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No internet after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04

Update 2: the bugreport was refused because I couldn't reproduce it on the already upgraded system and couldn't provide data for the developers. Update 1: I reported the bug on launchpad. You can ...
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USB Tethering keeps disconnecting

I've just experienced this exact same problem after upgrading to 16.04.1 from 14.04 (under which USB tethering worked fine for years). Based on syslog it looks like it's caused by a conflict with ...
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Connect Ubuntu to Internet using Android phone (tethering)

I have tested the following guide: http://www.scaine.net/site/2013/10/ubuntu-to-android-tethering-over-bluetooth/ (archived here) and it works like a charm. Here are the steps: Phone: make sure that ...
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No internet after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04

I agree with some other folks here that the selected answer is probably not the best way to fix the issue: When a file has a comment at its beginning that says "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE" then there ...
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No internet after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04

Accepted answer did solve my problem. However, as everyone else stated, that is only until you reboot which I do daily with my machine. Typing 5 to 6 lines in the terminal every time I start the ...
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nmcheck.gnome.org facilitating ads?

It's probably your ISP injecting the ad, yes. I do not see it, and I've checked from a couple of locations. There would be no reason for the gnome project to inject ads there. First of all, it's not ...
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Connect Ubuntu to Internet using Android phone (tethering)

Connect your pc to your Android phone with a USB cable and on phone's settings....more settings click on USB tethering option. That's all now you would get internet connection on pc.
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How to connect Ubuntu Server 20.04 to android tethering usb using netplan?

This works for me. The method is very basic and simple. I think usb tethering is most fast way to connect to internet, because usb is wired way and faster and more stabile way, than share connection ...
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Not able to do USB Tethering on Ubuntu 16.04

Check for all available networks interfaces ifconfig -a Then for respective network interface use ifconfig *name of network interface* up
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Not able to do USB Tethering on Ubuntu 16.04

I found this post which was helpful https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2359171 ifconfig -a lists the network interfaces. Mine was listed as "enp0s20f0u2". Then I did sudo apt-get install ...
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USB Tethering keeps disconnecting

For me, this command worked: sudo systemctl stop ModemManager.service using disable instead of stop wasn't working. Then I reopen the NetworkManager: sudo NetworkManager
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No internet after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04

tl;dr First, edit this file sudo vim /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base Second, Add the following nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 After that, restart Ubuntu, should have internet now. Explain ...
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3 votes
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Connect Ubuntu to Internet using Android phone (tethering)

On modern android phones, the simplest way to do this is to make a wifi hotspot with your phone and connect to that.
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USB tethering not working in 18.04 fresh install

I was able to usb tether after I enabled usb debugging on my phone. This was not required for any System I've used until now, hence I am not use why this was required.
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USB Tethering keeps disconnecting

systemctl stop ModemManager.service worked straight-ahead on my ancient LG G2, Kali Linux 2019.4, no need to reboot systemctl disable ModemManager.service will prevent service starting on future (...
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Clockworkmod USB tethering with Ubuntu 18.04

I haven't used CWM Tether myself, but I've just read over the script to see where the error is coming from. The problem seems to be that gcc version 7+ only prints the major version number when run ...
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trying to use USB connection, easytether-usb and Ubuntu 18.04.2, error = interface is used by another process (hotplug?)

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.service This time I used the command-...
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2 votes

cant tether samsung gs7 (android) to 16.04.1

I got the same problem. And as I see there are no answers although the question is 2 months old. So possibly you're still waiting for a solution. I realized that the internet routes were not ok. The ...
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Use USB Tether from brand new Galaxy S7

Your service provider may have disabled tethering on the device. You can see if this is the case by downloading one of the tethering apps from the Google Play store and attempting to enable ...
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Static IP for USB Tethering

You can use the NetManager GUI. First, check the provided DHCP configuration so that you can use the same configuration for your manual IP assignment. Make a note of these IPv4 settings: IP address ...
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Share folders through a tethering connection

Here your Android Smartphone indeed works as gateway but partially you also have to configure routes from laptop side. The reason behind PC cannot see the share folders of the Laptop is that Laptop ...
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Easy Tether light (no root Andorid app) disconnected wifi when not tethering

TL;DR - Turn on the WiFi The installation/use of the software mentioned in the question shouldn't interfere with the WiFi. It, however, turn off the WiFi in order to use the tethered connection. The ...
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USB tethering not working in 18.04 fresh install

I also have Moto G5 plus I couldn't tether. Looks like there is a conflict with ModemManager: USB Tethering keeps disconnecting. I disabled and stopped it and it worked for me. sudo systemctl stop ...
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USB tethering not working in 18.04 fresh install

Enabling USB debugging (OnePlus 3) on Ubuntu 18.04 still didn't work for me, but I solved it by deleting the MAC address in network profile. These are my steps (After enabling USB tethering): Open ...
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1 vote

No internet after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04

On the non-working updated PC the symlink was : /etc/resolv.conf -> /run/resolveconf/resolv.conf On a working PC with 18.04 the symlink was : /etc/resolv.conf -> /run/systemd/resolve/stub-...
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No internet after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04

I was having the same issue on ubuntu 18.04 and the above answer didn't work for me as I didn't have a folder named /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/. So I did the following sudo mkdir -p /etc/...
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1 vote

USB Tethering not working in Ubuntu 17.04?

The problem not on Ubuntu, I faced same issue on Windows 7 By somehow PC can't recognize Android network with DNS, to resolve this issue, are you using any blocking connection app on your android? ...
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