGS2

2013-11-29 Thread Ron Leach
Apologies for responding to my own post, but here some more evidence of USB tethering failure, On 28/11/2013 15:56, Ron Leach wrote: Expected behaviour: - Plug in SGS2 to laptop USB port, set USB tethering - See a new interface listed in wicd After further testing, this would never be possibl

Re: debian xfce network tethering an SGS2 [long, with syslog extract]

2013-11-28 Thread Ron Leach
On 27/11/2013 10:58, Roland Mueller wrote: for tethering you shouln't need a package at all: on phone side you should be able setup USB debugging mode (permanently) and enable tethering after the phone has been connected to the Linux machine. Having D7/XFCE and a Samsung Galaxy S2 (SGS2) I tho