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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I agree with Mark. Have you received the GB update? I know not all N1s |
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> have |
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> > received it yet, so I apologize if my assumption is wrong and you're |
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> still |
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> > running Froyo. But I have had the same experience as Mark (and I am |
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> running |
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> > gentoo) where it is almost as plug-n-play as you can get. (Assuming |
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> you're |
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> > running GB): |
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> > 1) Plug in usb to phone and computer |
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> > 2) Enable usb tethering in Wireless & network settings |
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> > 3) Tethering & portable hotspot |
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> > 4) USB tethering (check) |
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> > As root: |
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> > ---snip--- |
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> > ifconfig usb0 up |
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> > dhcpcd usb0 |
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> > ---snip--- |
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> > I don't believe the tethering experience was much more difficult in |
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> Froyo, |
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> > but I could be wrong about that. |
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> > - Matt |
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> Thanks guys, the wifi hotspot works great but I can't get USB |
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> tethering to work. I don't seem to have the usb0 device, even after |
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> enabling USB tethering in the settings: |
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> |
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> # ifconfig /dev/usb0 up |
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> /dev/usb0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device |
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> Any ideas? I'm on Android 2.3.3. |
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> |
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> - Grant |
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> >>> Does anyone know if a Google Nexus One cell phone can be USB tethered |
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> >>> to a Gentoo system? I use wvdial to accomplish this with other cell |
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> >>> phones but I've read that the Nexus One doesn't work that way because |
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> >>> it doesn't appear on the host system as a tty: |
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> >>> |
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> >>> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?23,146509,147989 |
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> >>> |
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> >>> There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't |
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> >>> figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell |
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> >>> phone's internet connection. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> - Grant |
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> >>> |
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> >> |
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> >> If your phone is anything like my phone (G2, Gingerbread) that has the |
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> >> same option, you should be able to do the following (I did this on an |
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> Arch |
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> >> system late last week, never tested on Gentoo but should work): |
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> >> ifconfig usb0 up |
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> >> dhcpcd usb0 |
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> >> |
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> >> That should get you online. |
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Drop the "/dev/" part of your ifconfig command. ifconfig refers to devices |
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by their name, not their full path+name. |
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