Readers,
Having read the web page 'android tethering', I write praying that a
novice user is _not_ expected to have root access to a mobile phone,
openvpn, android sdk etc. etc.!
Currently using an old RPM distribution on another portable computer,
internet access via an android mobile phone and usb cable is achieved by
simple insertion of the usb cable into the computer! Mobile tethering is
activated on the phone and "voila!", a dialogue window appears
confirming internet access. Could someone please indicate: is this
possible in arch linux?
Anyway, on the other old(er) computer running arch linux, wicd was
installed, but fails to recognise mobile phone internet access either
via usb connection (tether mode) or wireless hotspot activation.
Below is the wicd error log.
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wicd initializing...
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wicd is version 1.7.2.4 768
did not find backend in configuration, setting default external
setting backend to external
trying to load backend external
successfully loaded backend external
trying to load backend external
successfully loaded backend external
Automatically detected wireless interface wl...
did not find wireless_interface in configuration, setting default wl...
setting wireless interface wl...
automatically detected wired interface eth0
did not find wired_interface in configuration, setting default eth0
setting wired interface eth0
did not find wpa_driver in configuration, setting default wext
setting wpa driver wext
did not find always_show_wired_interface in configuration, setting
default False
did not find use_global_dns in configuration, setting default False
setting use global dns to False
did not find global_dns_1 in configuration, setting default None
did not find global_dns_2 in configuration, setting default None
did not find global_dns_3 in configuration, setting default None
did not find global_dns_dom in configuration, setting default None
did not find global_search_dom in configuration, setting default None
setting global dns
global dns servers are None None None
domain is None
search domain is None
did not find auto_reconnect in configuration, setting default True
setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True
did not find debug_mode in configuration, setting default False
did not find wired_connect_mode in configuration, setting default 1
did not find signal_display_type in configuration, setting default 0
did not find should_verify_ap in configuration, setting default 1
did not find dhcp_client in configuration, setting default 0
Setting dhcp client to 0
did not find link_detect_tool in configuration, setting default 0
did not find flush_tool in configuration, setting default 0
did not find sudo_app in configuration, setting default 0
did not find prefer_wired in configuration, setting default False
did not find show_never_connect in configuration, setting default True
Wireless configuration file not found, creating...
Wired configuration file not found, creating a default...
Creating wired profile for wired-default
dhclient.conf.template not found, copying...
chmoding configuration files 0600...
chowning configuration files root:root...
Using wireless interface...wl...
Using wired interface...eth0
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Creating ad-hoc network
Stopping dhcp client and wpa_supplicant
Putting wireless interface down
Setting mode, channel, and essid
Putting interface up
Setting IP address
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Daemon going down, killing wicd-monitor...
Removing PID file...
Shutting down...
Exception KeyError: KeyError(-1221368064,) in <module 'threading' from
'/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.pyo'> ignored
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wicd initializing...
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wicd is version 1.7.2.4 768
setting backend to external
trying to load backend external
successfully loaded backend external
trying to load backend external
successfully loaded backend external
Automatically detected wireless interface wl...
setting wireless interface wl...
automatically detected wired interface eth1
setting wired interface eth0
setting wpa driver wext
setting use global dns to False
setting global dns
global dns servers are None None None
domain is None
search domain is None
setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True
Setting dhcp client to 0
Wireless configuration file found...
Wired configuration file found...
chmoding configuration files 0600...
chowning configuration files root:root...
Using wireless interface...wl...
Using wired interface...eth0
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
Autoconnecting...
No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless
network
Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
rfkill: blocking wifi
rfkill: blocking wlan
rfkill: blocking wimax
rfkill: blocking wwan
rfkill: unblocking wifi
rfkill: unblocking wlan
rfkill: unblocking wimax
rfkill: unblocking wwan
Setting hidden essidwifinetworkname
Setting hidden essidwifinetworkname
Setting hidden essidwifinetworkname
Daemon going down, killing wicd-monitor...
Removing PID file...
Shutting down...
Exception KeyError: KeyError(-1220552960,) in <module 'threading' from
'/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.pyo'> ignored
The 'man' page for wicd states that a man page exists for
'/etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf'. What is the command to access this
page please?
conf file shown below
GNU nano 2.2.6 File: /etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf
[Settings]
backend = external
wireless_interface = wl...
wired_interface = eth0
wpa_driver = wext
always_show_wired_interface = False
use_global_dns = False
global_dns_1 = None
global_dns_2 = None
global_dns_3 = None
global_dns_dom = None
global_search_dom = None
auto_reconnect = True
debug_mode = 0
wired_connect_mode = 2
signal_display_type = 1
should_verify_ap = 1
dhcp_client = 0
link_detect_tool = 0
flush_tool = 0
sudo_app = 0
prefer_wired = False
show_never_connect = False
The wireless configuration file '/etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf'
exists, but is empty.
Could some one please suggest recommended web pages to start
configuration of appropriate files to achieve mobile phone internet
access?
