Thank you, Danillo. This was the only thing that worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04 and Mint.
Yes, the bug is still happening in saucy and trusty. Haven't tested utopic yet but I bet it's the same there because every bug I have found on this topic has been marked as allegedly resolved or expired despite people commenting that it's still broken. This isn't just Huawei devices, it's ANY modem that spawns multiple /dev/ttyUSB interfaces - Sierra devices, for instance. Why can't at least an option be added to manually choose the correct port? Fedora Network Manager apparently has that, as indicated by Huawei's installation manual, and it's a very simple solution. Either way, it's unacceptable that this bug exists for so long and is ignored, forcing people to resort to wvdial or to buy another modem. Here is a list of related bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/819784 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504035 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/557449 Can something please be done about it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to modemmanager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057186 Title: Modem functionality of the Huawei E173 and E3131 doesn't work Status in ModemManager (with NetworkManager support): Fix Released Status in modemmanager package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Modem functionality of Huawei E173 works in 12.04 but not in later releases, although it can be read as a drive. Otherwise, the modem itself is recognized by the modem-manager but fails to connect to Internet. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: modemmanager 0.6~git201206221719.8289a64-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Sep 26 23:37:21 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: modemmanager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) There is a potential fix in upstream branch "06-huawei". To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/modemmanager/+bug/1057186/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
