[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerm1027:
I'm not sure if you wanted me to attempt to tether or not when connected.

Here are the outputs NOT tethered:

jeremy@jeremy-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1c7a:0801 LighTuning Technology Inc. Fingerprint Reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 064e:a115 Suyin Corp.
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0d7d:ac06 Phison Electronics Corp.
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0bb4:0c8d High Tech Computer Corp. EVO 4G (debug)

jeremy@jeremy-laptop:~$ dmesg|tail
[ 129.487703] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[ 130.956095] rndis_host 2-1:1.0: RNDIS init failed, -110
[ 130.956154] rndis_host: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with error -110
[ 130.956231] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
[ 482.085851] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 6
[ 496.104133] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci_hcd
[ 496.253090] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1:1.0
[ 497.255140] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access HTC Supersonic 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 497.255732] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 497.265129] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

Here are the outputs tethered:

jeremy@jeremy-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1c7a:0801 LighTuning Technology Inc. Fingerprint Reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 064e:a115 Suyin Corp.
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0d7d:ac06 Phison Electronics Corp.
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0bb4:0c04 High Tech Computer Corp.

jeremy@jeremy-laptop:~$ dmesg|tail
[ 123.241994] type=1400 audit(1337702014.006:30): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/bin/evince" pid=2537 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 123.243551] type=1400 audit(1337702014.006:31): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" pid=2540 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 123.243940] type=1400 audit(1337702014.006:32): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=2540 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 123.245642] type=1400 audit(1337702014.010:33): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/bin/evince//launchpad_integration" pid=2537 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 129.045723] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 5
[ 129.320166] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci_hcd
[ 129.487703] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[ 130.956095] rndis_host 2-1:1.0: RNDIS init failed, -110
[ 130.956154] rndis_host: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with error -110
[ 130.956231] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host