Comment 12 for bug 1079359

This bug is fixed upstream in modem-manager 0.6.0.

With

$ dpkg -l | grep modemmanager
ii modemmanager 0.6.0.0.really+git201212232256.1204-0~pkg164~precise1 D-Bus service for managing modems

from the PPA ppa:network-manager/trunk (see https://launchpad.net/~network-manager/+archive/trunk ), I can successfully establish a connection with nm-applet or nmcli *without blacklisting the option driver*, i.e. indeed using option.ko over qcserial.ko as favored by the kernel package since 3.2.0-32.

For precise / 12.04 LTS, one of the following two has to happen:

1. Remove the claim to support 12d1:14f1 introduced with 3.2.0-32 from the option.ko module. Trivial one line patch.

2. Cherry-pick whatever patch(es) make(s) modem-manager 0.6.0.0 work and backport them to modemmanager 0.5.2.0 in precise or make the full leap towards 0.6.0.0 in precise.

Can a maintainer please chime in and comment on a resolution of the problem?