Josh Holland wrote: > On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 20:40 +0000, alan c wrote: > >> This is 'tethering' I believe. >> >> On my Android Pulse (T Mobile brand) (early Android version too I >> guess), I found I needed an app. >> >> > > To drift slightly off the original topic, I also have a T-Mobile Pulse, > which I could tether to my 10.04 (not needed to use it since upgrading > to 10.10) netbook without having to install anything extra on either the > phone or the computer. It was a simple case of plugging the phone in > with the USB cable, then opening a terminal and using the command > > $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1501 product=0x12d1 > > (I can't remember the exact vendor/product numbers; you can check them > by issuing the "lsusb" command.) > > The phone then appeared in the Network Manager applet, and could be > selected and its internet used without any fuss. > > Josh > > > >
I tried various suggestions, but so far nothing works. The Ubuntu PC sees the phone on usb0, and it has an IP address, which I can successfully ping. But on the phone, it just says under "Internet Pass-through" in the Wireless & Networks settings: "Turning on..." and this text is in grey with no sign of the phone connecting. And then it comes up with a dialog box on the phone saying it was unable to connect to PC. I also tried connecting my phone to a friend's laptop running Ubuntu 10.10 and it would not work there either. The lsusb command gives the following info for the phone: Bus 002 Device 008: ID 0bb4:0ff9 High Tech Computer Corp. I assume therefore that your command you gave would be entered as: $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0bb4 product=0x0ff9 I could not find Network Manager, but I did try System/Administration/Network Tools (in Ubuntu 9.04). David -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
