Testing with another linux box. Without previous configurations or packages: First, I plug the stick. Then appear two icons new "Unidad de CD: movistar" (movistar is the mobile company, and in english says "CD unit: movistar", and the second icon "HUAWEI MMC Storage". This device have a internal rom memory that stores the programs and drivers for windows and some manuals, that it have low capacity, about 20.8 MB occupied (I dont see fit it have free space on nautilus). The MMC Storage is a card reader on the stick. I can attach a memory for the stick on it. But only that, no GSM modem. Then I install the packages: sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch [sudo] password for shakaran: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: usb-modeswitch-data Suggested packages: comgt wvdial The following NEW packages will be installed: usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 47 not upgraded. Need to get 43.7kB of archives. After this operation, 606kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe usb-modeswitch-data 20100127-1 [10.2kB] Get:2 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe usb-modeswitch 1.1.0-2 [33.4kB] Fetched 43.7kB in 0s (77.9kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package usb-modeswitch-data. (Reading database ... 307350 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking usb-modeswitch-data (from .../usb-modeswitch-data_20100127-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package usb-modeswitch. Unpacking usb-modeswitch (from .../usb-modeswitch_1.1.0-2_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up usb-modeswitch-data (20100127-1) ... Setting up usb-modeswitch (1.1.0-2) ... localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 0 KiB localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/man: 0 KiB localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/gnome/help: 0 KiB localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/omf: 0 KiB localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML: 0 KiB Total disk space freed by localepurge: 0 KiB $ uname -a Linux otorion 2.6.32-2-generic #2-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 31 17:07:12 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux From dmesg: [ 8641.819229] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 8641.992533] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 8641.993864] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 8641.999109] usb-storage: device found at 3 [ 8641.999112] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 8642.002968] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 8642.003215] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 8642.003219] USB Mass Storage support registered. [ 8642.019210] usb-storage: device found at 3 [ 8642.019214] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 8647.000451] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 8647.001181] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 8647.018042] sr1: scsi-1 drive [ 8647.019032] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 [ 8647.019115] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 [ 8647.034971] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 8647.036165] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI MMC Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 8647.038214] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [ 8647.045147] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 8659.743807] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 [ 8659.793457] ISOFS: changing to secondary root [ 9332.778284] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 3 [ 9332.849664] scsi 2:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device [ 9344.896207] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 [ 9345.072043] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 9345.090784] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 9345.097047] usb-storage: device found at 4 [ 9345.097050] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 9345.099621] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 9345.110674] usb-storage: device found at 4 [ 9345.110677] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 9346.480592] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 4 [ 9353.680291] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 [ 9353.832635] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 9353.861665] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 9353.872725] usb-storage: device found at 5 [ 9353.872729] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 9354.578512] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial [ 9354.579137] USB Serial support registered for generic [ 9354.579765] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic [ 9354.579768] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core [ 9354.594182] USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port) [ 9354.595141] option 1-3:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 9354.599567] usb 1-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 9354.599590] option 1-3:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 9354.602913] usb 1-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1 [ 9354.602935] option 1-3:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 9354.603212] usb 1-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2 [ 9354.603235] usbcore: registered new interface driver option [ 9354.603238] option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems [ 9358.874821] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 9358.875593] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI MMC Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 9358.877862] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [ 9358.883568] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk Then, I go to network manager, and I see: "Conexion de banda ancha móvil nueva" in english "Connection of new mobile broadband". So it is fixed on my laptop otorion and I see that on my netbook magmus also appear the same thing. So, it is totally fixed then. But usb-modeswitch should be included by default on Lucid.