Comment 31 for bug 345002

Hi
To solve this in ubuntu 904 I found the following work around:

in a terminal type the following
sudo nautilus (This will bring up the admin file manger)

the go to file system / boot /grub
under grub you will find "menu.lst" (I advise that you make a copy of
this file ;- to do this just copy and past it in the same directory)
then open this file and add the line "usbserial vendor=0x12d1
product=0x1411" to the end of the line that looks like the following
 "kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
root=UUID=7a427095-4b6f-4d3c-a486-65d5b6d27491 ro xforcevesa quiet
splash" and reboot

this will active the usb device at boot up (you might have to unplug the
modem once ubuntu has started ) once you have rebooted ubuntu should
pick up your modem under the network connection and you will be able to
set it there

Sould you have any problems please mail me and I will gladly help you

Kind Regards
Frans Gabriel
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