Not resolved, but we have isolated the cause to Gnome Network Manager and Modem Manager, and we do have a workaround.
As a workaround you can go to the following URL http://www.pharscape.org/Quicksilver.html There are three packages you will need to download from the Pharscape site. Don't build/install then yet, just find and download them to a directory on your system for now. 1) ozerocdoff ( udev.tar.gz ) This uses udev to auto-disable the zero cd on Option devices. 2) hsolink_1.0.118-1_i386.deb Scripts & stuff needed for the hsoconnect gui tool 3) hsoconnect-1.2.18.tar.gz The gui tool to control the Quicksilver HSDPA modem. ( Remember Ubuntu 9.10 has python 2.6 so you need the beta package which is the tarball above not the *.deb ) Remember to get everything needed to build the packages above. ( update: newer versions of the packages above are also OK ) sudo apt-get install build-essential libusb-dev linux-headers-$(uname -r) Now we will eliminate the lockup. Fire up Synaptic package manager find and install the following package 1) wicd find the following packages in Synaptic and mark for complete removal 1) gnome network manager ( this should have been auto-removed when wicd was installed - verify ) 2) modem manager ( This is what actually causes the lockup - mark for complete removal ) This will stop the total system lockup on USB insertion of the Quicksilver device and replace the Gnome Network Manager / Modem Manager combination with a usable alternative ( wicd ) which does not suffer from Delusions of Grandure demanding total control of devices they have no idea how to operate. Now to get the Quicksilver running Read the web pages on the Pharscale site for how to build/install each of the three packages downloaded above. NOTE: To make hsoconnect successfully manually pre-create the following two directories. /usr/share/hsoconnect /usr/share/hsoconnect/hsoc Build and install the 3 Pharscape downloaded packages in the same order they were downloaded above. This will ultimately give you wicd in control of all wired and wifi network links, while only the hsoconnect package gui tool will be in control of the AT&T Quicksilver 3G GSM/HSDPA modem device and links. As a final item, the hsoconnect tool works best in combination with the "resolvconf" package to manage and maintain the contents of the "/etc/resolv.conf" file. I recommend using synaptic to install the resolvconf package, or you will end up chasing file permission on the resolv.conf file which will complicate your hsoconnect usage. The steps above should get your AT&T/Option modem working cleanly and they have worked for at least 3 other people besides me. I was never able to get any help on the Gnome Window Manager or Modem Manager side of this issue. It could be fixed in a later versions or whatever, I just do not know. Pat Hickel -- USB device insertion causes total system lockup on Ubuntu 9.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/469376 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
