THIS SUCKS! 3G problems

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Doug Saylor wrote:
> WTF!? I'm finally getting frustrated with Linux.
> 
> absdoug at AcerAspireOne:~$ lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c6:9211 Qualcomm, Inc. 
I can help with this. The key here is the 9211. The Qualcomm modem does 
not retain it's firmware when it looses power. Try booting in the XP 
that came with the netbook (assuming you are set up as dual boot), and 
then reboot to Ubuntu without turning off the power.  On mine, the 
Qualcomm then IDs as Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c6:9212 Qualcomm, Inc. The 
key here is the 9212, which means it's got the firmware loaded. If I 
boot direct to Ubuntu, it IDs as 9211, the same as you quoted. Usually, 
loading the firmware thru XP is required only once for the day. There is 
  linux software to load the firmware, but it requires the next version 
of Ubuntu, and I don't care to run beta software, I'll wait for 9.10. 
Put the following command into System>Preferences>Startup Applications:
sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x9212
(it can be run manually also, to test it). This will create a tty, which 
can be displayed with ls -lha /dev/ttyU* which should display
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 2009-07-23 11:29 /dev/ttyUSB0
At this point, I use modemmanager together with networkmanager to 
present a mobile broadband option I use to connect with.
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