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  1. Bug #933972
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Comment 21 for bug 933972

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Tomas Cassidy (tomas-cassidy) wrote :

Please don't mark bugs as private unless there is confidential information in the bug report.

This has already been fixed, as the patches for this are now included in the current released kernels for Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10. You shouldn't have to do anything with the driver from Sierra Wireless. It should "just work" and be detected automatically when you plug in your usb modem device.

If you have previously installed a separate driver (eg. from the Sierra Wireless website), then you will need to uninstall that to revert to the driver included in the kernel.

If you run "modinfo sierra" and "modinfo sierra_net" from a Terminal window, you should see the following driver versions:

$ modinfo sierra
filename: /lib/modules/3.5.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.ko
license: GPL
version: v.1.7.16
description: USB Driver for Sierra Wireless USB modems
...

$ modinfo sierra_net
filename: /lib/modules/3.5.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/net/usb/sierra_net.ko
license: GPL
version: v.2.0
description: USB-to-WWAN Driver for Sierra Wireless modems
...