Ubuntu
modemmanager package

  1. Bug #529794
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 529794

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Sam Liddicott (sam-liddicott) wrote : Re: Lucid 10.04 Alpha3 network-manager 0.8 fails to connect on boot Huawei E172 3G USB modem

My fix was these steps, I don't know which made the difference but I tried it on 2 laptops that were failing to work:

sudo modprobe usbserial
insert modem
sudo usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/*1003
reboot with the usb modem installed

Now it works just fine on all of my lucid laptops