Thanks @Aleksander. I confirm that the new package in Marius' PPA is working fine.
apt-cache policy modemmanager : modemmanager: Installed: 0.6.0.0.really-0ubuntu2~fix.lp1057186ubuntu1~quantal1 Candidate: 0.6.0.0.really-0ubuntu2~fix.lp1057186ubuntu1~quantal1 Version table: *** 0.6.0.0.really-0ubuntu2~fix.lp1057186ubuntu1~quantal1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mariusko/network-manager-bugfixes/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.6.0.0.really-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057186 Title: Modem Huawei E173 works in 12.04 but not in 12.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/modemmanager/+bug/1057186/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs