Just found a workaround... worked 3 out of 3 times which is a much better record than before. Here's what I did.
Booted Ubuntu with the modem plugged in. Right Clicked the icon representing my modem on the desktop (because nautilius mounted it as a storage device) and clicked eject. Then, I unplugged and re plugged the modem. Waited for a few seconds (approx 15-30) and then clicked connects in the network manager applet. applet version is 0.7.996 Kernel is default Karmic kernel (no updates) -- Several Huawei USB dongle don't work with kernel 2.6.31-12.40 (2.6.31.1 update related) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446146 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