Comment 101 for bug 446146

im using Huawei E220 modem to get get connected to internet. I installed Karmic yesterday(30 Oct 2009) the modem is not working i dunno wats wrong i think its something to do with the drivers cos in my laptop when i boot if i got o windows first and then restart immediately after the desktop appears in windows and then i go to ubuntu it works i dunno whats wrong with this. It was the same with my bluetooth connection too but luckily i was able to fix it by this http://rusiruboteju.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/phoenix-bios-and-bluetooth/
I want to fix this too can anyone help me cos this is the only way that im getting connected to internet and plus i hate to go to windows just to make my modem work the kernel version im using is 2.6.31-14-generic all the previous ubuntu versions like 9.04 and 8.10 worked well with this modem why is this not working?
and can anyone please tell me a workaround till this bug is fixed?
and also in the notification area i cant see the network connection notification if i remove it and add it again to the panel it works!
can anyone HELP ME!!