Comment 24 for bug 813482

Yes, I installed those based on instructions from here: http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/

(I don't know what this is all about... "Important: if you install this way, you will need the 'tcl' package for the large dispatcher script.") I got an error message about some kind of translator at some point. OK, now to do what you advise...