Comment 13 for bug 1030531

BTW, the use of "usbserial" is not recommended for 3G modems.

To bind a driver to the modem, do this:

# modprobe option
# echo "12d1 14a8 ff" > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/option1/new_id

Ubuntu Precise is still using data package release "20120120"; the modem ID was first reported in April.