Comment 6 for bug 583268

Same thing, but device was connected BEFORE power-up:
patrice@nc6000:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 076b:a022 OmniKey AG CardMan Smart@Link
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:0728 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
patrice@nc6000:~$
patrice@nc6000:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate 3726 0
zlib_deflate 19266 1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp 4791 0
ppp_async 6778 0
crc_ccitt 1351 1 ppp_async
binfmt_misc 6599 1
radeon 828445 2
snd_intel8x0 25632 2
snd_usb_audio 86480 1
snd_ac97_codec 99227 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1014 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 71475 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio
snd_hwdep 5040 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_usbmidi_lib 17413 1 snd_usb_audio
ttm 56633 1 radeon
snd_seq_midi 4588 0
joydev 8767 0
snd_rawmidi 17783 2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 30200 1 radeon
option 13133 2
snd_seq_midi_event 6047 1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia 35973 0
usb_wwan 9953 1 option
snd_seq 47174 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
usbserial 33100 6 option,usb_wwan
usbhid 36882 0
snd_timer 19067 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
uvcvideo 55847 0
drm 168092 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_seq_device 5744 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ppdev 5556 0
hid 67742 1 usbhid
usb_storage 40172 1
intel_agp 26694 1
videodev 43098 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13359 2 uvcvideo,videodev
yenta_socket 21518 0
pcmcia_rsrc 10566 1 yenta_socket
parport_pc 26058 1
pcmcia_core 14657 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
i2c_algo_bit 5168 1 radeon
video 18712 0
snd 49038 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse 59033 0
output 1883 1 video
soundcore 880 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7120 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
serio_raw 4022 0
agpgart 32011 3 ttm,drm,intel_agp
shpchp 29886 0
lp 7342 0
parport 31492 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
tg3 123310 0
patrice@nc6000:~$

And NOW, the 3G Key appears AND can connect to the network