@Ben, Sorry, should have included all info in one post.....
The modem is a 3G vodafone jobby from Australia... lsusb shows: Bus 003 Device 003: ID 12d1:1001 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E620 USB Modem uname -a shows: 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux some more info is in post #126 Let me know if there is more.... -- 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