On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 02:08:09AM +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:29:10AM +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote: > > You have: > > > > * 1 (one) Nokia N900 > > * 1 (one) USB cable for the N900 > > * 1 (one) laptop running Linux > > * 1 (one) USB 3g dongle with a SIM slot for the laptop > > * 1 (one) SIM card > > > > Your goal: get both the laptop and the N900 online. > ... > > Am I reinventing the bicycle? Are there working solutions? What, nobody has done this? > It seems that > http://pc-connectivity.garage.maemo.org/2nd_edition/index.html wants to > be a solution, For the record, the current version of maemo-pc-connectivity (specifically, the usb-network-modules package) is broken, as in * modprobe g_ether fails to find g_ether.ko since the package's postinst fails to call depmod -a * modprobe g_ether fails even after depmod -a because some symbols are missing After a few hours of head-banging today I finally discovered that the usb0 network interface appears the first time you plug in a USB cable and select 'PC Suite'. After that you can unplug it and replug it in charging-only mode, usb0 will continue to work. I think it's the g_nokia.ko module that provides USB networking (as well as some other things). Marius Gedminas -- I want patience, and I WANT IT NOW!
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