[Q] USB Tethering Ubuntu

Hi,

Has anyone succeeded in getting USB tethering to work with Ubuntu? I have :

Ubuntu 11.10
Samsung Galaxy S 2.3.5, kernel speedmod k16-11

USB tethering works a treat under windows, once I install the samsung drivers, but I can't get usb0 to appear when I type "ifconfig". "lsusb" does however list the samsung phone.

Any ideas, other than using easy tether ?

Thanks

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13th March 2012, 02:16 PM |#2

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Hi mmlbbntr,

I have got Ubuntu 11.10 on MacBookPro. I had problems to connect to School WLAN, so I do USB Tethering and it was successful.

But I use Teamhacksung ICS on my SGS ;)

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13th March 2012, 03:37 PM |#3

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Have You tried
ifconfig -a
?
It should list Your usb0 ethernet.

If it is right there You should try
ifconfig usb0 up
and
dhcpcd usb0

If there is no usb0, maybe
ifconfig usb0 plumb
will help.

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13th March 2012, 04:34 PM |#4

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There is a bug with gingerbread where USB tethering is broken on linux. It worked well on Froyo and it also works well on CM9

there is a workarround however, but it is much less clean
http://technomagus.wordpress.com/mob...0-as-3g-modem/

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14th March 2012, 09:39 AM |#5

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Yeah ifconfig doesn't list any usb connection. I'll try "ifconfig -a" though, not sure what the difference is. If that fails I'll try "ifconfig usb0 plumb", no idea what that does either, but worth a shot.

Thanks for the tips, I'll keep you posted tonight.

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Originally Posted by robert-km

Have You tried
ifconfig -a
?
It should list Your usb0 ethernet.

If it is right there You should try
ifconfig usb0 up
and
dhcpcd usb0

If there is no usb0, maybe
ifconfig usb0 plumb
will help.

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14th March 2012, 02:07 PM |#6

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Oh wow, I hadn't seen your post. Thanks for the info. Guess all I can do is wait for a stable release of CM9 and upgrade...

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Originally Posted by zorxd

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14th March 2012, 02:34 PM |#7

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I'm using Arch with ICS on galaxy S, so I didn't know about this bug.
ifconfig -a lists every lan devices, not only UP state.

plumb as far as i remember works only on solaris, so You sould not need this command, sorry for making mess.

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14th March 2012, 07:19 PM |#8

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zorxd

No mention anywhere of 2.3.6. I wonder if USB tethering bug is fixed. Has anyone tried?

I'd rather not install ICS until a stable release is out TBH...

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