On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com>wrote:
If you've been using sudo modprobe usbserial vendor='Hex' product='Hex' to identify your USB device (Orange,Safaricom, or Zain) you may find some modems are not automatically id'ed by new Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty Jackalope'
A workaround. If you upgrade (as I did), boot with your old kernel. It works! <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/350904>
Booting with the old kernel doesn't affect the system at all? Can't the new kernel be recompiled to include the necessary modules from the old one? (Backwards compat). Ok, I am no Linux guy, so I am shooting in the dark. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain