Fix for Gobi broadband problem??

[NoOp]

On 12/22/2010 06:45 PM, ubuntu at bciassociates.net wrote:
> I recently bought a Dell Precision M4500 64-bit, promptly wiped off
> Windows 7 and proceeded to install Ubuntu Maverick 64-bit. All has
> went great until I tried to use this new Gobi chipset broadband built
> into the laptop. It is discovered in the bootup sequence, but isn't
> usable at all.
> 
> So, I went back to Win 7 to make sure it works, and it worked
> perfectly.
> 
> Also, I spent alot of time searching the newsgroups and forums and
> heard about all of the problems with Gobi in Ubuntu, and was
> wondering if anyone has heard if a fix is anywhere on the horizon???
> 
> None of the workarounds I found work.

And which ones did you try? It's helpful to detail what you did try so
that others don't waste time asking you to try, only to find out later
that you already did & it didn't work.

Perhaps:
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&complete=0&q=ubuntu+%2BGobi+2.0+mobile&btnG=Search>

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/554099?comments=all>

http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/gobi-loader
$ sudo apt-get install gobi-loader
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gobi-loader/+bugs>
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gobi-loader/+bug/647471>
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  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/686418>
will be of use?