Mobile broadband does not yet connect automatically; that's just not supported yet (although someone is working on a patch for this). What exactly do you mean by "must be enabled"? Is it just that the connection needs to be clicked on to activate it, or do you need to take other steps?
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880084 Title: Mobile Broadband must be enabled after every power on, suspend, hibernate, or signal loss Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have auto connect set for my 3G mobile broadband connection, but at every power-on or resume from suspend or hibernate I have to re-enable mobile broadband before it will auto connect. This is made worse by bug #566812 where a disconnect can also disable the mobile broadband completely. With 10.04 3G connections while on the move were reasonably robust and reliable, however NetworkManager under Ubuntu 11.10 is flaky and unreliable. Chris ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: network-manager 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Date: Sun Oct 23 06:22:33 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager Gconf: IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) IpRoute: default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto static 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 122.110.2.207 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. ppp0 no wireless extensions. Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WifiSyslog: Oct 23 05:46:40 chris-900SD kernel: [ 346.502118] composite sync not supported Oct 23 05:50:37 chris-900SD kernel: [ 583.457149] ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, transactions will use polling mode Oct 23 06:09:23 chris-900SD kernel: [ 1710.256927] composite sync not supported To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/880084/+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