<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="" class=""><span style="" class="">hi,</span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal">i am using xubuntu 14.04 with modemmanager 1.0.0 version and i am having a problem with huawei E355 modem [1]. in (x)ubuntu 12.04.3, and 13.04 , this device used to work by default; just a plug and play device. both of them used to have linux 3.8 kernel series.</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal"><br></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal">huawei E355 is a device with
1xethernet-over-usb connection and 5xwifi connection creator. <br style="" class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal"><br style="" class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal">ideally, after plugging the device into a desktop/laptop, the network manager applet should show two connections- one under the "wired connection" heading and the other under the "wireless connection" heading. both (x)ubuntu 12.04.3 and 13.04 performed as expected.<br style="" class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal">unfortunately, that is not happening with post 3.8 kernel series; ie, (x)ubuntu
13.10 onwards. only the "wireless connection" option is visible; but not the "wired connection" part. ethernet-over-usb is not working- neither in xubuntu 13.10 nor in in 14.04, LTS.<br style="" class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal"><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="">possible reason: cdc_ncm part of the kernel was changed beyond 3.8 series but the
changes were not represented in the modem manager. <br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">reasons for thinking so: <br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">in a german user forum[2], it was suggested first. they recompiled the 3.11 kernel and deactivated the changes made in cdc_ncm after 3.8 kernel series. and, suddenly the "wired connection" option is visible again in xubuntu 13.10. <br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px;
font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">unfortunately, this is not a permanent solution; and anyway its not working in xubuntu 14.04 LTS. how to solve this problem permanently and in the LTS version in particular?</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">any help will really be appreciated.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">links:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">[1] -> <a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.huaweidevice.co.in/Products/MobileBroadband/E355.php">http://<wbr style="" class="">www.huaweidevic<wbr style="" class="">e.co.in/<wbr style="" class="">Products/<wbr style="" class="">MobileBroadband<wbr style="" class="">/E355.php</a><br style="" class="">
[2] -> <a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" href="http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/huawei-e355-als-kabelnetzwerk-einbinden-wwan0-/">http://<wbr style="" class="">forum.ubuntuuse<wbr style="" class="">rs.de/topic/<wbr style="" class="">huawei-<wbr style="" class="">e355-als-<wbr style="" class="">kabelnetzwerk-<wbr style="" class="">einbinden-<wbr style="" class="">wwan0-/</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">launchpad bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/1309054<br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal" class="">regards,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">som<br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br style="" class=""></div>
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