hi I have the same problem on ubuntu 13.04 with a dlink dwm-156. the network manager uses /dev/ttyUSB1 (which doesnt work) as seen in
$ grep -5 'ppp0.*ttyUSB' syslog Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma NetworkManager[5268]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB1) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) complete. Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma pppd[5614]: Plugin /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pppd/2.4.5/nm-pppd-plugin.so loaded. Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma pppd[5614]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0 Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma pppd[5614]: Removed stale lock on ttyUSB1 (pid 4933) Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma pppd[5614]: Using interface ppp0 Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma pppd[5614]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB1 Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma NetworkManager[5268]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0) Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma NetworkManager[5268]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0): no ifupdown configuration found. Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma NetworkManager[5268]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Jul 17 22:29:08 gamma modem-manager[5253]: <debug> [1374092948.973848] [mm-manager.c:859] device_added(): (net/ppp0): could not get port's parent device if I use wvdial with "Modem = /dev/ttyUSB2" connecting is no problem $ grep -5 'ppp0.*ttyUSB' syslog Jul 17 22:49:12 gamma modem-manager[5643]: <info> Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/2: unlock no longer required Jul 17 22:49:16 gamma modem-manager[5643]: <info> (ttyUSB1) closing serial port... Jul 17 22:49:16 gamma modem-manager[5643]: <info> (ttyUSB1) serial port closed Jul 17 22:57:47 gamma pppd[6527]: pppd 2.4.5 started by user, uid 1000 Jul 17 22:57:47 gamma pppd[6527]: Using interface ppp0 Jul 17 22:57:47 gamma pppd[6527]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB2 Jul 17 22:57:47 gamma pppd[6527]: CHAP authentication succeeded Jul 17 22:57:47 gamma pppd[6527]: CHAP authentication succeeded I couldn't find any way to ether tell modem-manager/network-manager to use /dev/ttyUSB2 instead of /dev/ttyUSB1 nor could I find a way to use udev to rename the usb devices. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819784 Title: Wrong ttyUSB chosen for wind 3g internet key (1bbb:0017) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/819784/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs