[arch-general] mobile phone internet access

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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...
  ---------------------------
  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
  ---------------------------
  wicd initializing...
  ---------------------------
  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?