I am on Ubuntu 10.10 using a Huawei E160 USB modem and experience the same bug. (Note that in lsusb the E160 is shown as 12d1:1003 and is named E220/E270, so apparently it is technically identical to the E220.)
If I have my device plugged in when booting, it shows up in the network manager applet ready for use. If I plug it in only after booting, I have to manually issue the 'modprobe option' command to get it working. I have both usb-modeswitch and usb-modeswitch-data installed, but I did not see any effect on said behavior with manually running usb- modeswitch. What I have found out respectively can confirm so far: If I have the device plugged in at boot time, among others the modules usb_storage, option, usb_wwan and usbserial are loaded. If I plug in the device later, only the usb_storage module gets loaded, any only with the command "modprobe option" the other three modules (option, usb_wwan and usbserial) get loaded, to achieve the same list of loaded modules as when booting with the device already connected. If it helps I can attach all data similar to those Bartosz has sent or any other system output if requested. uname -a: Linux burkhard-desktop 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:48 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux cat /proc/version_signature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10 lsb_release -a: No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 Codename: maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565058 Title: Lucid: hotplugging Huawei E220 doesn't load 'option' module -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
