trying to use USB connection, easytether-usb and Ubuntu 18.04.2, error = interface is used by another process (hotplug?)
By Joseph Russell •
The Set Up
- Phone - Moto z3 - developer mode ON, debugging mode ON
- easytether - v 1.1.19
- Ubuntu - 18.04.2
Actions taken
- installed easytether Pro
- installed drivers (easytether_0.8.9_amd64.deb)
dpkg -i easytether_0.8.9_amd64.deb - ran following cmd
sudo easytether-usbreturns error message
interface tun-easytether is used by another process (hotplug?)What I've Tried
- Restarting both phone and laptop.
- Turned wi-fi on and off
- Restarted the network manager
sudo systemctl restart network-manager.service - Restarted the ModemManager
sudo systemctl restart ModemManager-manager.service - Even though it states it's for 16.04 I added
source-directory interfaces.dto myetc/network/interfacesfile. - As per easytether pro documentation tried running the following commands
# systemctl enable systemd-networkd
# systemctl start systemd-networkdsystemd-networkd not found?
The questions
- Is it an issue that the interface tun-easytether is being used? If it is how can I find out whats engaging it?
- If the process lock isn't my issue, where should I logically looking?
1 Answer
Went over the easytether-pro documentation again and under Ubuntu 18.04 it instructs user to enable/start systemd-networkd
sudo systemctl restart systemd-networkd.serviceThis time I used the command-line completion on the string "systemd" and one of the results were systemd-networkd.service
Having the '.service' at the end seems new to 18.06.
Anywho I'm on the lines which is what matters. Hope this helps others.
More in general
"Zoraya ter Beek, age 29, just died by assisted suicide in the Netherlands. She was physically healthy, but psychologically depressed. It's an abomination that an entire society would actively facilitate, even encourage, someone ending their own life because they had no hope. Th…"
