On 2014-10-08 12:00, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:

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1. Re: mobile phone internet access (Jesse Jaara)

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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:10:23 +0300 From: Jesse Jaara <jesse.jaara@gmail.com>

the dmesg output suggests that the phone is registered as a USB storage device, make sure that USB storage mode in the phone is not turned on.

Yes, solved thank you by changing the mobile mode. Further observations: At xfce start, a dialogue dialogue windows appears advising an error with wicd dbus connection. After starting the daemon (as root) wicd-gtk starts successfully (as normal user) with the command 'wicd-gtk'. As root: wicd-gtk (process:784): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. Importing pynotify failed, notifications disabled. Has notifications support False Loading... Connecting to daemon... Connected. displaytray True Done loading. refreshing... ESSID : ... /usr/share/wicd/gtk/gui.py:458: Warning: Source ID 55 was not found when attempting to remove it gobject.source_remove(self.update_cb) /usr/share/wicd/gtk/gui.py:458: Warning: Source ID 2250 was not found when attempting to remove it gobject.source_remove(self.update_cb) refreshing... ^CTraceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1066, in <module> main(sys.argv) File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 91, in wrapper return func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1062, in main mainloop.run() /usr/share/wicd/gtk/gui.py:458: Warning: Source ID 51 was not found when attempting to remove it gobject.source_remove(self.update_cb) The mobile phone reports successful connection after approval to connect to the computer, confirmed by identical mac addresses on both portable computer and mobile phone. However, the wicd-gtk states not connection and confirmed by failed use of lynx to access a web site. Internet access is possible via usb mobile phone tether. Is there a connection notification tool (i.e. a dialogue window that appears when usb tether connection is enabled and disabled) compatible with xfce?