At the gentoo bug forums, this is discussed too: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348849
I quote Alexander E. Patrakov 2011-02-17: > This may be because Nokia N900 eats the first character of the commands if > they are issued immediately after opening /dev/ttyACM0. Here is how to demonstrate the bug without modemmanager: > > chat -V "" +++AT OK </dev/ttyACM0 >/dev/ttyACM0 > > Try this command several times. Many times you will have only two plusses out of three echoed back. ** Bug watch added: Gentoo Bugzilla #348849 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348849 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/765516 Title: can't establish a mobile broadband connection using an n900 connected over USB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/modemmanager/+bug/765516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs