On 03/06/2022 03:00 AM, Christian Britz wrote:
On 2022-03-06 09:49 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote:Thanks. I'll try that. At the moment I'm having some hardware problems connecting the test machine to the internet. I use a Alcatel Linkzone 4GLTE Hotspot from T-Mobile. Intermittently Debian doesn't recognize it. Yesterday it was fine ;{If you have an Android phone (probably with iPhone too),
I don't have any smartphone. Due to elderly eyes, a laptop screen is barely large enough. Normally I use a 17" monitor.
you could try to put the sim card into the phone and connect it via USB. USB tethering works out of the box for me on Debian stable.
I connect the Linkzone via USB. I have disabled its WiFi as I've not spent the time to understand how to have secure WiFi and in any case I only use one machine at a time.
After doing power off/on on both the laptop and Linkzone everything worked. I now have the desired minimal MATE DE.
For anyone reading this thread, my request for suggested reading stands. Thanks.
Regards, Christian
