adding this line to a file in /etc/udev/rules.d sorts out my issue ATTRS{idVendor}=="2458", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0001", ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"
so yes, that needs to go in the modem-manager package -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to modemmanager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1229748 Title: modem manager probing causes bluegiga BLE112B to reset Status in “modemmanager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: putting this device in the machine shows this in syslog Sep 24 14:57:33 alanlaptop kernel: [227323.226530] cdc_acm 2-1.5:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device Sep 24 14:57:33 alanlaptop modem-manager[5505]: <info> (ttyACM0) opening serial port... Sep 24 14:57:34 alanlaptop modem-manager[5505]: <info> (ttyACM0) closing serial port... Sep 24 14:57:34 alanlaptop modem-manager[5505]: <info> (ttyACM0) serial port closed Sep 24 14:57:34 alanlaptop kernel: [227324.245624] cdc_acm 2-1.5:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device Sep 24 14:57:34 alanlaptop modem-manager[5505]: <info> (ttyACM0) opening serial port... Sep 24 14:57:35 alanlaptop modem-manager[5505]: <info> (ttyACM0) closing serial port... Sep 24 14:57:35 alanlaptop modem-manager[5505]: <info> (ttyACM0) serial port closed Sep 24 14:57:35 alanlaptop kernel: [227325.273609] cdc_acm 2-1.5:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device Sep 24 14:57:35 alanlaptop modem-manager[5505]: <info> (ttyACM0) opening serial port... Sep 24 14:57:36 alanlaptop modem-manager[5505]: <info> (ttyACM0) closing serial port... Sep 24 14:57:36 alanlaptop modem-manager[5505]: <info> (ttyACM0) serial port closed which appears to be repeated re-probing and resetting of the device lsusb shows the following vendor/product id Bus 002 Device 023: ID 2458:0001 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/1229748/+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