Here is a workaround that may work for some... It is possible to pass the usb serial vendor and product id as a kernel parameter.
The easiest way to do this is to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (you will need root access so from a terminal window type "sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst"). At the end of the line that starts with "kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=" or something similar, append the following two parameters: " usbserial.vendor=0x19d2 usbserial.product=0x0064". Obviously you will replace 0x19d2 and 0x0064 with the ids for your particular modem. When you are done, menu.lst should look something like this: title Ubuntu jaunty (development branch), kernel 2.6.28-11-generic custom uuid 44daa138-39e6-450f-b840-76940da90d1f kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=f2441938-7359-49d7-95eb-81f36a166757 ro quiet splash usbserial.vendor=0x1c9e usbserial.product=0x6061 initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic quiet Save it and reboot for the changes to take effect. I have verified this to work with Jaunty beta and usb_modeswitch. Unfortunately for me usbserial appears to have problems probing my modem's (ZTE MF627) capabilities. But at least I am a step closer... I hope this helps someone... -- usbserial.ko missing in Jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/350904 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
