Comment 377 for bug 446146

Just to confirm that this bug / issue affects me as well on karmic. I use the Huawei E156G modem. Didn't seem to have any problems on Ubuntu 8.10 live CD.
As good as all the fixes listed in the comments are, they are not suitable for the normal end user , especially one who has just migrated to Linux / Ubuntu. The fix should be added in the karmic updates.. (I appreciate the work being done here on recognizing and attempting to fix the problem)