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 -- Lucid 10.04 Alpha3 network-manager 0.8 fails to connect on boot Huawei E172 3G USB modem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
